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OBJECT TYPE: topographical/aeronautical/folding
DATE: 1944
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1994.0824.001

MANUFACTURER: Army Map Service, U.S. Army
MODEL: Mt. Everest
LOCATION: Washington, District of Columbia, United States of America

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: paper

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length: 76.8 cm
Width: 56.2 cm
Height: N/A
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Aviation
Category: Navigation instruments & equipment
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: Defense US
Country: United States of America
State/Province: District of Columbia
City: Washington

Context

Country: Asia
State/Province: Unknown
Period: WWII (1939-1945); this map updated in June 1944; original produced Nov. 1943
Canada: Unknown
Function: two-dimensional graphic representation of a portion of the earth's surface/ used for aerial navigation
Technical: Unknown
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: lettering across top border above map reads: "(553) MT EVEREST N2400-E8300/400x600/Not for sale or distribution/for use by war and Navy Department Agencies only/AAF AERONAUTICAL CHART/Lambert Conformal Conic Projection/Standard Parallels 7 [degrees] and 20 [degrees] Scale 1:1,000,000/Second edition/subject to correction (ATC-27-44)/RESTRICTED/(553)
Missing: N/A
Finish: colour map on white sheet
Decoration: N/A

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Army Map Service, U.S. Army, Map, 1944, Artifact no. 1994.0824, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1994.0824.001/

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