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OBJECT TYPE: Long Range Air Navigation
DATE: 1942
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1994.0828.001

MANUFACTURER: Army Map Service, U.S. Army
MODEL: Western Europe
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: 100.6 cm
Width: 97.8 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: Europe
State/Province: Unknown
Period: WWII (1939-1945); this map is a March 1942 revision of an original produced earlier the same year
Canada: Unknown
Function: two-dimensional representation of a portion of the earth's surface/ for use in aerial navigation
Technical: Unknown
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: lettering on top border above map reads: "WESTERN EUROPE N4000-000/2000x3600E/For use by/War and Navy Department Agencies only/Not for sale or distribution/LONG RANGE AIR NAVIGATION CHART/Advance edition/Subject to correction/RESTRICTED/WESTERN EUROPE/MERCATOR PROJECTION TRUE SCALE 1:3,000,000 ALONG/LATITUDE 30 [degrees] N"; lettering on lower border below map includes: "Compiled for the U. S. Army Air Forces, by the Army Map Service, U. S. Army, Washington, D. C./ARMY MAP SERVICE, U. S. ARMY, WASHINGTON, D. C. 105187/1942/WESTERN EUROPE/N4000-000/2000x3600E"
Missing: N/A
Finish: b + w map with purple overprint on white sheet
Decoration: none

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Army Map Service, U.S. Army, Map, 1942, Artifact no. 1994.0828, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1994.0828.001/

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