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OBJECT TYPE: Long Range Air Navigation Chart
DATE: 1942
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1994.0891.001

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

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 2
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: 125.5 cm
Width: 96.8 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: Africa
State/Province: Unknown
Period: WWII (1939-1945); this map produced in April (?) 1942
Canada: Unknown
Function: two dimensional representation of a portion of the earth's surface/ used for aerial navigation
Technical: Unknown
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: lettering along top border reads: "WEST AFRICA 000-E1000/2000NX3000/For use by/War and Navy Department Agencies only/Not for sale or distribution/LONG RANGE AIR NAVIGATION CHART/Advance edition/Subject to correction/WEST AFRICA/MERCATOR PROJECTION TRUE SCALE 1:3,000,000 ALONG/LATITUDE 10 (degrees) N"
Missing: N/A
Finish: colour map (predom. light tan) on white sheet; purple overprint
Decoration: none

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Army Map Service, U.S. Army, Map, 1942, Artifact no. 1994.0891, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1994.0891.001/

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