China


China

Item Information

Title:
China
Description:
The Central Intelligence Agency is known for publishing high quality and detailed general reference maps. This map of China, made during the height of the Cold War, is no exception. In addition to the detailed representation of settlements, topographical features, waterways, and provincial boundaries, the alphabetical gazetteer on the back locates, with precision, some 2,500 Chinese cities and towns.
Creator:
United States. Central Intelligence Agency
Name on Item:
United States Central Intelligence Agency
Date:
[1979]
Format:
Maps/Atlases
Location:
Boston Public Library
Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center
Collection (local):
Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center Collection
Subjects:
China--Maps
Places:
China
Extent:
1 map : col. ; 42 x 49 cm.
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
Publisher:
Washington, D.C : CIA
Scale:
Scale 1:5,000,000
Language:
English
Notes:
Relief shown by spot heights.
Depths shown by bathymetric tints.
"Base 504301 12-79 (544061)."
Exhibited in “Faces and Places,” at the Boston Public Library, Boston, MA, October 2003 - September 2004.
Notes (date):
This date is inferred.
Identifier:
05_04_000155
Call #:
BPL Gov. Docs. Dept. PREX 3.10/4:C 44/18
Barcode:
30000002782815