World wonders - Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center

Title:: World wonders : a pictorial map
Creator:: Chase, Ernest Dudley, 1878-
Artist:: Chase, Ernest Dudley, 1878-
Cartographer:: Chase, Ernest Dudley, 1878-
Name on Item:: designed and drawn by Ernest Dudley Chase, Winchester, Mass. U.S.A.
Date:: 1939
Format:: Maps/Atlases
Location:: Boston Public Library
Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center
Collection (local):: Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center Collection
Subjects:: World maps
Pictorial maps
Places:: World
Extent:: 1 map : color ; 42 x 60 cm
Terms of Use:: No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
Publisher:: Winchester, Mass. : Ernest Dudley Chase
Scale:: Scale not given
Projection:: Mercator projection
Language:: English
Notes:: Contains text and images on the maps and in framed images.
Shows famous tourist sites, natural and man-made features, first discoverer's ships with notes, and more.
"In 1959 the famous Flemish Mathemetician and Geographer, Gerardus Mercator (Gerhard Kremer) issued the first World map in this method of projection."
Includes decorative border, numerous illustrations and historical notes, and text within a box that begins "The greatest Wonder of the World is the earth itself..."
Identifier:: 06_01_014709
Call #:: G3201.A5 1939 .C43
Barcode:: 39999065705848