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World wonders : a pictorial map
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- Creator
- designed and drawn by Ernest Dudley Chase, Winchester, Mass. U.S.A
- Format
- Maps, Atlases
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- Winchester, Mass. : Ernest Dudley Chase, [1939]
- copyright 1939
- Physical Details
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- 1 map ; 42 x 60 cm, on sheet 52 x 68 cm
- OCLC
- ocm12385098
- Cartographic Data
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Scale not given, Mercator projection(W 180°--E 180°/N 85°--S 85°).
- 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.
- "Copyright 1939 Ernest Dudley Chase."
- "In 1569 the famous Flemish Mathematician 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..."