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OBJECT TYPE: Marine Navigational/Mercator Projection
DATE: 1942
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1994.0785.001

MANUFACTURER: Unknown
MODEL: North America Eastern Seaboard
LOCATION: Unknown

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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: 97.5 cm
Width: 57.2 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: Unknown
Country: Unknown
State/Province: Unknown
City: Unknown

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Unknown
Period: WWII (1939-1945)/ this map possibly produced in 1942
Canada: Unknown
Function: two dimensional graphic representation of a section of the earth's surface/used for aerial navigation across the Atlantic Ocean
Technical: Unknown
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: lettering printed on border above map reads: "MERCATOR PLOTTING CHART - NORTH AMERICA EASTERN SEABOARD"; lettering printed on ledgend reads: "LIST OF SYMBOLS.....Occasional Number in brackets VGF (31) gives approximate/time of transmission (minutes after each hour)./Figures in each graticule division give highest land in that area/(if over 1000 feet) in hundreds of feet. Magnetic Variation/correct for 1942."
Missing: N/A
Finish: green map on white background
Decoration: none

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Unknown Manufacturer, Map, circa 1942, Artifact no. 1994.0785, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingenium.ca/en/id/1994.0785.001/

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