Bible Lands and the cradle of western civilization / compiled and drawn in the Cartographic Section of the National Geographic Society.

Cartographer
National Geographic Society (U.S.). Cartographic Section [Browse]
Format
Map
Language
English
Published/​Created
  • Washington, D.C. : National Geographic Society, 1946.
  • ©1946
Description
  • Scale 1:4,000,000. 63.13 miles to the inch ; conic projection, standard parallels 28° and 40°. (E 24°00ʹ00ʺ--E 53°05ʹ00ʺ/N 42°14ʹ00ʺ--N 25°00ʹ00ʺ).
  • 1 map : color ; 50 x 75 cm

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Notes
  • "December 1946."
  • Relief shown by shading and spot heights.
  • Accompanied by index booklet: Index to map of Bible Lands and cradle of western civilization (18 pages : notes ; 26 cm).
  • Issued with the December 1938 National geographic magazine, vol. XC, no.6.
  • "Lithographed by A. Hoen and Co., Baltimore, Md."
  • Includes insets of Holy Land today, Holy Land in Biblical times from Dan to Beersheba, Jerusalem, Traditional route of the Exodus, St. Paul's travels and the seven churches, and The crusades, and historical notes covering events from earliest times to the present.
  • Princeton copy 1: Lacks index booklet.
LCCN
2014592142
OCLC
937928636
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