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

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 1:2,000,000. 31.57 miles to the inch ; conic projection, standard parallels 28° and 40° (E 24°00ʹ00ʺ--E 53°18ʹ00ʺ/N 43°00ʹ00ʺ--N 25°00ʹ00ʺ).
  • 1 map : color ; 101 x 152 cm

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Notes
  • "December 1946."
  • Relief shown by rock drawing, and spot heights.
  • "Lithographed by Western Printing and Lithographing Co., Racine, Wis."
  • Shows physical and topographic features, international boundaries, major cities, principal roads, railways, battles locations, and historical sites.
  • Accompanied by index booklet: Index to map of Bible Lands and cradle of western civilization (18 pages : notes ; 26 cm).
  • Princeton copy 1: Lacks index booklet.
  • 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", also historical notes covering events from earliest times to the present.
LCCN
2014592138
OCLC
950949046
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