Details

Subject(s)

• Pacific Ocean—Maps [Browse]
• Islands of the Pacific—Maps [Browse]

Mapseller

Batchelor's (Townsville, Australia) [Browse]

Library of Congress genre(s)

• Maps [Browse]

Getty AAT genre

• Maps—Pacific Ocean—1930 [Browse]

Summary note

The main map of the Pacific Ocean stretches from Southeast Asia, including all of Australia and New Zealand, the west coast of the Americas, the Kamchatka Peninsula, Manchukuo (Manchuria) and most of China. Korea and Taiwan are marked as Japanese. The notable feature of this map are the twenty six large scale inset maps. -- Dealer's description.

Notes

• Shows naval bases, shipping routes, and railways.
• Uses colors to indicate British, Japanese, USA, French, Netherlands, and other countries' ownership.
• Insets: 1. Japan -- 2. Nauru -- 3. Ocean Id. -- 4. Hawaiian Islands --5. Midway Id. --6. Phlippine Islands -- 7. Wake -- 8. Canton Id. -- 9. Guam -- 10. Fiji -- 11. Western Samoa -- 12. Eastern Samoa -- 13. Solomon Islands -- 14. Santa Cruz Islands -- 15. New Hebrides British & French Condominium -- 16. New Caledonia Dependencies -- 17. Tahiti -- 18. Lord Howe Id. 19. Norfolk Id. -- 20. Rarotonga -- 21. Yap -- 22. Saipan -- 23. Truk Is. -- 24. Hong Kong -- 25. Singapore -- 26. Malay States.
• Originally issued folded to 26 x 20 cm.

Contents

Numerous insets on various scales included.

Provenance

Historic Maps copy has stamp of Batchelor's, Townsville on verso.

Other title(s)

New map of the Pacific Ocean

Panel title

Robinsons new map of the Pacific Ocean with insets showing island groups in detail

OCLC

875506993

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