Detail View: David Rumsey Historical Map Collection: Text Page: Esso war map : featuring transportation, the key to every successful campaign
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Author:
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General Drafting Company
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Author:
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Esso Standard Oil Company
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Author:
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Miller, O.M.
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Date:
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1942
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Short Title:
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Text Page: Esso war map : featuring transportation, the key to every successful campaign
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Publisher:
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General Drafting Co., Inc.
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Publisher Location:
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New York, N.Y.
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Type:
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Text Page
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Obj Height cm:
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58
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Obj Width cm:
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84
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Note:
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Color map of the world 38x82 on sheet 58x84. Dated "942" (September 1942) in bottom right corner of map. Shows airway and shipping distances and time zones. Relief shown pictorially. Prime meridian is Greenwich. Includes index to places, notes on "Transportation--key to victory", inset map "Over the top of the world", showing great circle airways and distances. "Flattening the globe" with map projection by "Mr. O.M. Miller of the American Geographical Society of New York," and color illustrations. On verso includes text sections "Bombs for Berlin ... terror in Tokyo", "Fuel for speed and power", "Getting it there", "War-time lubricants", and others, accompanied by military and industrial illustrations.
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Full Title:
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(Text Page to) Esso war map. Copyright, General Drafting Co., Inc., 21 West Street, New York, N.Y. Lithographed in U.S.A. (Cover title) Esso war map : featuring transportation, the key to every successful campaign. (insets) Flattening the Globe. (with) Over the top of the world.
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List No:
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11454.002
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Series No:
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2
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Publication Author:
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General Drafting Company
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Publication Author:
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Esso Standard Oil Company
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Publication Author:
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Miller, O.M.
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Pub Date:
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1942
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Pub Title:
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Esso war map. Copyright, General Drafting Co., Inc., 21 West Street, New York, N.Y. Lithographed in U.S.A. (Cover title) Esso war map : featuring transportation, the key to every successful campaign. (insets) Flattening the Globe. (with) Over the top of the world.
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Pub Note:
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See note field above.
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Pub List No:
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11454.000
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Pub Type:
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Pocket Map
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Pub Height cm:
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20
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Pub Width cm:
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14
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Image No:
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11454002.jp2
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Authors:
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General Drafting Company; Esso Standard Oil Company; Miller, O.M.
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