Description: A meteorological map of the world from 1890 showing the mean annual temperature of the air at the earth's surface. The map is color–coded to show regions where the mean annual temperature is above freezing and regions where it is below freezing. Isotherms are shown with their temperatures shown in degrees Fahrenheit. The northern limit of Antarctic drift ice is shown, as well as the extent of ice in summer and winter, the limit of drift ice, and the limit of permanent frozen ground in the Arctic. The Warm Equator or Isotherm of Greatest Heat is shown, as well as the areas of coldest temperature observation (Melville Island, Canada) and hottest temperature observation (Central Africa) of the time. The figures following city names is the mean annual temperature for that city, given in degrees Fahrenheit.
Place Names: A Complete Map of Globes and Multi-continent, Africa, Antarctica, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, South Americ
ISO Topic Categories: inlandWaters,
location,
oceans
Keywords: Meteorological Map of the World, physical, meteorological, kClimate, physical features, climate,
temperature, inlandWaters,
location,
oceans, Unknown, 1890
Source: John Brocklesby, Elements of Physical Geography (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: E. H. Butler and Co., 1890) 116
Map Credit: Courtesy the private collection of Roy Winkelman |
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