Description: Two world maps from 1904 showing mean barometrical pressure and prevailing winds for January and mean barometrical pressure and prevailing winds for July. Orange isobar lines indicate pressures of 30 inches and above; blue isobar lines indicate pressures below 30 inches. Prevailing wind directions shown with arrows.
Place Names: A Complete Map of Globes and Multi-continent, Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, South America, Sitka, Vancouver, San Francisco, New York, New Orleans, Havana, Lima, Bahia, Valparaiso, Rio Janeiro, Buenos Ayres, Tromso, Bergen, London, Moscow, Lisbon, Cairo, Lag
ISO Topic Categories: climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere,
oceans
Keywords: The World: Distribution of Atmospheric Pressure (January and July), physical, meteorological, Trade Winds, Return Trade Winds, Monsoons, Variable Winds, Roaring Forties, physical features, climate,
winds, climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere,
oceans, Unknown, 1904
Source: Geo. G. Chisholm and C.H. Leete, eds., Longmans' New School Atlas (New York, NY: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1904) 5
Map Credit: Courtesy the private collection of Roy Winkelman |
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