Description: A map of the world from 1899 showing the earth's land surface characteristics and ocean currents. This map is color–coded to show regions of tropical forests, temperate forests, grass and cultivated lands, deserts, tundra and barren lands, and arctic regions of snow and ice. The map also shows the direction of oceanic warm and cold currents. Major landform features such as mountain systems, deserts, grasslands, and rivers are shown, as well as regions of marine seaweed and current names.
Place Names: A Complete Map of Globes and Multi-continent, Africa, Antarctica, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, South Americ
ISO Topic Categories: oceans,
inlandWaters,
location
Keywords: Land Surface Characteristics and Ocean Currents, physical, topographical, physical features,
topographical, oceans,
inlandWaters,
location, Unknown, 1899
Source: Horace S. Tarbell, LL.D. , The Complete Geography (New York, NY: American Book Company, 1899) 11
Map Credit: Courtesy the private collection of Roy Winkelman |
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