Description: A map from 1920 of Oceania and the Pacific between latitudes 30° N and 50° S, and longitudes 100° E and 140° W of Greenwich. This map is drawn on a Mercator's Projection, and shows cities and ports, ocean steamer routes with distances between major ports given in nautical miles, submarine cable routes, telegraph routes, railways, rivers, lakes, coral reefs, and coastal features of the region. This map also shows the foreign possessions of Britain, France, and the United States at the time. The International Date Line and the extreme northern limit of drift ice are shown.
Place Names: Regional Pacific Ocean, Australia, New Zealand, Hawaiian Islands, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Marshall Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, French Polynesi
ISO Topic Categories: physical, transportation, kWorldPacific
Keywords: Oceana and the Pacific, physical, transportation, physical features, railroads,
water routes, physical, transportation, kWorldPacific, Unknown, 1920
Source: , Hammond's Modern Atlas of the World (New York, NY: C. S. Hammond and Company, Inc., 1920) 26
Map Credit: Courtesy the private collection of Roy Winkelman |
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