Description: A world map from 1920 on a Gall's Stereographic Projection (a conformal, or angle–preserving projection similar to Mercator's), color–coded to show countries having foreign or colonial possessions, including the United States, Great Britain, France, Portugal, Spain, and Italy. The map also shows the former German colonies.
Place Names: A Complete Map of Globes and Multi-continent, Africa, Antarctica, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, South Americ
ISO Topic Categories: oceans,
location,
inlandWaters,
boundaries
Keywords: The World , political, kMapProjection, major political subdivisions,
country borders, oceans,
location,
inlandWaters,
boundaries, Stereographic, 1920
Source: , The New Reference Atlas of the World - A New Series of Physical, Political and Historical Maps compiled from Government Surveys and exhibiting the Latest Results of Geographical Research (New York, NY: C. S. Hammond & Company, 1920) 1
Map Credit: Courtesy the private collection of Roy Winkelman |
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