A new air map from the Australian viewpoint [cartographic material] : great circle courses to the fo...
A new air map from the Australian viewpoint [cartographic material] : great circle courses to the four quarters of the Earth / map plotted by W.H. Maze.
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Full title
Author / Creator
Publisher
{Sydney : Qantas Empire Airways, [1950].
Date
[1950].
Call Numbers
MAXX 100/1950/1
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MMS ID
Language
English
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Physical Description
Cartographic data
Scale about 1: 50 000 000.
Physical content
1 map : col. ; 77 x 59 cm.
Publication information
Publisher
{Sydney : Qantas Empire Airways, [1950].
Place of Publication
New South Wales
Date Published
[1950].
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Full title
A new air map from the Australian viewpoint [cartographic material] : great circle courses to the four quarters of the Earth / map plotted by W.H. Maze.
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Notes
General note
"The radial lines passing through Sydney are true great circle courses (shortest routes from Sydney)."
"The concentric circles give equal distances from Sydney to all points in statute miles."
Azimuthal equidistant projection of the world, centred on Sydney. The globe is depicted on four gores like a four-leaves propeller, where only centre meridian in each gore is a straight line....
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Call Numbers
MAXX 100/1950/1
Record Identifier
74VvGkPV5LAl
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VvGkPV5LAl
Other Identifiers
MMS ID
991012685539702626
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