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pl23_map00059.jpg

A 1912 map of the Pacific Ocean in Tiefenkarten der Ozeane mit Erlauterungenby Max Groll

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Description

A 1912 map of the Pacific Ocean in Tiefenkarten der Ozeane mit Erlauterungenby Max Groll. Note the light-colored (shallower) area in the vicinity of whatis today called the East Pacific Rise, and early indication of the continuity of the oceanic ridge system. Plate III, Pacific Ocean.

Credit

NOAA Central Library Historical Collection

Collection

Voyage to Inner Space

History of Oceanography Collection

Bathymetric Maps Collection

Keywords

Exploration

Maps