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pl23_map00119.jpg

A very small-scale map of the world ocean produced by theInternational Hydrographic Bureau in 1939

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Description

A very small-scale map of the world ocean produced by theInternational Hydrographic Bureau in 1939. Perhaps because of the patterning,this map has a somewhat odd appearance.

Credit

NOAA Central Library Historical Collection

Collection

Voyage to Inner Space

History of Oceanography Collection

Bathymetric Maps Collection