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pl23_map00071.jpg

This map used Sir John Murray's bathymetric map as the base map for a map ofworld vulcanism

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Description

This map used Sir John Murray's bathymetric map as the base map for a map ofworld vulcanism. Published in 1914 under the title Oro-Bathygraphical Chart ofthe World. This was probably one of the last maps published using Sir JohnMurray's nomenclature and interpretation of the bathymetry of the seafloor.

Credit

NOAA Central Library Historical Collection

Collection

Voyage to Inner Space

History of Oceanography Collection

Bathymetric Maps Collection

Keywords

Exploration

Maps