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Source Description
Pictorial map.
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
localId
6q185975n
label
World map of the major tropical diseases
core
obj
dtoType
map
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
6q185975n
contentType
map
stage
normalized
title
World map of the major tropical diseases
description
Pictorial map.
date
["[1944]"]
year
1944
rights
No known copyright restrictions.
rightsUri
No known restrictions on use.
reuseAllowed
no restrictions
language
English
identifierLocal
06_01_017930_A
creators
Artzybasheff, Boris, 1899-1965
institution
Boston Public Library
collections
Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center Collection
subjects
Diseases--Maps
Tropical medicine--Maps
subjectsGeographic
World
genreBasic
Maps
genreSpecific
World maps
Pictorial maps
typeOfResource
Cartographic
thumbnailUrl
largeImageUrl
pageCount
1
source
import
pubPlace
[Chicago, Illinois]
publisher
Life
Source extras
institutionArkId
sf268508b
collectionArkId
41688024w
extent
1 map : color ; 23 x 52 cm, on sheet 36 x 52 cm
notes
Pictorial map.
Shows locations of diseases around the world using text, illustrations and color. Includes description of each disease at foot of map.
From Life magazine, May 1, 1944.
Includes brief descriptions of 15 diseases, including malaria, yellow fever, dengue, typhus, plague, cholera, sleeping sickness, tularemia, Rocky Mountain fever, Japanese river fever, relapsing fever, helminthic diseases, yaws, leprosy, and leishmaniasis.
Text and color illustrations on verso. Verso running head: "Tropical diseases." Caption: "Living chick embryos produce new vaccines."
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no
dcId
6q185975n
type
map
Single page context
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1
pageIndex
0
type
photo
mediaId
5ce98cb7147f64f8