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Published by the U.S. Department of Defense, the map series of which this modern map of Jamaica and Haiti is part, had its origins in an ambitious international project, known as the Millionth Map or the International Map of the World. The idea, conceived by German geographer Albrecht Penck, was to create a series of 2,500 topographic map sheets that would cover the planet, all in the same scale of 1 centimeter equals 10 kilometers (or 1:1,000,000). In 1913, an international conference established standards and practices for the project, giving each participating country responsibility for creating its own maps. Although the project was eventually taken over by the United Nations, funding and international enthusiasm soon waned. After World War II, several countries (including the United States and the United Kingdom) published their own world map series at a scale of 1:1,000,000.
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Document identity
localId
x633f958k
label
Kingston-Port-au-Prince
core
obj
dtoType
map
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
x633f958k
contentType
map
stage
normalized
title
Kingston-Port-au-Prince
description
Published by the U.S. Department of Defense, the map series of which this modern map of Jamaica and Haiti is part, had its origins in an ambitious international project, known as the Millionth Map or the International Map of the World. The idea, conceived by German geographer Albrecht Penck, was to create a series of 2,500 topographic map sheets that would cover the planet, all in the same scale of 1 centimeter equals 10 kilometers (or 1:1,000,000). In 1913, an international conference established standards and practices for the project, giving each participating country responsibility for creating its own maps. Although the project was eventually taken over by the United Nations, funding and international enthusiasm soon waned. After World War II, several countries (including the United States and the United Kingdom) published their own world map series at a scale of 1:1,000,000.
date
["1971"]
year
1971
rights
No known copyright restrictions.
rightsUri
No known restrictions on use.
reuseAllowed
no restrictions
language
English
identifierLocal
05_04_000164
creators
United States. Army Map Service
institution
Boston Public Library
collections
Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center Collection
subjects
Population--Maps
Kingston (Jamaica)--Maps
Port-au-Prince (Haiti)--Maps
subjectsGeographic
Haiti
Jamaica
Kingston
Kingston (county)
North and Central America
Ouest
Port-au-Prince
genreBasic
Maps
typeOfResource
Cartographic
country
Jamaica
county
Kingston
city
Kingston
thumbnailUrl
largeImageUrl
pageCount
1
source
import
pubPlace
Washington, D.C
publisher
Army Map Service
Source extras
institutionArkId
sf268508b
collectionArkId
41688024w
schema:latitude
18
schema:longitude
-76.8
extent
1 map : col. ; 63 x 73 cm.
notes
Relief shown by contours, spot heights, bathemetry, and color. Heights in meters.
Includes a chart of gradient tints in meters and feet.
Prime meridian: Greenwich.
Legend includes populated places, railroads, boundaries, roads, and other landmarks.
Exhibited in “Faces and Places,” at the Boston Public Library, Boston, MA, October 2003 - September 2004. MB (BRL)
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no
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x633f958k
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map
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1
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0
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photo
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a183178aa2a75bf9