COLLECTION NAME:
David Rumsey Historical Map Collection
Record
Author:
Gorkin, Aleksandr Fedorovich
Author:
Motylev, V.E.
Date:
1937
Short Title:
Karty vazhneyshkh geograficheskikh ekspeditsiy i otkrytii
Publisher:
Nauchno-izdatelskim Institutm Bolshogo
Publisher Location:
Moscow
Type:
Atlas Map
Obj Height cm:
47
Obj Width cm:
26
Scale 1:
150,000,000
Note:
3 color maps of major geographical expeditions and discoveries 1200-1918. Includes inset, legend, exploration routes, date and name of explorers.
World Area:
World
Subject:
Exploration
Full Title:
Karty vazhneyshkh geograficheskikh ekspeditsiy i otkrytii. (to accompany) Bolshoi Sovietskii Atlas Mira. Moskva 1937.
List No:
11008.017
Page No:
6
Series No:
17
Engraver or Printer:
Shmidt, O. Y.
Engraver or Printer:
Nikitin, M. V.
Engraver or Printer:
Shaposhnikova, B. M.
Publication Author:
Gorkin, Aleksandr Fedorovich
Publication Author:
Motylev, V.E.
Pub Date:
1937
Pub Title:
Bolshoi Sovietskii Atlas Mira. Moskva 1937. Proletarii vsekh stran, soediniaites! Pod obshchei red. A. F. Gorkin; O. Y. Shmidt; V. E. Motylev; M. V. Nikitin; B. M. Direktor instituta V.E. Motylev. Shaposhnikov. Izdan po postanovleniyu Tsentralnogo Ispolnitelnogo kommiteta i Soveta Narodnikh Komissarov Soiuza SSR ot 17 Dekabri 1933 g. Nauchno-izdatelskim Institutm Bolshogo Sovetskogo Atlasa Mira pri TSIK SSSR.
Pub Note:
Great Soviet World Atlas; Includes 168 color thematic maps, Index of geographical names, contents, text, tables and diagrams. First page with a world map inside a five-pointed star, prominently depicting the Soviet Union. Prepared under the cooperative editorship of A. F. Gorkin ... Director of the Scientific editorial institute, V. E. Motylev, Moscow. Includes vignette of Stalin and Lenin stamped above title. Bound in blue calico bindings, with title "Bolshoi Sovietskii Atlas Mira I" with the insignia of the Soviet Union stamped on top. On the spine is the same title under a five-pointed star with a world map. Maps are full color, various sizes, some double page or larger, each with cover title. Maps 38, 86-87, 90-91 missing, Includes legend, diagram, notes, etc. Relief shown by gradient tints, Depth shown by isolines and soundings.
Pub List No:
11008.000
Pub Type:
World Atlas
Pub Maps:
168
Pub Height cm:
52
Pub Width cm:
36
Image No:
11008017.jp2
Authors:
Gorkin, Aleksandr Fedorovich; Motylev, V.E.
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Karty vazhneyshkh geograficheskikh ekspeditsiy i otkrytii
