Handsome color lithographed fold-out map of part of the Northern Hemisphere — above 40° N. latitude.

• The coverage area is centered on the North Pole and includes notations on discoveries made by various explorers, including Amundsen, Ross, Schmidt, Wellman, Nansen, Byrd, and Peary.



• The map defines the areas of permanent polar ice and the northern limits of wooded country.



• It locates Arctic roads and trails, railways, canals, and airports, and shows the limits of drift ice.



• Named places and features include Hudson Bay, West Spitzbergen, Beaufort Sea, Franz Josef Land, Ellesmere Island, Gulf of Boothia, Alaska, Iceland, Russia, Finland, Canada, and more.



• The map opens to a generous 28½" x 29½"and is drawn on a scale of 1:14,000,000.



• It was lithographed by A. Hoen & Company, Baltimore and published by the National Geographic Society as a supplement to the October 1949 National Geographic Magazine.



• Condition:  This map is in very good condition, bright and clean, with no marks, rips, or tears. It is blank on the back, with no printing on the reverse side. Please see the scans and feel free to ask any questions.



• This is an original, authentic 1949 map, printed more than 70 years ago. It is not a reproduction or modern reprint, and it is fully guaranteed to be genuine.



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