The National Geographic map of Mount Everest / this map was prepared as a joint research project of the National Geographic Society and the Henry S. Hall, Jr., Everest Fund of the Museum of Science, Boston ; with the support of His Majesty's Government of Nepal and the National Bureau of Surveying and Mapping, the People's Republic of China.
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| Language: | English Nepali Chinese |
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Boston : Zurich :
Museum of Science ; Swiss Foundation for Alpine Research,
[1991], ©1991.
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| Edition: | Second edition 1991 (with a new reverse). |
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| Physical Description: | 1 map : color ; 73 x 52 cm, on sheet 92 x 60 cm, folded to 24 x 15 cm |
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Mount Everest = Sagarmatha = Chomolangma.
Mount Everest 1:50 000 = Sagarmatha (Nepal) = Chomolangma (China). |
| Cartographic Data: | Scale 1:50,000. 2 cm = 1 km 1 in. = 0.79 miles ; Transverse Mercator projection, origin meridian 87⁰E (E 86⁰47ʹ--E 87⁰03ʹ/N 28⁰10ʹ--N 27⁰50ʹ). |
| Format: | Map |
| Note: | Relief shown by contours, shading, and spot heights. Depths shown by soundings. Title in top margin and panel title in English, Nepali, and Chinese. "Copyright 1991 by the Swiss Foundation for Alpine Research Zurich and Museum of Science, Boston." "The first edition of this map was published by the National Geographic Society in November 1988." Includes glossary, text, and list of contributors. Map "Everest area, first ascents route map" (scale 1:25,000), location map, and "Mini history of first ascents 1953-1990" on verso. Cartographic material. |
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| Call Number: | 400-c A-1991 (Mt. Everest) Map |
| ISBN: | 3855151059 9783855151059 |