Britain the world centre, cable & wireless great circle map
- Image
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- Created Date
- 1945
- Description
"Mark your cables via Imperial". "Explanation -- On this projection distances are correct only along straight lines radiating from London and may be measured on the graphical scales. The Great Circle bearing from London to any point may be obtained by projecting a straight line from London through the point to the edge of the map and reading the figure on the periphery." Shows direction of wireless beams from London to locations worldwide. Includes pictorial images relating to Cable & Wireless, Ltd. including four corner roundels: "A wireless transmitter", "Mobile telegraph sta--(Mediterranean)", "S.S. Great Eastern, 1865", "A modern cableship" and two smaller roundels flanking main map: "Cable loading into boat", "Cable transfer gear". "Copyright of Cable & Wireless, Ltd 7-46".
Color
1:44,732,160
- Creator
Gill, MacDonald, 1884-1947
- Partner
- Recollection Wisconsin
- Contributing Institution
- University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
- Collection
- American Geographical Society Library - Maps
American Geographical Society Library, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Libraries
American Geographical Society Library Digital Map Collection - Publisher
- Cable and Wireless, ltd
- Subjects
- Telegraph, Wireless -- Maps
Wireless communication systems -- Maps
England -- Colonies -- Maps
Pictorial maps
World maps - Type
- image
- Language
- English
- Rights
- https://uwm.edu/libraries/digital-collections/copyright-digcoll/
- Chicago citation style
- Gill, MacDonald, 1884-1947. Britain the world centre, cable & wireless great circle map. 1945. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://collections.lib.uwm.edu/cdm/ref/collection/agdm/id/23806. (Accessed April 19, 2024.)
- APA citation style
- Gill, MacDonald, 1884-1947, (1945) Britain the world centre, cable & wireless great circle map. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://collections.lib.uwm.edu/cdm/ref/collection/agdm/id/23806
- MLA citation style
- Gill, MacDonald, 1884-1947. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America <http://collections.lib.uwm.edu/cdm/ref/collection/agdm/id/23806>.