WORLD Equal area case(North pole);Oblique(London)land hemisphere 1949

---

Map 1. An equal area map of the world. Polar, or normal case centred on the North pole. The area within the great circle, the Equator, is the northern hemisphere; Map 2. An equal area map of the world. Oblique case, centred on London. The area within the great circle, 90° from London, is nearly coincident with the land hemisphere. Artist/engraver/cartographer: Royal Geographical Society. Provenance: "The Geographical Journal September"; Published by The Royal Geographical society, London [The Geographical Journal]. Type: Vintage map.

---

Size: 3800px × 2661px
Location: World
Photo credit: © Antiqua Print Gallery / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
Model Released: No

Keywords: 1949, 20th, 90°, antique, area, case, centred, century, circle, coincident, equal, equator, geographical, great, hemisphere, journal, land, london, map, normal, north, northern, oblique, polar, pole, rgs, royal, september, society, twentieth, vintage, world