Collection: Osher Map Library Collection

Name: Illustrated World Octavue Projection

Barcode: 56728

Image Number: 56728.0001

Publishing Location: Milwaukee

Brief Description: Pictorial map of the world on a newly created projection called the Octovue Projection published by Harold B. Ward and Lloyd E. Pitner. Verso includes a deconstruction of the globe and includes hundreds of decorative vignettes depicting scenes from around the world. Included are advertising graphics promoting Monarch Ranges and Super-Heaters. The map is based on the work of Pitner who devised projecting the round world on paper without any type of distortion, shapes, sizes and distances.

Editor: Ward, Harold Bernard

Publisher: Pitner, Lloyd E.

Date/Date Range Published: 1944

Region Depicted: World

Map Type: GeographicalHistorical maps

Dimensions: 67 x 100 cm

Material Type: Paper

LC Call Number: G3201.B71 1944 W3

OCLC: 1290851615

Accession Number: OML-1944-223

Permanent URL: https://oshermaps.org/map/56728.0001