Collection: Osher Map Library Collection

Name: Universal Map of Outer Space

Barcode: 58548

Image Number: 58548.0001

Publishing Location: Chicago

Brief Description: Includes "Distance chart," "Relative sizes of planets," "Interplanetary weight chart," "Space ship time schedule," and colored illustrations.  Illustrated plan of the solar system published by Rand McNally in 1958 the year after the Soviet Union launched the first successful satellite into orbit. NASA was also established that same year.

Publisher: Rand McNally and Company

Date/Date Range Published: 1958

Language: English

Dimensions: 80 x 105 cm

Historical Context: Space race was a competition between the United States and the Soviet Union. NASA was established

LC Call Number: G3181.A5 1958 R3

OCLC: 45366486

Subjects: AstronomyPlanetsSolar system

Permanent URL: https://oshermaps.org/map/58548.0001