North west Europe 1:250,000. Sheet no. 5, Amiens-Mons Geographical Section, General Staff No. 4042 ; drawn and revised at the O.S., 1938 ; re-revised and photolithographed by O.S., 1943.

Title:
North west Europe 1:250,000. Sheet no. 5, Amiens-Mons Geographical Section, General Staff No. 4042 ; drawn and revised at the O.S., 1938 ; re-revised and photolithographed by O.S., 1943.
Description:
Relief shown by contours, gradient tints, and spot heights. | Three classes of railways and five classes of roads are shown. | Covers area north from Lens, Belgium to Compiègne to the south, and west from Beauvais to Chimay, Belgium to the east. Amiens roughly at center left portion of sheet. Mons roughly at upper right portion of sheet. | Sheet no. 5, Amiens-Mons from set covering most of the Low Countries and northeastern France. Set includes various issues of some sheets, some reissued by U.S. Army Map Service. Some sheets have series designation A.M.S. M503 (G.S.G.S. 4042). | Published by the War Office, 1937." | "2nd. Edition 1943." | Military grid. | "Nord de Guerre Zone Grid. Projection, Lambert Conical Orthomorphic. Spheroid, Du Plessis (reconstituted)." | "Heights in metres." | "Contour interval 50 metres." | Cataloging agency's copy overprinted with 1 dashed blue diagonal line extending south northeast from roughly E 2°36ʹ N 49°22ʹ to E 2°50ʹ N 50°35ʹ with designation: 8°30ʹ W (June 1943). IXA | Cataloging agency's copy overprinted with 1 solid blue diagonal line extending south northeast from roughly E 3°31ʹ N 49°22ʹ to E 3°44ʹ N 50°35ʹ with designation: 8° W (June 1943). IXA | Includes Conversion table, Incidence of grid letters and Index to adjoining sheets, To give a grid reference on this sheet, Nord de Guerre Zone Grid convergence diagram, and Reliability diagram. | "50,000 5 44.E."
Creator/Contributor:
Great Britain. War Office. General Staff. Geographical Section, cartographer, issuing body. (cartographer)
Date Created/Date Issued:
1944
Owning Repository:
Perry-Castañeda Library Maps, University of Texas Libraries, The University of Texas at Austin
Source Collection Name:
Field Maps of Colonel Roland T. Fenton
Source Collection PID:
utlmaps:3084389a-1336-420d-94c1-578d2961543f
Type:
maps, cartographic, Topographic maps, and Aeronautical charts
Extent:
50 x 70 cm, on sheet 65 x 77 cm.
Rights - Use and Reproduction:
https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
Language:
English and French
Publisher:
[London] : Published by the War Office, [1944?]/[London] : Photolithographed by O.S., 1943.
Topic:
Transportation -- Europe, Northern -- Maps., , World War, 1939-1945 -- Europe, Northern -- Maps., and
Cartographic Information:
E 2°00ʹ00ʺ--E 4°30ʹ00ʺ N 50°35ʹ00ʺ--N 49°22ʹ00ʺ and 1:250,000
UTL DAMS PID:
utlmaps:e985edaa-a8c5-4210-b576-138a6ed064aa
Related Resource - Host:
PCL Map Collection (title)
Thumbnail URI:
https://curio.lib.utexas.edu/assets/DAMS/utlmaps/utlmaps_e985edaa-a8c5-4210-b576-138a6ed064aa/TN/utlmaps_e985edaa-a8c5-4210-b576-138a6ed064aa.jpg
IIIF Manifest:
https://curio.lib.utexas.edu/assets/DAMS/utlmaps/utlmaps_e985edaa-a8c5-4210-b576-138a6ed064aa/manifests/2/utlmaps_e985edaa-a8c5-4210-b576-138a6ed064aa.json
Date Added:
2021-06-30

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