Everest a half century after the first climb, new technology maps Everest in unprecedented detail /

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: National Geographic Maps (Firm)
Format: Map
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : National Geographic Society, [2003]
Physical Description:
2 maps on 1 sheet : color, both sides ; on sheet 51 x 79 cm.
Subjects:
Everest, Mount (China and Nepal) -- Aerial views.
Everest, Mount (China and Nepal) -- Maps.
Sagarmāthā National Park (Nepal) -- Maps.
Description
Item Description:Shows expeditions and passes used over the past 50 years and text.
Oriented with north to the left.
Relief shown by contours and spot heights. On verso, relief shown by shading.
"The work of generations of surveyors--stretching back to the days of George Everest himself--undergirds the bedrock of this most detailed digital model of Mount Everest ..."
"Supplement to National Geographic, May 2003"--verso.
"Printed March 2003."
Verso shows land use, settlements and boundaries for the Sagarmatha National Park area.
On verso: includes text, ill., location map and 3 ancillary maps.
Physical Description:
2 maps on 1 sheet : color, both sides ; on sheet 51 x 79 cm.

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