Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-04-12
WORLDS LARGEST MAP.
TT is SIXTEEN FEET LONG ANE
SEVEN AND A HALF WIDE.

1T is SIXTEEN FEET LONG ANE
SEVEN AND A HALF WIDE.
1t Is Known as Commercial Mag
and is Installed in the Department
of Commerce-All Places of In
ternatiOnal Importance or Interest
Are Indicated.
One of the largest maps in the
world has just been installed in the
Office of Secretary Cortelyou of the
Department of Commerce. writes the
Washington correspondent of the New
York Sun. 1t is Known as a CONNER
cial map of the globe, and it probably
contains more information of a COM
mercial character than any other map
ever made. It's dimensions are IS
feet long by - feet wide. and the
sixteen sheets of the largest size
hand made paper of which it is made
were so delicately fitted together that
it appears like one huge sheet.
The map was prepared by the Uni
ted States Coast and Geodetic Survey,
under the direction of Secretary Cor
tefyou. with special reference TO the
needs of his department. Practically
all the large maps and aliases publish
ed in recent years were consulted in
the compilation of names, shore lines
and political Subdivisions. with much
additional information derived from
detail charts, gazetteers and books of
travel. the Congressional Library be-
ing drawn en- for much valuable ma
terial.
The repcAs of the board of geo
graphic names were taken as authori-
ty for the spelling of names, but
thousands of names are given which
do not appear in these reports. Names
which were thought tc be of little
value for the purposes of such map
were emitted. however. in order that
those given might stand ont with
greater distinctness.
A unique feature of the map is the
location of the continents. which is
different from that shown On any
other map or atlas published. 1t has
been the custom of all map makers
to show the Western Hemisphere at
the left end of the map and the East
ern Hemisphere at the right. Behring
Sea being the dividing line. On this
map the American continents occupy
the centre, thereby permitting the en-
tire Pacific Ocean and the transpacifc
steamship and cable routes to the
Philippine Islands and Hong Kong to
be shown without a break in the GEN.
ire of the Pacific, as has always been
the case heretofore. The eastern
route via the Suez Canal to the Phil
ippines is also continuously shown.
Cities having a population of be-
tween 10000 and 10000 are indicated
in a distinctive manner All the Uni
ted States consula 70 are given. as
well as most Of the consular and COM
mercial agencies. ord in those parts
plications are likely to occur all
steamship ports are shown.
A special feature is the indication
of the various lighthouses on the
coasts of the United States. All places
which are of international interest or
Importance are indicated.
All submarine cables are given in
cluding the new cable between San
Francisco and Manila via Honolulu;
the new cable between Victoria, B. c.,
and Brisbane, Australia. via Fiji ISL
ands; the new cable between New
York and Emden, Germany, via the
Azores and Lisbon; the new cable be-
tween Port Natal. South Africa, and
Perth, Australia: the new cable under
construction between Seattle, Wash,
and Sitka Alaska, and the telegraph
line from Vancouver B. c.. to different
points in Alaska. as Juneau, Dawson
City. Valdez st. Michaels and Nome.
The Trans Siberian Railway from st.
Petersburg to Port Arthur and Vladi-
vostok is given, as we'll as the route
of the Cape to Cairo railway in Africa.
as yet uncompleted and the spur of
the Manchurian Railway that is being
built directly to the back door of Pc
kin via Rhaihr and Ralgan.
Colonial possessions are indicated
by the same. coloring as that of the
mother countries. All the insular pos
sessions of the United States are
clearly shown. Persons who are not
fully informed of our acquisitions in
the Pacific will be surprised to learn
of the number of islands in that ocean
that are under our control.
The most difficult feature in com
piling a map of this kind is in de-
fining the political boundaries, which
are as accurate as could be ascertain
ed down to the very day the work
was finished.
Among the recent changes in bound
aries may be mentioned the new Alb
yssinian boundary, the new arbitration
boundary between Chile and the Ar.
gentine Republic. the new boundary
between Brazil and Bolivia, the Anglo
Turkish boundary at Alden and the
Spanish and French agreements on
the west coast of Africa There also
is question as to the political status
of certain other countries, as for in
stance the province Of Novibazar be.
tween Austria and Turkey: the Egyp-
tan Soudan and certain leased Sec
tons. as the locality of Lodi. between
British East Africa and the Congo
Free State.