BIBFRAME Instance

Title

Ceylon Survey 1:50,000

Subtitle

• Indo gomanbun no ichi zu Seirontō
• 印度五万分一圖セイロン島

Genre Form

• Maps (LCGFT)

Identified by

Lccn: 2020592010

Color content

• one color

Note

• Reproduction by Rikuchi Sokuryōbu (Japanese Army) at smaller scale of 1:63,360. Original maps made by Ceylon Minindōru Depārtamēntuva.
• Coverage complete in 75 maps.
• Some British sheets revised up to 1937 (?) (1:63,360), the Japanese Army Land Survey Department made an emergency reproduction of the map by changing the scale to 1:50,000.
• Each sheet includes index map to set using Japanese numbering. Original sheet numbering in upper right corner: Sheet Aa21, A1.
• Relief shown by contours and spot heights.

Dimensions

60 x 90 cm or smaller

Extent

75 maps

Provision Activity

• Publication: Japan 1942

Publication Statement

• [Tokyo]: 参謀本部, 昭和 17 [1942]
• [Tokyo]: Sanbō Honbu, Shōwa 17 [1942]

Media

• unmediated

Issuance

• single unit

Carrier

• sheet

Base material

• paper

Admin Metadata

• Date: 2026-09-11T20:23:06.025216+00:00
• Agent: cbc
• Status: c
• Derived from: 5836172

Admin Metadata

• Date: 2026-09-11
• Cataloger id: Unknown
• Description level: http://id.loc.gov/ontologies/bibframe-2-6-0/
• Description language: eng
• Description authentication: pcc