Accession Number: 2018.16.1
Description: Brass embossing plate, bend on right side to fit into embossing press, embossed with raised line map of Mercator's Projection of the world; continents have raised parallel lines in their background, each running a different direction to assist with differentation; major rivers are marked with two raised lines; equator and the tropics are marked with line of raised dots; captions in Modified American Braille; map is from the APH translation of Dodge's Geography, Part 2, figure #114, published by APH in 1912 in four volumes.
Height: 10.375
Width: 11.625
Maker: American Printing House for the Blind
Place of Origin: Louisville, KY
Collection: APH Collection
History/Provenance: APH Collection
Credit Line: APH Collection, 2018.16.
Subjects: Books for children Embossing (Printing) Geography Maps for the blind and visually impaired
Dimension Notes: overall
Made: American Printing House for the Blind
Material: Brass
Updated: 02/16/2021
