1958 U.S. Air Force Aeronautical Chart or Map of Mindanao Sea, Philippines

This is a scarce 1958 U.S. Air Force aeronautical chart or map of the Mindanao Sea in the Philippines. The map covers parts of the Visayan Islands and the Mindanao Island from Caluya Island and the southern half of Samar Island southward including the islands of Leyte, Negros, Cebu, Bohol, and the northern parts of Mindanao Island. Important cities including Iloilo, Bacolod, Tacloban, Dipolog and Cebu, the oldest city in Philippines and the first to be settled by the Spanish, are noted. The map is highly detailed, noting towns, rivers, cities, mountains, bays, islands and other hydrographical and topographical features essential for the air pilot. Verso of this chart features legends and a world aeronautical chart index. This chart was published by the USAF Aeronautical Chart and Information Service, Washington 25, D.C., and was issued as chart no. 742. First issued in 1948, this is the ninth edition revised to Nov 1958.