Minneapolis Map (3 results)
Effects of Norway Invasion Would Be Far-Reaching.
1943 Owens and Minneapolis Morning Tribune Map of Scandanavia
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Seller: Geographicus Rare Antique Maps, Brooklyn, U.S.A.Geographicus Rare Antique Maps
Contact seller4-star sellerVery good. Newsprint. Closed minor margin tears professionally repaired on verso. Text on verso. Size 22 x 15.75 Inches. This is a Friday, June 18, 1943 Charles Hamilton Owens and Minneapolis Morning Tribune map of the possible Allied invasion of Norway. The map depicts the region from the Arctic Ocean and Iceland to Germany and… from Russia to Ireland. During the summer of 1943, following the surrender of Axis forces in North Africa, nearly everyone in the world was waiting to see what the Allies next move would be. Everyone knew that Stalin had been calling for a second front in Europe to ease pressure on Soviet forces in Russia, but no one knew for sure where, or when, that second front would materialize. Hitler had fortified nearly the entire coastline of northern and western Europe, but still had to play a guessing game of where the Allies would strike next. One option, as illustrated here, was to invade Norway. As Owens notes, not all of the Norwegian coast had been fortified by the Nazis, but it also presented natural barriers in the form of steep cliffs. Only certain areas along the Norwegian coast provided adequate landing zones. Owens also states repeatedly that an invasion of Norway would force Germany to transport large numbers of troops across Sweden, which the neutral Swedish had already stated would force them to join the Allied cause, giving Germany yet another variable to watch. While in hindsight the option of an Allied invasion of Norway may appear outlandish, one of the most important factors in the successful Allied landings in Sicily and in Normandy was successfully forcing Germany and her allies to position troops throughout Europe. This meant that there was never an overwhelming concentration of Axis forces in any one location, which allowed for a higher probability of success in any future Allied landing operation. When Charles Hamilton Owens drew this map, he was doubtless inspired by the work of Richard Edes Harrison, an American illustrator and cartographer who, working for Fortune magazine, pioneered a new style of representing the world for WWII era propaganda maps. Edes developed the convention of using spherical perspective with an exaggerated vertical dimension, as on the present map, to illustrate part of the world as part of a greater global situation. This map was drawn by Charles Hamilton Owens and published in the Minneapolis Morning Tribune on Friday, June 18, 1943.
Published by Minneapolis, Minneapolis 1890
Seller: High Ridge Books, Inc. - ABAA, South Deerfield, U.S.A.High Ridge Books, Inc. - ABAA
Contact seller5-star sellerMassive wall map of Superior, Wisconsin, published at a time when this city was being heavily promoted as a manufacturing and transportation hub for the upper Great Lakes region. Linen-backed, lacks top wooden roller. Very good to fine condition, with minor soiling along top and right side. Outline color by ward. Lots are number…ed, but land owners are not identified. Lithographed by Harrison & Smith of Minneapolis. Not found on OCLC. Printed Maps of the Midwest 6-1402 identifies Library of Congress as a location of a copy, but the Library of Congress on-line catalog does not list it. It is quite possible, however, that it is among their many unlisted materials.
The Mediterranean and the Citadel of Europe.
1943 Minneapolis Morning Tribune Map of Europe and the Mediterranean
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Seller: Geographicus Rare Antique Maps, Brooklyn, U.S.A.Geographicus Rare Antique Maps
Contact seller3-star sellerGood. Newsprint. Even overall toning. Closed tears along top, bottom, and left margins. Soiling along top and right margins. Soiling and wear along original centerfold. Text on verso. Size 15.5 x 21.75 Inches. This is a Friday, May 21, 1943 Van Swearingen and Minneapolis Morning Tribune map of Europe and the Mediterranean a week… after the surrender of Italian and German forces in North Africa on May 13, 1943. The map depicts the region from England, the North Sea, and Germany to North Africa and from the Atlantic Ocean, Portugal, Spain, and Morocco to the Black Sea, Turkey, Syria and Transjordan. As this map was published eight days after the surrender of Axis forces in North Africa, it is presenting the current situation of the war against Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy to the Tribune's readers. Since combat in North Africa had ended, the world's focus was now turned toward where the Allies would invade 'the Citadel of Europe'. Here, Van Swearingen takes the approach that the Allies would utilize territory gained in North Africa to launch their assault on Europe and gives distances from many Allied occupied cities and islands to possible invasion sites across southern Europe. Although unknown at the time, the Allies chose Sicily as their next objective, and launched an amphibious and airborne invasion on July 10, 1943, seven weeks after this map was printed. A well-made map, all the countries illustrated are labeled, along with myriad cities and towns throughout Europe, the Middle East, and North Africa. These include major cities, such as Rabat, Casablanca, Algiers, Tunis, Tripoli, and Tobruk in North Africa (all of which played a role in the North African campaign), Jerusalem, Tel Aviv, Haifa, and Beirut in the Middle East, and all of the major capitals of Europe. The line dividing Poland between Germany and Russia established by the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact of 1939 is also illustrated, although the current battle line between the Germans and the Russian is not. Rail lines in North Africa are illustrated, along with canals in Europe. This map was drawn by Van Swearingen and published as the 97th map in the series of color war maps published by the Minneapolis Tribune on Friday, May 21, 1943.
