Europe 1939.

Publication date: 1939

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Very good. Light wear along original fold lines. Text on verso. Size 21.25 x 26.75 Inches. This is a 1939 Richard Edes Harrison map of Europe on the brink of World War II. Depicting the entirety of continental Europe, Harrison employs small icons to indicate air and naval bases as well as fortified lines along international borders. The fortifications built between France and Germany, the vaunted Maginot and Siegfried Lines respectively, represent the highest concentration of illustrated military force. Harrison also uses color to identify military alliances as they stood when this map was published. The Allied powers, France, the United Kingdom, and Poland, are shaded blue, while Germany is colored red. It is important to note that Germany’s borders here include the Anschluss , or the Reich’s forced annexation of Austria, and its invasion of Czechoslovakia, neither of which were opposed by the Western powers. World War II began in earnest in Europe on September 1, 1939, when Germany invaded Poland from the west, and France and Great Britain declared war on Germany, but did little to come to Poland’s defense. As agreed in the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact between Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union, the Soviets invaded Poland on September 17th. The Soviets would not join the Allied side until Operation Barbarossa ( Unternehmen Barbarossa ) the June 22, 1941 German invasion of the Soviet Union. Publication History and Census This map was created by Richard Edes Harrison and published by FORTUNE Magazine. It is catalogued in the OCLC as being part of the institutional collections at Harvard, the University of Michigan, Missouri State University, the University of Texas, Brigham Young University, the University of California, Los Angeles, and the University of California-Berkeley. References: OCLC 34121571.…

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Title
Europe 1939.
Author
1939 Harrison Map of Europe
Publication year
1939
Binding
Soft cover
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EUROPE-MAPS

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Geographicus Rare Antique Maps was founded in New York, New York, by Kevin James Brown in 1999. We are specialist antiquarians dealing in historic maps from all over the world and in all price ranges. Our enthusiasm, passion, and devotion to scholarship is expressed in our meticulously researched descriptions, among the most detailed and comprehensive available anywhere, for each and every rare map that passes over our desk. This same devotion guides the relationships of honesty and trust we have fostered with our clients, whether through purchasing or selling a rare map, getting an appraisal, or simply calling to discuss antique maps in general. We are happy to assist you no matter whether you are an interior decorator, an institution, an experienced collector, or are just looking for a single antique map. Geographicus is a member of the ABAA (Antiquarian Booksellers' Association of America), the ILAB (International League of Antiquarian Booksellers), the New York Map Society, the Washington Map Society, the IMCOS, and the Society for the History of Discoveries. While primarily an internet-based company, we are happy to meet with clients to show our antique maps by appointment at our New York City location.…

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