COLLECTION NAME:
David Rumsey Historical Map Collection
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David Rumsey Historical Map Collection
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Author:
U.S. Office of War Information
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U.S. Office of War Information
Author
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Date:
1944
date
1944
Date
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Short Title:
Western Front. (Continues) 6. Allied Invasion of the Western Front
short_title
Western Front. (Continues) 6. Allied Invasion of the Western Front
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Publisher:
Simon and Schuster
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Simon and Schuster
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Publisher Location:
New York
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New York
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Type:
Atlas Map
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Atlas Map
Type
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Obj Height cm:
36
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36
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Obj Width cm:
57
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57
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Scale 1:
None shown
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None shown
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Note:
Includes text, and Relief map of France, titled: 29. Second Front: France and the Lowlands. With location map. Relief shown by shadings.
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Includes text, and Relief map of France, titled: 29. Second Front: France and the Lowlands. With location map. Relief shown by shadings.
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World Area:
Europe
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Europe
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false
Event:
World War II
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World War II
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false
Full Title:
Western Front. 6. Allied Invasion of the Western Front.
full_title
Western Front. 6. Allied Invasion of the Western Front.
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List No:
1104.017
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1104.017
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Page No:
16-17
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16-17
Page No
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Series No:
17
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17
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Publication Author:
U.S. Office of War Information
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U.S. Office of War Information
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false
Pub Date:
1944
pub_date
1944
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Pub Title:
A War Atlas for Americans. Prepared with the Assistance of the Office of War Information. Published for Council on Books in Wartime by Simon and Schuster. New York. 1944.
pub_title
A War Atlas for Americans. Prepared with the Assistance of the Office of War Information. Published for Council on Books in Wartime by Simon and Schuster. New York. 1944.
Pub Title
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Pub Note:
The editors note in the preface that, "So far as we know this is the first book of its kind, integrating as it does maps and text in an effort to explain to the everyday reader the past, present, and possible future of the war." Many of the maps shown in three dimensional relief. Bound with a paper dust jacket with "A War Atlas for Americans. A guide to the nature and course of the war, containing 84 new maps and 60,000 words of interpretative text. Prepared with the assistance of the Office of War Information. Foreword by Elmer Davis. Published for Council on Books in Wartime by Simon and Schuster."
pub_note
The editors note in the preface that, "So far as we know this is the first book of its kind, integrating as it does maps and text in an effort to explain to the everyday reader the past, present, and possible future of the war." Many of the maps shown in three dimensional relief. Bound with a paper dust jacket with "A War Atlas for Americans. A guide to the nature and course of the war, containing 84 new maps and 60,000 words of interpretative text. Prepared with the assistance of the Office of War Information. Foreword by Elmer Davis. Published for Council on Books in Wartime by Simon and Schuster."
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Pub List No:
1104.000
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1104.000
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Pub Type:
World Atlas
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World Atlas
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false
Pub Maps:
84
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84
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false
Pub Height cm:
37
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37
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false
Pub Width cm:
29
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29
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Image No:
1104017
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1104017
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Download 1:
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Authors:
U.S. Office of War Information
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U.S. Office of War Information
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