COLLECTION NAME:
David Rumsey Historical Map Collection
Record
Author:
Rand McNally & Company
Date:
1945
Short Title:
Rand McNally map of Eastern Asia and Western Pacific Ocean
Publisher:
Rand McNally & Company
Publisher Location:
Chicago, Ill.
Type:
Book Map
Obj Height cm:
78
Obj Width cm:
103
Scale 1:
14,937,120
Note:
Full color map. Prime meridian is Greenwich.
World Area:
World
World Area:
Pacific
Region:
East Asia
Event:
World War II
Full Title:
Rand McNally map of Eastern Asia and Western Pacific Ocean. (Mercator projection). Copyright by Rand McNally & Company; Chicago, Ill. Lithographed in U.S.A. (Cover title) Rand McNally War Map of the Pacific War area. Prepared exclusively for St. Paul Fire and Marine Insurance Company, Mercury Insurance Company, Saint Paul- Mercury Indemnity Company. Home Office, St. Paul, Minnesota. Complements of Carl Gallaway - Insurance - Eureka, Utah. (on verso) Rand McNally Stratoview map of Eastern Asia. (with) Rand McNally; Populated map of Japan. (with) Populated map of Philippine Islands.
List No:
8419.002
Series No:
2
Engraver or Printer:
St. Paul Fire and Marine Insurance Company
Engraver or Printer:
Mercury Insurance Company
Engraver or Printer:
Carl Gallaway Insurance
Publication Author:
Rand McNally & Company
Pub Date:
1945
Pub Title:
Rand McNally map of Eastern Asia and Western Pacific Ocean. Mercator projection. Copyright by Rand McNally & Company; Chicago, Ill. Lithographed in U.S.A. (Cover title) Rand McNally War Map of the Pacific War area. Prepared exclusively for St. Paul Fire and Marine Insurance Company, Mercury Insurance Company, Saint Paul- Mercury Indemnity Company. Home Office, St. Paul, Minnesota. Complements of Carl Gallaway - Insurance - Eureka, Utah. (on verso) Rand McNally Stratoview map of Eastern Asia. (with) Rand McNally; Populated map of Japan. (with) Populated map of Philippine Islands.
Pub Note:
Full color tour map of the Pacific Theater of World War II, on sheet 105x78, folded into self wrapped cover 35x27. Date estimated. Showing airline distances, islands. ports and other strategic points. Map of Eastern Asia on cover. On verso: there are three maps with insets and a text: "The Eastern Asia Threatre of Japanese Defeat," is the best way to date this map as having been made during World War II. The Russian did not begin their offensive against the Japanese until August 1945, and by the following this clearly had not happened.
Pub List No:
8419.000
Pub Type:
Book Map
Pub Maps:
4
Pub Height cm:
35
Pub Width cm:
27
Image No:
8419002.jp2
Authors:
Rand McNally & Company
