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Daily Telegraph War Map of Germany with bombing sites

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Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
[before 1938] (date of creation of map), annotations added [between 1943 and 1945]
Collection/Fonds
Joseph H.C. Corsbie fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 map : col. lithographic print ; 51 x 77 cm
Scope and Content
Item consists of a map entitled "Daily Telegraph War Map of Germany" with secondary title "Daily Telegraph WAR MAP No. 10 Revised Edition". Map was produced prior to the Second World War [pre-Munich International Boundary lines]. Map depicts approximately 47 N to 55 N and from 3E to 22E. The countr…
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Joseph H.C. Corsbie fonds
Series
Joseph H.C. Corsbie RCAF records series
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 map : col. lithographic print ; 51 x 77 cm
Scope and Content
Item consists of a map entitled "Daily Telegraph War Map of Germany" with secondary title "Daily Telegraph WAR MAP No. 10 Revised Edition". Map was produced prior to the Second World War [pre-Munich International Boundary lines]. Map depicts approximately 47 N to 55 N and from 3E to 22E. The country of Germany sits at the centre of the map bordered by Holland, Belgium and France to the west; Switzerland, Austria and Hungary to the south; Lithuania, Poland, Czechoslavakia, Hungary and Romania to the east and Denmark and the Baltic Sea to the north. Annotations in green ink on the map mark areas of Germany that were bombed during World War Two and were added by Royal Canadian Air Force First Officer Joseph (Joe) H. Corsbie during his service.
Creator
Geographia Limited
Publisher
Hutchinsons & Co. (Publishers Ltd.) LONDON & MELBORNE"
Parallel Title
WAR MAP No. 10 Revised Edition
Subjects
Wars - World War, 1939-1945
Accession Code
BV020.31.35
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Date
[before 1938] (date of creation of map), annotations added [between 1943 and 1945]
Media Type
Cartographic Material
Notes
Title based on contents of map
Label printed on verso of map reads: "Daily Telegraph / War Map No. 10 / GERMANY / (REVISED EDITION) / PRICE 1/-NET"
Copyright. "GEOGRAPHIA" LTD. 167 FLEET STREET, LONDON, E.C.4
Specially drawn for the Daily Telegraph by "Geographia" Ltd."
Scale: "Heights in English Feet / Scale of English Miles / Kilometres"
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