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    The blood-red world : map showing territory of the Earth directly affected by the Great War. "Supplement to the Watchman, November 1914." Includes statistical chart. Publisher information on verso. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
    • Contributor: Southern Publishing Association
    • Date: 1914-01-01
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    Maps showing entrenchments in France during World War I at a scale of 1:20,000 The collection consists of 477 maps from World War I created by American and French forces that show trenches and related military information in France and Belgium. Maps are scaled at 1:20,000. Data taken from aerial photography ("tranchées d'après photos ... ") and observation ("Schématique d'apres renseignements"). Some maps are in color and are sized at 100 x 100 cm or smaller. Relief shown...
    • Contributor: France. Armée. Service Géographique - Summerall, Charles Pelot
    • Date: 1915
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    Position of batteries & units of fire : [Stenay]. Shows northwestern vicinity of Stenay. "10 Nov. 1918." At head of title: Hdqrs. Div. Arty., 89" Div. Accompanied by typescript text: Plan of attack for supporting attack of 177th Infantry Brigade. [1] leaf ; 34 cm. -- Text annotated in pencil. [2] leaves ; 33 cm. -- Ms. map at 1:20,000 in pencil: Foreman 11/10/18 grouping. 1 map : ms., tracing : 21 x...
    • Contributor: Summerall, Charles Pelot
    • Date: 1918-01-01
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    Map of the Russian-Austrian-German Borders Where the Great Battles of the Current European War Are Fought.
    Mappa das fronteiras russo-austro-allemãs onde se travam as grandes batalhas da actual guerra européa
    This map of the eastern front in World War I, probably dating from late 1914, shows the locations of the major battles along the frontiers between the main Central Powers, Germany and Austria-Hungary, and the Russian Empire, a member of the Triple Entente allied with Great Britain and France. The map was published by O Imparcial, a leading Rio de Janeiro newspaper, and reflects...
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    Southwest Arabia: Mecca, Sheet 8.
    S.W. Arabia: Mecca, Sheet 8
    This map is part of a series of nine large-scale depictions of the southwestern portion of the Arabian Peninsula. The map covers the region from Mecca and its port of Jeddah (now Jiddah) in the north to the southern town of al-Līth on the Red Sea and the arid areas towards the southwest. The entire region is known as Hijaz, or Hejaz. Much of...
    • Contributor: Great Britain. War Office. General Staff. Geographical Section - Maunsell, Francis Richard
    • Date: 1917-01-01
    • Resource: - 1 page
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    Albanian frontiers. Relief shown by contours and gradient tints. In right lower margin of the original: Prepared by Admiralty War Staff, I.D. Drawn and printed at the Ordnance Survey, 1916. Annotated in col. inks to show proposed boundaries and railroad routes. Title and legend for annotations typewritten and drawn on separate sheet pasted on recto at lower left. Typewritten below title: Based on map of north...
    • Contributor: Great Britain. Ordnance Survey - Great Britain. Admiralty War Staff
    • Date: 1918-01-01
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    The comprehensive series, historical-geographical maps of the United States
    Historical-geographical maps of the United States
    Wall maps. Relief shown by hachures. "Copyright by E.W.A. Rowles"--On map sheets. Publication date inferred from rubber-stamped date: Dec. 1-1919. Sheet edges mounted on cloth backing. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Some maps include inset. Includes brief description for period shown on each map and col. ill. Maps nos. 31, 32, 33, and 34 published separately...
    • Contributor: Modern School Supply Company - Rowles, E. W. A.
    • Date: 1919-01-01

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    Humorous Map of Europe.
    Mappa Humorístico da Europa
    Mappa Humorístico da Europa (Humorous map of Europe) was produced in 1914 by the well-known Portuguese modernist painter and illustrator António Soares (1894-1978). The map can be seen as a condemnation of the powers of Europe, engaged as they were at that time in plunging the continent of Europe into the great conflagration that became World War I. Each of 21 countries is represented...
    • Contributor: Soares, António
    • Date: 1914-01-01
    • Resource: - 1 page
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    War map : pictorial and propaganda map collection 1900-1950 A collection of 180 pictorial and propaganda maps that illustrate events related to World War I, the interwar years, World War II, the formation of the United Nations, and the Cold War. While many of the pieces were created as governmental propaganda, others appeared in commercial publications, including the Star Weekly, Fortune Magazine, the Daily Mail, and the Los Angeles Examiner. Some of the...
    • Contributor: Chase, Ernest Dudley - Clegg, Ernest - Stiles, Ezra C. - Manning, F. E. - Harrison, Richard Edes - Rose, Fred. W. (Frederick W.) - Kampf, Arthur
    • Date: 1900
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    Diroca World War II map collection The collection consists of 21 maps from Newsmap, The Times Atlas, Time Magazine, and others that depict World War II. Some maps contain supporting textual information. Also included is an atlas of Italian territorial claims following World War I.
    • Date: 1918
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    British Battles During 1918 (8th August to 11th November 1918).
    British Battles During 1918 (8th Aug. to 11th Nov. 1918)
    This colorful map was produced by the Geographical Section of the General Staff of the UK War Office, printed by Waterlow & Sons, and made available for public sale shortly after the end of World War I. It provides a summary of the Hundred Days offensive by British, American, and British Empire troops that led to the German surrender on November 11, 1918. It...
    • Contributor: Great Britain. War Office. General Staff. Geographical Section
    • Date: 1918-01-01
    • Resource: - 1 page
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    Proposed boundary between Greece and Albania and population composition of south central Yugoslavia and northern Albania. Relief shown by contours, shading, and spot heights. Depths shown by contours on some maps. Title hand-lettered in black ink in upper margin. Base map title printed in upper margin: The Balkans : scale 1:250,000. Annotated in col. inks and pencil to show proposed boundaries, Serbian settlements, Albanian settlements, and Albanian massacres. Includes notes, glossary, and "Index to adjoining sheets." Available also through the...
    • Contributor: Great Britain. Ordnance Survey - Great Britain. War Office. General Staff. Geographical Section
    • Date: 1915-01-01

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    Military Battles and Campaigns This category contains maps showing campaigns of major military conflicts including troop movements, defensive structures and groundworks, roads to and from sites of military engagements, campsites, and local buildings, topography and vegetation. Some of the maps are manuscripts drawn on the field of battle, while others are engraved including some that have manuscript annotations reflecting the history of the battle or campaign. A significant...
    • Date: 1570

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    Herman R. Friis cartographic manuals collection The Hermann R. Friis collection contains cartographic manuals published by the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey, Army, War Department, and Geological Survey. A number of the manuals are from World War II, which discuss aerial photographs and military map symbols. Maps in the manuals include: the world, North America, the United States, Montana, Scandinavia, and France, among others. These maps exemplify different cartographic techniques.
    • Contributor: Friis, Herman R. (Herman Ralph)
    • Date: 1905
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    Maps of the Balkan Peninsula. Relief shown by spot heights; relief also shown by contours and gradient tints on some sheets. Depths shown by gradient tints and soundings on some sheets. Portfolio title. Common title in upper margin of some 1:1,000,000-scale sheets: Europe, scale 1:1,000,000 -- International map, Europe 1:1,000,000. Statement of attribution in lower margin of some sheets, e.g.: War Office, Jan'y 1912 -- War Office, December 1918...
    • Contributor: Great Britain. Ordnance Survey - Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain) - Great Britain. War Office. General Staff. Geographical Section - Great Britain. Foreign Office. Historical Section
    • Date: 1919-01-01

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    Situation le 9 septembre 1914 la veille de la Bataille de la Marne : [France]. Pen-and-ink and colored pencil on two sheets of paper pasted together. Mounted on cardboard. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Includes text.
    • Date: 1914-01-01
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    Southwest Arabia: Taiz, Sheet 1.
    S.W. Arabia: Taiz, Sheet 1
    This 1916 map shows the southwestern part of the Arabian Peninsula, an area in the present-day Republic of Yemen. The large scale allows for the display of detail about cities and towns, tribes, topographical features, and the inclusion of notes with information not often found on earlier maps of the region. The map covers the sparsely populated mountains in the north to the southern...
    • Contributor: Great Britain. War Office. General Staff. Geographical Section - Maunsell, Francis Richard
    • Date: 1916-01-01
    • Resource: - 1 page
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    Map of the Theater of Operations (Western Front) with Alphabetical Directory.
    Carte du théâtre des opérations (front occidental) avec répertoire alphabétique
    Carte du théâtre des opérations: (front occidental) avec répertoire alphabétique (Map of the theater of operations [Western Front] with alphabetical directory) is a set of 15 detailed military maps produced in 1915 by the Geographical Service of the French army. The maps are preceded by a comprehensive, 73-page index of places, with each place keyed to a specific quadrant on one of the maps....
    • Contributor: France. Armée. Service Géographique
    • Date: 1915-01-01
    • Resource: - 93 pages

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    Approximative zones according to the secret Treaty of London (April 26th 1915) : [Albania] Relief shown by shading and spot heights. Shows territories proposed to be allotted to Serbia, Montenegro, Albania, Italy, and Greece. On base map: Scala di 1:400 000 (1 cm. = 4 km.). Black ink, col. inks, and col. washes on photocopy base map. Rubber-stamped and mounted on cloth backing. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Vault
    • Contributor: Radovitch, A. (André)
    • Date: 1915-01-01
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    Aden Protectorate. Shown here is a map of Aden, at the southern tip of the Arabian Peninsula, published in 1914 from data collected in 1891-94 and 1901-4. It shows details such as mountains, wadis, settlements, and tribal boundaries, transportation and communications links, and topographic features. The survey work for the map was directed by Lieutenant Colonel F.B. Longe, then surveyor general of India. It was published...
    • Contributor: Longe, F.B. - Burrard, Sidney Gerald, Sir - Survey of India
    • Date: 1914-01-01
    • Resource: - 1 page
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    Africa, 1914.
    Afrika
    This map of Africa was published in Germany in 1914, shortly before the outbreak of World War I. It shows the ocean liner routes between Germany and Africa, as well as coastal and inland routes. Relief is shown by hachures and spot elevations. In the lower left are an illustration of a steamship on the high seas and a listing of the major German...
    • Contributor: Wagner & Debes - Linde, Vladimir V., 1878
    • Date: 1914-01-01
    • Resource: - 1 page
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    Peyton Conway March map collection Peyton Conway March was the Chief of Staff of American forces in World War I. This collection of maps and textual materials were created for teaching the principles of coordinating and directing artillery fire.
    • Contributor: March, Peyton Conway
    • Date: 1916
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    German plan : [North Sea off the west coast of Jutland]. British-produced maps showing German naval actions in the North Sea in 1916 to the west of Denmark, which actions were later called "The Battle of Jutland"--the largest naval battle of World War One. The common title "German plan" is followed by a roman numeral on each sheet: I [thru] VII. Sheet VII indicates the position of the Greenwich Meridian in German, not in English....
    • Contributor: Malby & Sons - Great Britain. Admiralty
    • Date: 1916-01-01

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    Location of headquarters of units in 26th, 29th & 82nd Divs. (5th Corps) : [northeastern France]. Shows region between Nancy and Dijon. Relief shown by contours, shading, and spot heights. Title of upper right base sheet: Carte de France et des frontières à 1/200.000 (type 1912). Black ink and blue pencil on 4 mutilated printed maps pasted together. Stamped on: Summerall papers. On upper left base sheet: No. 26 Troyes. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as...
    • Contributor: Summerall, Charles Pelot
    • Date: 1918-01-01
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    Map of Arabia and the Persian Gulf. This map of the Arabian Peninsula and the Persian Gulf emphasizes the physical terrain and transportation routes as surveyed in 1916 by the Survey of India, the cartographic branch of the British government of India. It was prepared at the beginning of the British campaign against the Ottoman Empire during the First World War. The map provided a general view of the Middle East...
    • Contributor: Burrard, Sidney Gerald, Sir - Survey of India
    • Date: 1917-01-01
    • Resource: - 1 page