1943 Target BerlinBy: F. E. Manning for the Army Orientation Course Special Division Army Service Forces Date of Original: 1943 (Published) Washington, DC Original Size: 47 x 35. 5 inches (119. 4 cm x 90 cm) This is a fine print reproduction of a large map (broadside), formally entitled Newsmap. Monday, October 25, 1943, Vol. II No. 27. By F. E. Manning, it is one of the most iconic American WWII propaganda maps to have been published. The focus of the map is a

five players take the parts of The Travellers

One of the most spectacular maps of the Americas ever published

true to its title as a 'Story Map'

which would burst later that year

Date: 1949 (Copyright) Chicago

The map is filled with an impressive array of information illustrating the physical and geographical divisions

There is an elaborate title cartouche in the lower left quadrant which portrays European settlers trading goods for ivory with natives while an elephant and two lions observe in a peaceful manner

Lancaster and York

At the northwest corner of the country we find Washington state

Cauchinchina

Korea is depicted as a large circular island and Japan is awkwardly misshapen

The original motivation behind the discovery of the lands that influenced this map came for a 16th century Spanish legend