The New York Times War Map : The Western Front in France and Belgium in five sections

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Description

Alternative title New York Times
Alternative title Rotogravure Picture Section
Type of resource cartographic
Form unmediated; sheet
Extent 1 map on 5 sheets ; sheets 84 x 58 cm
Place New York (State)
Place New York
Publisher The New York Times
Publication date 1917 - 1918; 1917-1918
Issuance monographic
Language English
Map data Scale 1:316,800. 5 miles to one inch ; E 1°27'00"--E 8°13'00"/N 51°16'00"--N 47°33'00").

Creators/Contributors

Associated with C.S. Hammond & Company

Subjects

Subject World War, 1914-1918 > Campaigns > Western Front > Maps > Nineteen tens
Subject World War, 1914-1918 > Pictorial works > Nineteen tens
Subject France > Maps > Nineteen tens
Subject Belgium > Maps > Nineteen tens
Genre Map
Genre Cartographic image-cri
Genre Maps
Genre Newspapers.

Bibliographic information

Statement of responsibility Prepared for the New York Times By C. S. Hammond & Co., 30 Church St., New York.
Note Coordinates approximate (Greenwich meridian).
Note Relief shown by spot heights.
Note Legends.
Note Shows railroads, boundaries, roads, principal wireless stations, waterways, canals, various fortifications, aircraft depots, cities.
Note Also shows battle lines (dated December 21 and 31 1917), and furthest German advance.
Note Versos include artwork and photos (portraits, trenches, troops, machinery, ceremonies, etc.), with textual descriptions.
Note Five sheets published in a series of Sunday papers from 30 December 1917 to 27 January 1918.
Note In top margins: "This map is drawn so that it can be put together with other sections to appear hereafter and to make a map 51x66 inches."
Local note Upper-right portion of Section Three map missing/torn.
Location https://purl.stanford.edu/wv585bc6865

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