Empire

We recently received a pair of maps showing the British and French empires during the interwar period. Neither had been published as a separate map.

Portrait of Edward VIII is an image of his official picture.The British map appeared in the March 22, 1936 issue of the Boston Advertiser, …

Literary Maps

Map of Adventures for Boys and Girls (1925)Last week, we discovered the delightful Map of Adventures for Boys and Girls in the University Library’s Main Stacks. Created by Paul M. Paine and published in 1925, this map shows locations of real life and fictional adventures. Sea routes …

War Games!

Twenty panels, plus legend panel, of a detailed map of Fort Leavenworth and vicinity intended for "map maneuvers" held as part of the coursework at the Army Service Schools. Each panel is approximately 18 x 18 inches.

The School of Application for Infantry and Cavalry, located at Fort Leavenworth, was founded in 1881 by William Tecumseh Sherman to give graduates of West Point practical experience and additional training through a two-year course of instruction. In 1907, the …

Cameroons — 1948

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Last week, this map, created by the Nigerian Survey Department in 1949, sparked the questions “Where is this?” and “What’s going on?” We discovered it the drawer of maps of Nigeria as we worked through to shift part of the …