New Map of War Fronts in Indian Ocean and Bengal Bay.
Chicago. Chicago Daily Tribune. April 21 1942. Stock ID #180782 World War II map of Asia (save for Japan), showing British allies, colonies and lines of supply and marking Japanese territorial occupation, published in the Chicago Daily Tribune "The World's Greatest Newspaper" in April 1942. When referring to this item please quote stockid 180782.
Printed colour map on a single newspaper leaf 37.5 x 53.2 cm; 60 x 45 x 59.6 cm (sheet), marginal browning and at the folds, but remarkably bright, in very good condition.
"The Indian Ocean and the Bay of Bengal are the strategic waters in this campaign, in which the occupied parts of Burma and the Andaman Islands serve as bases" (caption)
"... the historic Chicago Tribune was an innovator in color inks and printing, but also a pioneer in bringing colorful art in the form of illustrations, photographs, cartoons and advertisements to the average person in an everyday medium." [see The Janet A. Ginsburg Chicago Tribune Collection, Michigan State University Libraries.]
Price: $750.00 AU