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Our Coming Invasion of Europe

Title:
Our Coming Invasion of Europe
Full Title:
Our Coming Invasion of Europe - We may take these routes to smash into Europe
Collection:
Persuasive Maps: PJ Mode Collection
Creator:
Unknown
Date:
1942
Date posted:
2017-04-14
ID Number:
1309.01
Identifier:
PJM_1309_01.jpg
Subject:
World War II
Unusual Graphics/Text
Unusual Projection
Extent:
(cm, H x W) 34 x 53
Collector's Notes:
More than two years before the Normandy invasion, Look Magazine published this map to illustrate a morale-building article by Major George Fielding Eliot, "outstanding American military authority, war commentator for Columbia Broadcasting System." The map shows eight "most likely" invasion routes. Interestingly, Normandy is listed as one of these eight, simply as a possible "simultaneous" addendum to an invasion through Brittany.
Note:
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Source:
Look Magazine, March 24, 1942, pp.14-15.
References:
For full details on references, see http://persuasivemaps.library.cornell.edu/content/references.
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Rights:
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About the collection

This is a collection of “persuasive” cartography: maps intended primarily to influence the opinion of the viewer -- to send a message -- rather than to communicate geographic information. The collection reflects a variety of persuasive tools: allegorical, satirical and pictorial mapping; selective inclusion or exclusion; unusual projections, graphics and text; and intentional deception. Maps in the collection address a wide range of messages: religious, political, military, commercial, moral and social.