Japan from the Solomons—Persuasive map—World War 2—Richard Edes Harrison 1944
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'Japan from the Solomons'
Harrison's "Japan from the Solomons" looks toward Japan from the hard-won Southwest Pacific. The perspective makes clear why the Solomons, New Guinea, the Carolines, Marshalls, Marianas and Truk mattered: they were not isolated island names but links in Japan’s outer defensive system and in the Allied line of advance. Harrison also emphasizes the sobering distances involved; Japan still lies on the far horizon. Reissued in the atlas as American forces pushed toward the Marianas, the map clarifies the logic of island-hopping: each captured base shortened the ocean.
Size 34 x 55 cm | 13.5 x 21.5 inches
Date Published: Drawn 1943. This edition 1944
Type: Vintage colour persuasive map
Author: Harrison, Richard Edes
Publication: Look at the World—A Fortune Atlas for World Strategy
Condition: Good |
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