Philippines, East Indies & western Pacific—air routes map—Asahi—January 1942
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[Air routes across the Philippines, East Indies and western Pacific]
Dated 11 January 1942, the day Japan opened its invasion of the Dutch East Indies, this vivid Shūkan Asahi cover maps the pre-war air routes of the islands it was overrunning. Aircraft silhouettes and dashed lines trace Pan American’s Clippers, British Imperial Airways (merged into BOAC in 1940) and Japan’s own Dai Nippon Airways across a sea of islands stretching from the Philippines and Palau to New Guinea and Darwin, with distances between ports. War had already torn this prewar network apart: Hong Kong and Manila had fallen. Colonial labels still parcel the islands out among Dutch, Portuguese and Japanese rule; even the Spratly Islands, fiercely contested today, appear as Japanese. Beneath the bold red masthead runs the slogan “Exert all your strength; defend East Asia”. We have found no other example offered by a Western dealer.
Size 26 x 18 cm | 10.0 x 7.0 inches
Date Published: 11 January 1942
Type: Vintage photomechanically printed cover colour newsmap of Pacific air routes
Author: Asahi Shimbunsha
Publication: Shūkan Asahi
Condition: Good |
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