Flat-globe of the world

This is a map round double-sided globe map of the world as of December 8, 1941, the day after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. Each side depicts one of the Earth's hemispheres, with the nations of the world labeled and delineated by black dotted and dashed lines. Red overprinting highlights air routes between the world's major cities. Clock faces along the Equator mark time zones, an essential detail in the age of air travel and world war. An inscription, 'All Data as of Dec. 8, 1941', suggests this map is updated to that point. There are overprinted US, British, and Japanese flags highlighting the global naval and air bases of these world powers. Oil fields, copper, rubber, and tin (essential raw materials for the war effort) are also noted by red overprinting.

Date

1941

Mapmaker / publisher

H. Wise & Co

Archive

Wikimedia Commons

Type

map

Original size

6,495 × 3,222 pixels

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