Three approaches to the United States, 1940

This set of 3 maps by Richard Edes Harrison appeared more than a year before Pearl Harbor, but at a time when Germany had captured most of Western Europe and the Battle of Britain had begun. Harrison presents three different vulnerabilities: to a German attack over the Pole, through Canada; to a Japanese attack from the Northern Pacific (the point from which the Pearl Harbor raid was launched); and to an attack on the East Coast from South America. In each case, his map looks down on the earth from a different point and direction. And by presenting the three views on a single page, Harrison powerfully conveys the scale of the nation's potential exposure.

Date

1940

Mapmaker / publisher

Richard Edes Harrison

Place

North America

Archive

Wikimedia Commons

Type

map

Original size

4,630 × 5,769 pixels

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