Today's offering from the Rand McNally World Atlas of 1946, is the final one. This map is of course the one that was current at the outbreak of World War II. The section at the front is a series of maps of Europe, which I've posted the last couple of weeks. This final one, isn't … Continue reading Central Europe 1914 to 1935
Today's offering from the Rand McNally World Atlas of 1946, is entitled 'Central Europe 1815 to 1866.' The map seems to have been done to concentrate, as the index down the bottom there suggests, on The German Confederation, Kingdom of Prussia and the Austrian Empire. I think you can get an even more clear picture … Continue reading Central Europe 1815 to 1866
This time, we've moved forward to 1815 in the Rand McNally World Atlas Premier Collection, still published in 1946. The copy accompanying the map, goes like this: The Congress of Vienna in 1815 re-fashioned the map of Europe after the downfall of Napoleon. England and France in the west; Austria and Russia in the east; … Continue reading Europe in 1814
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