1942 Dated Events World War Map Stanley Turner C.C. Peterson Pictorial Early WWII

Date: 1942Artist: Turner, StanleySize (in): 38.75" x 17.25"Size (cm): 98.4 x 43.8Condition: BLinen backed: No This elaborate pictorial map depicting events of WWII was created by English born Canadian cartographer Stanley Turner. Turner created several of these maps for the Globe and Mail newspaper in Toronto and then licensed the maps to the C.C. Peterson advertising agency for distribution in the United States where they were often overprinted and distributed as advertising novelties. This map doesn’t cite the edition as seen on later maps but the lower margin is printed with 1942 copyright by C.C. Peterson Advertising of Toronto. This map denotes several war events with the latest we find being the Japanese defeat at the Battle of Coral Sea on May 5-7, 1942. The cartouche area of the map is printed: Dated Events World War Map Showing All War Areas In Relation To The Americas – Published Expressly for “Your Independent Hardware Store” – There’s One Near You  This map is incredibly de