Fourth edition, first printed by the War Office in 1946, based on previous maps, 'Aden' (1943) and 'East Africa' (1944) and aerial charts.
Lying at the southwestern corner of the Arabian Peninsula, the strategically important port of Aden controls the "choke point" between the Red Sea and the Indian Ocean. It was made a Crown Colony in its own right in 1937, and became the lynchpin of the of the Allied war effort in North Africa, which centred around which power...
Fourth edition, first printed by the War Office in 1946, based on previous maps, 'Aden' (1943) and 'East Africa' (1944) and aerial charts.
Lying at the southwestern corner of the Arabian Peninsula, the strategically important port of Aden controls the "choke point" between the Red Sea and the Indian Ocean. It was made a Crown Colony in its own right in 1937, and became the lynchpin of the of the Allied war effort in North Africa, which centred around which power would control the Suez Canal, and therefore the supply of oil from the Middleast, from 1940 to 1943.
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A pair of table globes by Blaeu
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Speed’s map of China
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The Henry Huth – James C. McCoy copy of the first printed collection of voyages; the earliest mention of the ‘Arabian’ gulf; and, “after Columbus’s letter, the most important contribution to the early history of American discovery”
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The Revolutionary War comes to England 
The Henry Huth – James C. McCoy copy of the first printed collection of voyages; the earliest mention of the ‘Arabian’ gulf; and, “after Columbus’s letter, the most important contribution to the early history of American discovery” 
