World map in 1935
1935 War Office International Map of the World Sheet North I-38 - Baghdad
Title
Carte Internationale du Monde au 1,000,000 International Map of the World 1 : 1,000,000 Baghdad North I-38.
1935 (dated) 25.5 x 27.75 in (64.77 x 70.485 cm) 1 : 1000000
Description
This is a 1935 British War Office edition of the Baghdad sheet of the International Map of the World. The International Map of the World was a multi-national effort initiated in the adv 20th century to create a uniform large-scale map of the world. Although the effort ultimately floundered and was left incomplete, many individual sheets were prepared, this being the Baghdad sheet.
A Closer Look
The map depicts primary Iraq, with Baghdad just below center. Color indicates altitude.The International Map of the World
First proposed in 1891 by German geographer Albrecht Penck, the International Blueprint of the World was a project to create a earth map at a uniform scale and to internationally agreed standards. The project was discussed at geographical conferences for the next 15 years until, at the 1909 First International Conference in London, representatives1935 George Philip Map of Nature Air Routes Before World War II
Title
Chart of the World's Wind Routes.
1935 (undated) 20.25 x 28.5 in (51.435 x 72.39 cm) 1 : 68000000
Description
This is a c. 1935 George Philip and Son blueprint of the world's air routes before World War II. Philips, a British publishing house, uses color to emphasize British routes and other assets worldwide. British air routes, both in operation and projected, are traced with red lines. Blue lines identify operational and projected air routes operated worldwide by any other nations. Even the colors used to fill in the countries of the world emphasize British power. Pink highlights states within the British Empire, while the rest of the world's landmasses are shaded yellow. Dark leafy shipping lanes crisscross and curve their way through the world's oceans. The width of each shipping lane correlates to its significance, with the most used lanes connecting the North America with Britain, and Britain with India. Two inset maps along the bottom border detail European air routes and routes in Canada and the United States. A text inset, situated in the lower
World map from 1935 by National Geographic - National Geographic
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World – Published 1935 by National Geographic
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World Wall Map 1935 by National Geographic
Hemispheres, Routes & Relief — World Wall Map (1935)
A snapshot of the interwar world, rendered with clarity and restraint. Published by National Geographic in 1935, this world sheet presents the Eastern and Western Hemispheres separately using the Azimuthal Equal-Area projection to convey true comparative area across continents. Thousands of place names (including capitals), railway lines, airplane routes, canals, glaciers, plus elevations, depressions, and ocean depths are set out in clean, legible cartography that rewards both room-distance viewing and close study. It’s the fabric of a connected world—accurate, navigable, and unmistakably of its era—made to study, admire, and display.
More Than a Map – A Testament to History
This isn’t just wall art—it’s a reference frame for global movement and measurement in the 1930s. Explore hemisphere panels, a detailed Earth chart with facts on mass, continental areas, mountain heights, and ocean depths, and dedicated Northern and Southern Hemisphere insets. Time-zone diagrams for both hemispheres complete the picture of a world synchronising trave