[World War One - Maps] WWI Military Maps of Belgium,
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Lot of 4 maps produced by the Geographical Section of the British army, linen-backed.
Belgium and Part of France. Edition 3 (redrawn). Scale 1:40,000. Ordnance Survey, 1916. Plan view of the features around Ypres: towns, roads, outlying buildings, woods, rivers, etc. 27 x 35 in.
France. Sheet 51C. Scale 1:40,000; edition 1. Ordnance Survey 1915. Center of map is town of Avesnes. Mostly rural land with interspersed woods (probably wooded lots associated with each farm). [In 1962, the town had a population of 68; today it is half that.]
France. Sheet 62D. Edition 1. Scale 1:40,000. Ordnance Survey 1916. Near center of the map is Corbie, one of the larger towns in this rural area. Mostly small towns and farms with their small woodlots. On front panel, someone has written "Somme" in pencil, and B.H. Baylis.
North West Europe. Sheet 1 & part of 4. Scale 1:250,000. 29 x 33.5 in. War Office, Feb. 1915, Revised Edition. Brussels right center.
Provenance: The Alan Culpin Collection of World War I Art
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