Northwest to Asia'. Northwest to Asia. This atlas version of an earlier Harrison map originally included in Fortune’s September 1940 Atlas for the U.S. Citizen makes Alaska the center rather than the edge of American Pacific strategy. Great-circle geography shows that the direct approach from the U.S. West Coast to Japan and Asia runs northwest through Alaska and the Aleutians, not straight west across a conventional Pacific map. Dutch Harbor, Attu, Kiska and Fairbanks become strategic centers, linking the United States to enemy Japan, the Soviet ally and future trans-Pacific trade. In June 1944, the map recasts the supposedly remote frontier as America’s shortest gateway to Asia. by Harrison, Richard Edes. Published 1944. Vintage colour persuasive map. Size 34 x 55 cm | 13.5 x 21.5 inches. Condition: Good; suitable for framing. There are pinholes along the centrefold where it was bound in. Please check the scan for any blemishes prior to making your purchase. This is a folding map. There is text and/or images printed on the reverse side. Tags: 1944, Canada, Canada | British North America, Harrison Richard Edes, Look at the World—A Fortune Atlas for World Strategy, Map, Pacific Ocean, Second World War

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