Phoney War Map of the Maginot & Siegfried Lines Date of Publication_1517 featuring a ‘thermos flask’ shaped

featuring a ‘thermos flask’ shaped Circle Line

This map if from ‘Mercurio geografico’

The outline of the Crimean peninsular becomes a puff of smoke - an ingenious use of cartography

sheet size 78 x 53 cm

the figures in the foreground wear fashionable early 18th century dress and the text beneath describes the destruction caused by the Great Fire of 1666

Phoney War Map of the Maginot & Siegfried Lines Date of Publication_1517 featuring a ‘thermos flask’ shapedDe Maginot En Siegfried Line. Met alle steden, germeenten, spoorwegen, verstingen en versterkingen, bosschen, heuvels, enz. This map was published during the Phoney War, when Belgium and the Netherlands had both proclaimed their neutrality and most observers anticipated a drawn out conflict on the continent as there had been between 1914 18. British newspapers began publishing new war maps of the Western Front. The costly chain of French