Dec 17, 2020 - Sale 2555

Sale 2555 - Lot 127

Price Realized: $ 1,560
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,000 - $ 1,500
(JAPAN -- WORLD WAR II.) Japanese Imperial Naval Office. Taiheiyo Yozu. Large color-printed Japanese Naval Intelligence map of the Pacific Ocean. 4 sheets joined, 58 1/2x83 1/2 inches overall, wide margins; folded; minor soft creases, small area of edge soiling at lower right else excellent. Japan, Showa 19 (1944)

Additional Details

Massive naval intelligence map published three years into the war. The highly detailed chart records all Pacific battles and naval engagements from December 8, 1941 to October 1944, including Pearl Harbor, Battle of Midway, invasion of the Aleutians, the bombardment of Ellwood, California, Guadalcanal and the Solomon Islands Campaign, proposed attacks on Australia, and many other detailed sites and dates.