Digital Image: 1943 Mercier Pictorial Map of the North Pole during World War II
GuerreduPole-mercier-1943_d
Title
Routes de Guerre du Pôle.
1943 (undated) 16 x 22.25 in (40.64 x 56.515 cm) 1 : 15700000
1943 (undated) 16 x 22.25 in (40.64 x 56.515 cm) 1 : 15700000
Description
FOR THE ORIGINAL ANTIQUE MAP, WITH HISTORICAL ANALYSIS, CLICK HERE.
Digital Map Information
Geographicus maintains an archive of high-resolution rare map scans. We scan our maps at 300 DPI or higher, with newer images being 600 DPI, (either TIFF or JPEG, depending on when the scan was done) which is most cases in suitable for enlargement and printing.
Delivery
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Credit and Scope of Use
You can use your digial image any way you want! Our digital images are unrestricted by copyright and can be used, modified, and published freely. The textual description that accompanies the original antique map is not included in the sale of digital images and remains protected by copyright. That said, we put significant care and effort into scanning and editing these maps, and we’d appreciate a credit when possible. Should you wish to credit us, please use the following credit line:
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How Large Can I Print?
In general, at 300 DPI, you should at least be able to double the size of the actual image, more so with our 600 DPI images. So, if the original was 10 x 12 inches, you can print at 20 x 24 inches, without quality loss. If your display requirements can accommodate some loss in image quality, you can make it even larger. That being said, no quality of scan will allow you to blow up at 10 x 12 inch map to wall size without significant quality loss. For more information, it is best consult a printer or reprographics specialist.
Refunds
If the high resolution image you ordered is unavailable, we will fully refund your purchase. Otherwise, digital images scans are a service, not a tangible product, and cannot be returned or refunded once the download link is used.
Cartographer
Jacques Mercier (19xx - 19xx) was a cartographer most likely of French origin who created pictorial maps for magazines in the 1940s and 1950s. His work appeared in the magazines 7 Jours and Je Cherche in the 1940s and we have found a reference to at least one map that was published in Paris-Match in the 1950s. A few of his maps that are part of the collection at the Bibliothèque national de France appear to have been separately published by Editions Gutenberg in Lyon in 1945. More by this mapmaker...
Source
7 Jours January 10, 1943.
7 Jours was a French weekly magazine published in Lyon from October 6, 1940 until April 2, 1944, when its last issue was published. The magazine was created by French publisher Jean Prouvost (April 24, 1885 - October 18, 1978), who had directed Paris-Soir, Marie Claire, and Match. 7 Jours published news stories and serialized novels, sometimes as many as three novels per issue. In its first issue, Prouvost tried stated that 7 Jours was going to take what he viewed as the middle road, and not completely side with either the Resistance or the collaborationist Vichy government. This tactic was not popular with either side (although he did manage to keep publishing even after the Nazi invasion of the Unoccupied Zone), and after the war Prouvost was arrested, but his case was dismissed as a non-lieu.
References
Rumsey 15801.001.