Romer, Jack
Jack Romer (1898 - April 28, 1967) was a staff artist for the New York Daily News who produced maps and charts for publication in the newspaper. Romer began working for the New York Daily News around 1932 and worked there until his death.
Pre-WWII trade war for vital South American resources.
Battleground of Commerce.
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This is a 1939 Jack Romer pictorial resource map of South America, published eight months before the outbreak of World War II (1939 - 1945). The map highlights the decline in British trade and the corresponding rise in German trade through South America. Romar focuses on this growing trade imbalance and emphasizes the significance of South America's resources in the impending war - this was, after all, the world's primary source of rubber, an essential raw material in modern mechanized militaries. (more details)