A full page map with title description The Estuary of the Thames is Very Well Guarded, As This Map Shows, and Any Enemy Venturing into It Would Meet with a Hot Reception. It shows Shoeburyness - Southend - East Tilbury - Forts - Tilbury - Gravesend - Battery - Rochester - Strood - chatham - River Medway - Queenborough - Isle of Grain Air Station - Sheerness - Eastchurch Naval Flying School - Numbers of Destroyers, Torpedo Boats, Submarines.
On the reverse are two photographic images titled:
Hazard of War: This House at Southsea, Accidently Hit by a Shot Fired from a British Warship.
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Provenance: The Great War - Amalgamated Press. c1914. The Great War series was published between 1914 and c1919. (20).
A full page map/print from a publication, as the date states and not a modern reproduction. There is no watermark on the actual page. It measures 310 x 230 mm (12 x 9 inches) approx. It is printed on both sides. There is a some age yellowing with handling marks to the edges. This item will be packaged in a board backed envelope. "Info." in the description is my research, although relevant to the accompanying image or article, is not necessarily in the text. (20).
Antique and Vintage Prints, Maps & Ephemera - Newspapers, Magazines & Books.
Condition | Used |
Weight | 0.1kg |