1943 National Geographic World Map
This National Geographic world map shows the world mid-war, with borders and colonial holdings as they stood in December 1943. The palette runs noticeably darker than the Society’s later world maps, a mood that matches the year it came from. Dense place-name coverage, clean typography, and ocean detail read clearly on a wall. It is often hung alongside the 1951 and 1970 National Geographic world map editions.
- Published by the National Geographic Society in December 1943, during WWII
- Records national borders, colonial territories, and place names of the wartime world
- Darker color cast than most other National Geographic world maps
- Pairs with the National Geographic world maps of 1951 and 1970
- A reproduction, scanned from the original at high resolution and reprinted
- No map scale printed on the sheet
- Map Shop finishing options include paper, lamination, foam core mounting, rails in black or walnut molding, and framing

