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Map Maps showing entrenchments in France during World War I at a scale of 1:20,000.

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Title

  • Maps showing entrenchments in France during World War I at a scale of 1:20,000.

Summary

  • The collection consists of 477 maps from World War I created by American and French forces that show trenches and related military information in France and Belgium.

Names

  • France. Armée. Service géographique, cartographer.
  • Summerall, Charles Pelot, 1867-1955.
  • United States. Army.

Created / Published

  • Paris : Service géographique de l'Armée, 1915-1925

Headings

  • -  World War, 1914-1918--Trench warfare--France--Maps
  • -  World War, 1914-1918--Trench warfare--Belgium--Maps
  • -  France--Maps
  • -  Belgium--Maps
  • -  France
  • -  Belgium

Genre

  • Maps
  • Topographic maps

Notes

  • -  Relief shown by contours and spot heights.
  • -  Title supplied by cataloger.
  • -  In upper left or right margin of some sheets: Groupe des canevas de tir; Canevas de tir; Plan directeur.
  • -  On verso of 1 sheet: Carte de France à 1/200.000. Aix-la-Chapelle.
  • -  Includes various issues of some sheets.
  • -  One sheet printed on both sides.
  • -  Some sheets include index to adjoining sheets and boundary diagram.
  • -  On some sheets: Secret.
  • -  Some sheets stamped Summerall Papers.
  • -  Some sheets stamped G-2-C, indicating that the U.S. Army printed the map.
  • -  Some sheets cover Belgium.
  • -  Trenches and other military positions are illustrated in red, blue or both.
  • -  An index map is stored with the collection.
  • -  Finding aid available in the Geography and Map Reading Room and at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gmd/eadgmd.gm019004
  • -  LC copy imperfect: Some sheets brittle.

Medium

  • 477 maps : some color ; 100 x 100 cm or smaller.
  • 94 map folders.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • G5831.S65 s20 .F7

Source Collection

  • Summerall, Charles Pelot, 1867-1955. Charles Pelot Summerall map collection

Repository

  • Library of Congress Geography and Map Division Washington, D.C. 20540-4650 USA dcu
  • Library of Congress Geography and Map Division Washington, D.C. 20540-4650 USA dcu http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gmd/gmd.home

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 92680721

Access Advisory

  • Open to research.

Online Format

  • image

Additional Metadata Formats

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Chicago citation style:

France. Armée. Service Géographique, Cartographer, Charles Pelot Summerall, and United States Army. Maps showing entrenchments in France during World War I at a scale of 1:20,000. Paris: Service géographique de l'Armée, to 1925, 1915. Map. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/92680721/.

APA citation style:

France. Armée. Service Géographique, C., Summerall, C. P. & United States Army. (1915) Maps showing entrenchments in France during World War I at a scale of 1:20,000. Paris: Service géographique de l'Armée, to 1925. [Map] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/92680721/.

MLA citation style:

France. Armée. Service Géographique, Cartographer, Charles Pelot Summerall, and United States Army. Maps showing entrenchments in France during World War I at a scale of 1:20,000. Paris: Service géographique de l'Armée, to 1925, 1915. Map. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/92680721/>.