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Editorial

A terrible mother of invention: cartographic progress during World War I

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Figure 1. German cartoon map stereotyping the adversaries of the war in 1914 – before the mass casualties rendered such humorous propaganda improper. The artist, Walter Trier (1890–51), was a Jew who in 1936 exiled to London, where in World War II he drew cartoons for Germany’s enemies (Author’s collection).

Figure 1. German cartoon map stereotyping the adversaries of the war in 1914 – before the mass casualties rendered such humorous propaganda improper. The artist, Walter Trier (1890–51), was a Jew who in 1936 exiled to London, where in World War II he drew cartoons for Germany’s enemies (Author’s collection).

Figure 2. Extracts of charts of the Namib coast between the mouth of the Cunene River (17° 15’ S) and False Cape Frio (18° 29’ S), from left to right: Admiralty Chart 1806 in the last significantly revised pre-war edition 1909, 1915 navy print of a German 1912 coastal surveys, first wartime corrections of Admiralty Chart 1806 in 1916 – note the (uncredited for) extensive borrowing from the German 1912 survey on the 1916 edition. (United Kingdom Hydrographic Office, Archives, from left to right: OCB 1806, Series B, Sequence 5; C 6259/1; OCB 1806, Series B, Sequence 12).

Figure 2. Extracts of charts of the Namib coast between the mouth of the Cunene River (17° 15’ S) and False Cape Frio (18° 29’ S), from left to right: Admiralty Chart 1806 in the last significantly revised pre-war edition 1909, 1915 navy print of a German 1912 coastal surveys, first wartime corrections of Admiralty Chart 1806 in 1916 – note the (uncredited for) extensive borrowing from the German 1912 survey on the 1916 edition. (United Kingdom Hydrographic Office, Archives, from left to right: OCB 1806, Series B, Sequence 5; C 6259/1; OCB 1806, Series B, Sequence 12).

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