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La Guerre du Petrole (1940) (feddit.org)
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The work titled "La Guerre Du Petrole" by Jacques Mercier, dated around 1940, is a newspaper map published by Desfossés Neogravure. The map measures 41 cm in width and 56 cm in height and is part of a series created for the French magazine "7 Jours." This map highlights the geopolitics of oil during World War II, focusing on regions such as Iran, Iraq, and Russia.

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[-] Stamau123@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago

I like how the UK is cut out into the Americas

[-] tomiant@piefed.social 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

I am pleased that I could instantly recognize the area of the world even though the map is tilted 90 degrees clockwise. I mean the French was a great help to double check, but nobody likes the French anyway so.

[-] sqw@lemmy.sdf.org 4 points 1 week ago

is it tilted?

[-] Rednax@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

Slightly, but certainly not 90°. You can see this yourself by trying to match the map location in Google maps or OSM. I think the reason they tilted the map a bit, is that it makes it much smaller, while still keeping Crimea on the map.

[-] Successful_Try543@feddit.org 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

You could also check the compass rose at the top to see that the vertical axis points towards NNW.

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