1937 King George VI Coronation Map BRITISH ISLES IRISH FREE STATE England Wales For Sale

Highlydecorative fold-out map of the British Isles, with elaborate titlecartouche, compass rose, wind heads, and illustrated border.

• This handsome map is lithographed in fullcolor and opens to a generous 36" x 30".
• It was designed by Charles E.Riddiford, printed by A. Hoen & Company, Baltimore, and published by the National Geographic Society, Washington, DC.
• The map was issued in June 1937, one month after the coronation ofBritain's KingGeorge VI, father of Elizabeth II, and grandfather of the newly crownedKing Charles III.
• It covers the Kingdom of Great Britain, includingEngland,Scotland, and Wales, along with Northern Ireland and the Irish FreeState — the name of Ireland from 1922 until December 29, 1937, sixmonths after this mapwas printed.
• Surrounding the map are more than 40 portraits, views,and coats ofarms, and there is a second cartouche giving the scale of miles.
• Condition: This map is in excellentcondition, bright and clean, with nomarks, rips, tears. It folds to 9" x 6" and is blank on the back, with some minortoning and no printing on the reverse side. Pleasesee the scans and feel free to ask Charles E. Riddiford was a native ofWoolwich, England. Hegraduated from the Edinburgh Geographic Institute and served in theRoyal Flying Corps in World War I. He joined the prestigious Edinburghcartographic firm of John Bartholomew & Co. after the war andlater worked for Oxford University Press before moving to America towork for the National Geographic Society, noted for the highly detailedand attractive cartography on its maps.
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