Xizang 西藏 [Map of Tibet in two sheets]

[China]: Jun shi wei yuan hui, Jun ling bu, Lu di ce liang zong ju 軍事委員會. 軍令部. 陸地測量總局, 1942. Two sheets, both fold-creased, the sheet depicting the eastern portion has two small tears where the creases intersect; the western sheet has a similar tear with a small piece missing, old reinforcing tape to the verso. Rubberstamp on the verso states that the map was sent (to unidentified recipient) in 1944. Paragraph at lower right edge of the eastern portion notes that the map is based on a 1917 English publication with additional information and corrections taken from a list of other cartographic surveys. Scale of 1:2,500,000. One of the many maps of the WWII-era (truncated) world situation published by the General Directorate of Land Surveys, part of the Military Command Department of the Military Commission, between 1941 and 1942. (Inventory #: 325042)