North's British Empire Exhibition Map Mapmaker(s)_Joseph Ellis The copy at the National

The copy at the National Library of New Zealand includes the maps in a separate volume

inset map of Texel and Vlieland in upper left corner

and with the arms of contemporary Alderman Sir Samuel Fludyer

Carte de l’entrée de la Tamise

The anecdotal nature of some of the information strongly suggests a basis in agents' reports (as well as intercepts

North's British Empire Exhibition Map Mapmaker(s)_Joseph Ellis The copy at the NationalThe British Empire Exhibition was, at the time, the largest exhibition staged anywhere in the world; a high profile, postwar statement of confidence in the future of Empire, it attracted 27 million visitors. The focus of this map is the layout of the exhibition itself, with its pavilions for the dominions and colonies, the vast palaces of industry and engineering, and the newly built Wembley stadium, all described on the verso. Via a specially