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The German Dream “Berlin to Busrah” and Other Developments - Germany's Corridor from the North Sea to the Persian Gulf

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Title:
The German Dream “Berlin to Busrah” and Other Developments - Germany's Corridor from the North Sea to the Persian Gulf
Alternate Title:
The German Dream “Berlin to Busrah”
Collection:
Persuasive Maps: PJ Mode Collection
Creator:
Parfit, Canon J.T.
Date:
1917
Posted Date:
2017-04-14
ID Number:
1190.01
Collection Number:
8548
File Name:
PJM_1190_01.jpg
Style/Period:
1900 - 1919
Subject:
World War I
Measurement:
27 x 30 (centimeters, height x width)
Notes:
Canon Parfit's book urges "support to Great Britain in the last crusade for driving the uncivilised Turk, with all his despotism, from Palestine and Mesopotamia" (36), and the entire Arabic world. "The maintenance of peace in the East as well as the progress of Western peoples depend mainly upon the permanent expulsion of the Turk, with all his robber bands, from the world's highways, and the grant of a charter of freedom for the dwellers in Mesopotamia." (41) With the Ottoman Empire an ally of Germany, Parfit notes the German construction of rail lines in the East, and specifically points out that "Germany's attempts to destroy our shipping coincide with her effort to grasp by force of arms the most important lines of overland communications." (33) This map illustrates "The German Dream 'Berlin to Bushrah'" on the Persian Gulf - and beyond, to Capetown and Australia! Compare "Why Germany Wants Peace Now: The Pangerman Plan," ID #1194, ID #2109.

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Source:
Parfit, Canon J.T. 1917. Mesopotamia: The Key to the Future. London: Hodder & Stoughton.
Cite As:
P.J. Mode collection of persuasive cartography, #8548. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Archival Collection:
P.J. Mode collection of persuasive cartography
Format:
Image
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