Escape and evasion map printed on playing cards distributed to Prisoners of War which could be soaked and pealed apart revealing the escape map. Many of the maps of the Pacific region were printed by the US Army Map Service, while the UK was responsible for many of the European Theatre maps. Many of the US Navy charts were folded in envelopes and distributed to the air crews before a mission, and to be turned in when the mission was successfully completed. They were called "drift charts" by the Navy, "...since their prime purpose was to indicate to aircrews survivors in their life rafts
The Map that Changed the World inset image of a fossil, and a large first Capital. The dust-cover of the book can be removed and unfolded to reveal a larger print of the map in question. One: Escape on the Northbound Stage Two: A Land Awakening from Sleep Three: The Mystery of the Chedworth Bun Four: The Duke and the Baronet's Widow Five: A Light in the Underworld Six: The Slicing of Somerset Seven: The View from York Minster Eight: Notes from the Swan Nine: The Dictator in the Drawing Room Ten: The Great Map Conceived Eleven: A Jurassic Interlude Twelve: The Map That Changed the