Description: 1941 Maroc Presse City Map or Plan of Casablanca, Morocco WE SELL ONLY ORIGINAL ANTIQUE MAPS - NOT REPRODUCTIONS Title: Casablanca. Description: This is a 1941 Editions Maroc-Presse city map or plan of Casablanca, Morocco. Created in 1941 at a time when Casablanca was the final stopping point for refugees fleeing World War II through North Africa. It was a strange and turbulent time for Casablanca, as romanticized in the classic Humphrey Bogart film Casablanca. The map depicts the city from the Cimetiere d'El Hank to the new cemetery and from the Atlantic Ocean to the new medina. Streets, squares, and roundabouts are labeled throughout. So too are the city's schools, hospitals, churches, parks, and numerous other locations. The port is illustrated in detail, with over fifty locations numerically identified, although the corresponding index has been lost.Casablanca and Morocco During World War IIBy 1941, when this map was originally issued, Morocco had been a French protectorate since March 30, 1912. When France entered World War II, The Moroccan sultan declared Moroccan allegiance to France and offered aid. Within less than a year, France had suffered a humiliating defeat at the hands of Nazi Germany and had signed a separate peace, allowing Germany to occupy three fifths of France and creating the collaborationist Vichy Regime. As a French Protectorate, Morocco was still governed by France, but become a kind of grey zone. Certain parts of the French government that had been against the treaty planned to continue fighting the Axis powers from the colonies in French North Africa. In this effort, a group of French politicians left for Africa. The treaty was signed while they were in the middle of the Atlantic, and when these politicians arrived in Casablanca, they soon found themselves captives of the collaborationist French government, unable to leave.The Refugee Crisis and CasablancaNot long after this harrowing episode, refugees from across Europe began pouring into North Africa while trying to escape persecution in Europe. These refugees ended their trek in Casablanca. Although the introduction to Casablanca oversimplifies the complexities and dangers of escaping from France across the Mediterranean, the screen writers do a masterful job and the iconic nature of their summary cannot be denied With the coming of the Second World War, many eyes in imprisoned Europe turned hopefully, or desperately, toward the freedom of the Americas. Lisbon became the great embarkation point, but not everybody could get to Lisbon directly, and so a torturous roundabout refugee trail sprang up. Paris to Marseille, across the Mediterranean to Oran, then by train or auto or foot across the rim of Africa to Casablanca in French Morocco. Here the fortunate ones through money, or influence, or luck, might obtain exit visas and scurry to Lisbon, and from Lisbon to the New World. But the others wait in Casablanca, and wait, and wait, and wait…The film goes on to tell the story of two such refuges seeking safety through Casablanca…Publication History and CensusThis map was created by Editions Maroc-Presse in 1941 and published in a bilingual English and French guide to Casablanca in 1943. Size: Printed area measures 21.5 inches high by 28.5 inches wide. Condition: Very good. Even overall toning. Light wear along original fold lines. Blank on verso. Shipping: Shipping rates are not negotiable. Items are shipped within three business days of receiving payment. We are happy to consolidate shipping where possible. The following shipping options are available: 1. FedEx Overnight (45 USD). USA Only. Signature Required. 2. FedEx Ground or Home Delivery (15 USD). USA Only. 1 - 10 days. If your address is a P.O. Box and cannot ship FedEx we will ship USPS Priority and, while we ship promptly, recent postal personnel cutbacks mean that delivery may take time. Signature Required. 3. FedEx International or DHL International EXPRESS (45 USD). 4. We can use your FedEx Account. Customs: International buyers are responsible for paying duty and taxes on delivery. DHL or FedEx will contact the buyer by telephone to arrange tax payment if it is levied. Duty varies by country and we cannot predict the amount you will be charged. Some countries are duty free, others are not. Typically, a customs duty and/or VAT tax will be assessed on all parcels to continental Europe. Sometimes duty or tax is due in China, but is seems very random. Hong Kong, Singapore, Korea, and Taiwan have never assessed duty on a map we shipped. Maps shipped to the UK should be duty free as educational materials, but from time to time duty of 5% is assessed incorrectly by the UK customs agents. Insurance: All shipments are insured privately against loss and damage. All of our shipments require a signature for insurance purposes. If you have any questions please feel free to email us through eBay. Other ServicesConservation Framing: Geographicus recommends basic conservation framing services for any antique paper. We do not offer this service. Antique Map Restoration: Geographicus can repair and restore your antique map. Services include deacidification cleaning flattening and backing. BEWARE anyone attempting to contact you, from a different eBay account, claiming to represent Geographicus Antique Maps. My eBay handle is GeographicusMaps. If you are contacted by email by someone offering you my items, please call me directly to be certain you are not dealing with a con artist. "
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End Time: 2024-10-22T20:36:21.000Z
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