National Geographic 1945 China 1937 White Mountains NH Map Supplements Set 2

Two original folded National Geographic Society map supplements, both printed in Washington, D.C. China, June 1945. Compiled and drawn in the Cartographic Section of the National Geographic Society for The National Geographic Magazine, Gilbert Grosvenor editor, James M. Darley chief cartographer. Albers Conical Equal Area projection at 1:7,000,000, about 110.5 miles to the inch, with boundaries shown as of September 1, 1939. Coverage runs from Tibet and Sinkiang across to Korea, Japan, Formosa, French Indochina, Thailand and the Philippines, with wartime era place names throughout. The White Mountains of New Hampshire, July 1937. Done in the studios of the National Geographic Society, Albert H. Bumstead chief cartographer, with sketches by Margaret B. Austin, copyright 1937. A pictorial relief map in sepia and earth tones, ringed with drawn vignettes of the region including the Flume at Franconia Notch, the Mount Washington Railway, the summit of Mount Washington, Echo Lake at North Conway, Glen Ellis Falls at Pinkham Notch, the Dolly Copp forest camp and an AMC ski cabin. Foot trails, ski trails, waterfalls, fire lookouts and landing fields are all keyed. Each opens to roughly 20 by 28 inches. Condition on both is honest for the age: tanning and foxing, fold line creasing, and some waviness from storage on the White Mountains sheet, with light edge chipping along its lower margin. No tears or missing sections. Both display well framed.