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Bartholomew's General Map of Europe, showing Boundaries of States according to Treaties, 1921. Size 35 in. × 23 in. (Edinburgh: J. Bartholomew and Son, Ltd., 1921 ...

The map shows how conquest enlarged her resources. Fine lines show her post-Versailles boundaries, the heavy line her holdings at the end of year I of World War II. Austria was the first victim.