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Good. Closed tear extending 8.25 inches into printed area from right margin professionally repaired on verso. Closed tear extending 1 inch into printed area from left margin professionally repaired on verso. Size 27 x 38.75 Inches. This is a 1954 Hervé Baille pictorial map of the world tracing voyages by French warships. Fancifully illustrated, cartoonish animals, including penguins, seals, walruses, whales, and polar bears, draw the viewer's attention, as do illustrations of a bison and an otter in North America, a giraffe and an elephant in Africa, a kangaroo in Australia, and wolves and a yak in Asia. Sharks and several different species of marine life populate the seas. The French Warships The routes of twelve French warships are traced: the La Pérouse , the Jeanne d'Arc , the La Grandière , the Surcouf , the Francis Garnier , the Commandant Charcot , the Beautemp-Beaupré , the Aventure , the Ailette , the Bois-Belleau , the Gazelle , and the Jules Verne . A key in the lower right quadrant identifies all twelve, assigns each ship a number, and provides the viewer with the symbol used to identify the voyage(s). Each of the twelve ships is also illustrated on the map with a corresponding number. In the course of our research, we have been able to find information concerning nine of the vessels but have been unable to trace the Ailette , the Commandant Charcot , and the Gazelle . The Bois-Belleau Perhaps the most intriguing of the dozen ships is the Bois-Belleau . Commissioned as the USS Belleau Wood in March 1943, Belleau Wood (a light aircraft carrier) served in the Pacific during World War II and took part in the invasion of the Gilbert Islands, the landings on the Kwajalein and Majuro Atolls, the invasion of the Marshall Islands, the landings at Hollandia, New Guinea, the invasion of Saipan, and the Battle of the Philippine Sea. Aircraft from the Belleau Wood sank the Japanese carrier Hiy? during the Battle of the Philippine Sea. Belleau Wood ended the war with the 3rd Fleet and took part in the final strikes on the Japanese home islands. She was decommissioned on January 13, 1947, and was put in reserve. She received the Presidential Unit Citation and 12 battle stars for her service during World War II. After spending five years in reserve, the Belleau Wood was transferred to the French Navy on September 5, 1953, under the Mutual Defense Assistance Act. For her service in the French Navy, she was christened the Bois-Belleau (a direct translation of her name in the U.S. Navy). The Bois-Belleau left Toulon in April 1954 for French Indochina to relieve the Arromanches . She arrived on May 20, where she, along with several U.S.-built fighters and bombers, was used against the Viet Minh. After the Geneva Conventions were signed in July, the Bois-Belleau returned to France and participated in the Algerian War. She was returned to the United States in September 1960, where she was stricken from the Navy List and scrapped on October 1, 1960. The Francis Garnier The Francis Garnier began life as the Eritrea a colonial ship in the Italian Regia Marina (Royal Navy). She served in the East African Campaign during World War II before sailing for the Indian Ocean and Kobe, Japan. After Japan declared war in December 1941, Eritrea was used to assist 'transport submarines' until September 1943, when, after hearing of the Italian armistice, she sailed at full speed for Ceylon to surrender. After the war, Eritrea was turned over to the French and renamed the Francis Garnier . She was used in colonial service until 1965, when she became a target ship during a nuclear test in the Pacific Ocean in 1966. The Rest of the Fleet Regarding the rest of the ships, much less detailed information has been found. For example, the Lapérouse was a French unarmored barbette cruiser and the lead ship of her class. The Surcouf was a French destroyer first launched in October 1953 and sank in 1971 following a collision with a Soviet tanker. The Jeanne.