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Back to School: The unique atlas referenced here contains twelve maps of European countries, each being portrayed as a stereotypical caricature of the location. Similarly to the creators of the Eagle Map, the atlas’ author, William Harvey, believed that visualizing geography in such a way would make the subject easier to understand, and more educational. Thus, he drew the major European countries as human figures reflecting national stereotypes, such as England in the form of Queen Victoria, and Scotland as a bagpipe player dressed in a kilt. Germany portrayed as a lady dancing is reproduced here.
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Document identity
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3f463b02c
label
Germany
core
obj
dtoType
map
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1
Source metadata
id
3f463b02c
contentType
map
stage
normalized
title
Germany
description
Back to School: The unique atlas referenced here contains twelve maps of European countries, each being portrayed as a stereotypical caricature of the location. Similarly to the creators of the Eagle Map, the atlas’ author, William Harvey, believed that visualizing geography in such a way would make the subject easier to understand, and more educational. Thus, he drew the major European countries as human figures reflecting national stereotypes, such as England in the form of Queen Victoria, and Scotland as a bagpipe player dressed in a kilt. Germany portrayed as a lady dancing is reproduced here.
date
["1868–1869"]
year
1868
rights
No known copyright restrictions.
rightsUri
No known restrictions on use.
reuseAllowed
no restrictions
language
English
identifierLocal
06_01_009437
creators
Lancaster, Elizabeth Lilian, 1852-1939
Lancaster, Elizabeth Lilian, 1852-1939
Harvey, William, 1796-1873
Hodder and Stoughton
Vincent Brooks, Day & Son
institution
Boston Public Library
collections
Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center Collection
subjects
Germany--Maps
Pictorial maps
subjectsGeographic
Europe
Germany
genreBasic
Maps
typeOfResource
Cartographic
country
Germany
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largeImageUrl
pageCount
1
source
import
pubPlace
London
publisher
Hodder and Stoughton
Source extras
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sf268508b
collectionArkId
41688024w
schema:latitude
51.5
schema:longitude
10.5
extent
1 map : color ; 24 x 20 cm
notes
Pictorial map depicting Germany as a lady dancing.
Rhyme about the country in lower margin.
In Lancaster and Harvey's Geographical fun. London : Hodder and Stoughton, [1868 or 1869].
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no
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3f463b02c
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map
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1
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0
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photo
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402b66d4d62c61ea