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Source Description
Political boundaries and power struggles define this work. The 19th-century “serio-comic map” caricaturizes each European country as a fisherman, holding a sack with its imperial catch, or about to lose what it has caught. Serving as an allegory for European colonial interference elsewhere, this type of “persuasive” map influenced and reflected popular opinion, much like a political cartoon.
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Document identity
localId
4m90f6187
label
Angling in troubled waters
core
obj
dtoType
map
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
4m90f6187
contentType
map
stage
normalized
title
Angling in troubled waters
description
Political boundaries and power struggles define this work. The 19th-century “serio-comic map” caricaturizes each European country as a fisherman, holding a sack with its imperial catch, or about to lose what it has caught. Serving as an allegory for European colonial interference elsewhere, this type of “persuasive” map influenced and reflected popular opinion, much like a political cartoon.
date
["[ca. 1899]"]
year
1899
rights
No known copyright restrictions.
rightsUri
No known restrictions on use.
reuseAllowed
no restrictions
language
English
identifierLocal
06_01_011037
creators
Rose, Fredk. W. (Frederick W.)
institution
Boston Public Library
collections
Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center Collection
subjects
Europe--Politics and government--Maps
Europe--Maps
subjectsGeographic
Europe
genreBasic
Maps
typeOfResource
Cartographic
thumbnailUrl
largeImageUrl
pageCount
1
source
import
pubPlace
London
publisher
G.W. Bacon & Co.
Source extras
institutionArkId
sf268508b
collectionArkId
41688024w
schema:latitude
56.2
schema:longitude
15.016
extent
1 map : col. ; 50 x 71 cm., folded in cover 20 x 14 cm.
notes
National political attitudes are represented by caricatures of people, animals, etc.
Includes text and inset of "Key map of Europe."
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no
dcId
4m90f6187
type
map
Single page context
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1
pageIndex
0
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photo
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6fa960f9b8c3f896