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Printed during the Spanish-American War as a supplement to The Evening Post, this map is good example of journalistic cartography. Its purpose was to educate the newspapers readers and help them follow the course of the war just as modern newspapers publish maps and inserts to illustrate events of national and international interest. The insets of Havana and the Philippines may seem out of place, but are in fact quite timely; in May 1898, the United States was simultaneously sending troops to the Philippines and preparing for war with Cuba, both under Spanish control. With the United States undertaking territorial expansion in several parts of the world in 1898, this map would have been an indispensable guide for the American public to keep track of international developments.
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Document identity
localId
x633f9383
label
The Evening Post map of the West Indies
core
obj
dtoType
map
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
x633f9383
contentType
map
stage
normalized
title
The Evening Post map of the West Indies
description
Printed during the Spanish-American War as a supplement to The Evening Post, this map is good example of journalistic cartography. Its purpose was to educate the newspapers readers and help them follow the course of the war just as modern newspapers publish maps and inserts to illustrate events of national and international interest. The insets of Havana and the Philippines may seem out of place, but are in fact quite timely; in May 1898, the United States was simultaneously sending troops to the Philippines and preparing for war with Cuba, both under Spanish control. With the United States undertaking territorial expansion in several parts of the world in 1898, this map would have been an indispensable guide for the American public to keep track of international developments.
date
["1898"]
year
1898
rights
No known copyright restrictions.
rightsUri
No known restrictions on use.
reuseAllowed
no restrictions
language
English
identifierLocal
05_04_000125
institution
Boston Public Library
collections
Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center Collection
subjects
Spanish-American War, 1898--Maps
West Indies--Maps
Caribbean Area--Maps
subjectsGeographic
Caribbean Sea
West Indies
genreBasic
Maps
typeOfResource
Cartographic
thumbnailUrl
largeImageUrl
pageCount
1
source
import
pubPlace
New York
publisher
Evening Post Publishing Co.
Source extras
institutionArkId
sf268508b
collectionArkId
41688024w
extent
1 map : col. ; 39 x 30 cm.
notes
Relief shown by hachures.
Includes insets of the Atlantic Ocean, Havana Harbor and the Philippines.
"Supplement to the Evening Post, Wednesday, may 25th, 1898."
Featured in the Faces & Places Exhibit, Krvais Center, Palm Beach, FL, since 2005. MB (BRL)
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no
dcId
x633f9383
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map
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1
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0
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photo
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f6c24fc266be2984