COLLECTION NAME:
David Rumsey Historical Map Collection
Record
Author:
Chase, Ernest Dudley, 1878-1966
Author:
Whiting, Oliver K.
Date:
1945
Short Title:
Mercator Map of the World United.
Publisher:
Oliver K. Whiting
Publisher Location:
New York
Type:
Separate Map
Obj Height cm:
39
Obj Width cm:
90
Note:
Date estimated. Lavishly illustrated with vignettes of structures, activites, animals, and modes of transportation.
World Area:
World
Subject:
Pictorial map
Subject:
Transportation
Full Title:
Mercator Map of the World United. A Pictorial History of Transport and Communications and the Paths to Permanent Peace.
List No:
7959.000
Series No:
1
Publication Author:
Chase, Ernest Dudley, 1878-1966
Publication Author:
Whiting, Oliver K.
Pub Date:
1945
Pub Title:
Mercator Map of the World United. A Pictorial History of Transport and Communications and the Paths to Permanent Peace.
Pub Note:
Date estimated. Ernest Dudley Chase was creator of many travel diaries, 22 maps, and greeting cards. Pictorial map with a hopeful message of the world united in peace, created as World War II was drawing to a close. It bears an optimistic and humanistic message of social progress through technological advancement. Historic milestones in transportation and communications history are illustrated throughout. The legend surrounding the cartouche includes symbols for “organizations already at work on an international basis” and modes of travel and communication. These include religion; travel by land, sea and air; international mail, telephone, and telegraph; radio; The Red Cross; health organizations; drug control; standards of measurements; and “the great international businesses.” Messages of peace abound, including a drawing, center top, of flags of different nations with a rainbow and the slogan “Bound by a code of international friendship, law and order, united we stand -- divided we fall.” In addition to the more historically oriented illustrations are allegorical drawings such as one of several men on a globe-form sailboat emblazoned “World Unity,” with the caption “We are all in the same boat.” The artist also illustrates ideas for new technologies such as a missile captioned “Rocket Mail of the future.” The map is executed on Mercator's projection with a decorative cartouche, the border with ornate corners decorated with cornucopias, one in the traditional manner overflowing with fruit and vegetables, the other overflowing with machine parts.
Pub List No:
7959.000
Pub Type:
Separate Map
Pub Maps:
1
Pub Height cm:
39
Pub Width cm:
90
Image No:
7959000.jp2
Authors:
Chase, Ernest Dudley, 1878-1966 ; Whiting, Oliver K.
