The Third Edition of the Navy League Wall Map of the World is Now Ready
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- Title:
- The Third Edition of the Navy League Wall Map of the World is Now Ready
- Alternate Title:
- The Third Edition of the Navy League Wall Map of the World
- Collection:
- Persuasive Maps: PJ Mode Collection
- Creator:
- The Navy League
- Other Creators:
- W. & A. K. Johnston, Limited
- Date:
- 1904
- Posted Date:
- 2017-04-14
- ID Number:
- 2093.01
- File Name:
- PJM_2093_01.jpg
- Style/Period:
- 1900 - 1919
- Subject:
- Politics & Government
Unusual Graphics/Text
Advertising & Promotion
Imperialism - Measurement:
- 25 x 31 on sheet 37 x 49 (centimeters, height x width)
- Notes:
- "The archetypal British Empire map," designed "to demonstrate and uphold the reality of imperial Britain's authority" and "the natural providence of Pax Britannia." Bryars 2014, 21.
As the map notes, the Navy League of the British Empire was founded in 1895 as "A strictly non-Party organization to urge upon Government and the Electorate the paramount importance of an adequate Navy as the best guarantee of Peace." It quickly became "one of the foremost naval interest groups," with a membership eventually exceeding 100,000 and "a great deal of influence over naval affairs." http://www.royalnavalmuseum.org/info_sheets_navy_league.htm, accessed December 23, 2014. This broadside advertises the availability of the Third Edition of the Navy League's "Wall Map of the World" for classrooms, a central part of the League's educational mission.
The map shows the British Empire in the traditional red, but its focus is on history and economics rather than geography. Across the top is a list of the "Principal Naval Events" in the history of the Empire, beginning with the defeat of the Spanish Armada in 1588. Along the sides and the bottom is a mass of data about the Empire's "Wealth and Social Condition," trade patterns, warship construction, sources of food and other economic and commercial information. Below the title, a quote from Bacon sums up the point: "The wealth of both Indies seems, in great part, but an accessory to the command of the seas."
The verso explains that the new edition "is much improved in many ways, especially in the matter of colouring. The size, 72 x 63 inches, gives ample scope for the work to be boldly treated so as to be effective even in a very large room." Prices are listed for the map in various forms, all in cloth: on rollers (mahogany or not) and varnished; folded; on a spring roller; and on a spring roller in a polished mahogany or oak case.
See also ID #1144, Reduction of the Navy League Map, a reduced-size version of the map that was folded into an inexpensive Handbook. The Preface to the Handbook makes clear the intent of the League: "This little work should be in the hands of every young Briton, and no school should be considered properly equipped which has not the full-sized Navy League Wall Map of the Empire hanging on the walls within easy view of the scholars." (Crofts viii).
For an example of a map broadside promoting a new atlas, see ID #2546, "The Popular Atlas" (1892).
For further information on the Collector’s Notes and a Feedback/Contact Link, see https://persuasivemaps.library.cornell.edu/content/about-collection-personal-statement and https://persuasivemaps.library.cornell.edu/content/feedback-and-contact - Repository:
- Private Collection of PJ Mode
- Format:
- Image
- Rights:
- For important information about copyright and use, see http://persuasivemaps.library.cornell.edu/copyright.