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Tacoma Promotional Map

Title:
Tacoma Promotional Map
Full Title:
Untitled [Tacoma Promotional Map]
Collection:
Persuasive Maps: PJ Mode Collection
Creator:
Chamber of Commerce, Tahoma, Washington
Date:
1906
Date posted:
2015-08-25
ID Number:
1152.01
Identifier:
PJM_1152_01.jpg
Subject:
Unusual Projection
Advertising & Promotion
Pictorial
Extent:
(cm, H x W) 14 x 20
Collector's Notes:
A promotional map for the city of Tacoma, Washington. The Pacific is distorted so that the distance from the West Coast to China and Japan appears to be less than the distance from Tacoma to Portland. For two somewhat similar maps, see ID #1181, Map Showing Geographical and Central Position of United States for Distribution of Products (1915), and ID #1168, Berkeley's Strategic Position (1910).
Note:
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Source:
The Pacific Monthly, October 2006.
References:
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About the collection

This is a collection of “persuasive” cartography: maps intended primarily to influence the opinion of the viewer -- to send a message -- rather than to communicate geographic information. The collection reflects a variety of persuasive tools: allegorical, satirical and pictorial mapping; selective inclusion or exclusion; unusual projections, graphics and text; and intentional deception. Maps in the collection address a wide range of messages: religious, political, military, commercial, moral and social.