Major Tropical Diseases
- Alternate Title:
- World Map of the Major Tropical Diseases
- Title:
- Major Tropical Diseases
- Collection:
- Persuasive Maps: PJ Mode Collection
- Creator:
- Artzybasheff, Boris, 1899-1965
- Date:
- 1944
- Posted Date:
- 2015-08-25
- ID Number:
- 2003.01
- Collection Number:
- 8548
- File Name:
- PJM_2003_01.jpg
- Style/Period:
- 1940 - 1959
- Materials/Techniques:
- color printing
- Subject:
- Pictorial
Disaster/Health/Environment - Measurement:
- 36 x 52 (sheet) (centimeters, height x width)
- Notes:
- A world map by a well-known artist of the time illustrating an article on tropical diseases. The use of ominous pictorial symbols for 15 diseases, combined with the size and location of the symbols on the map, effectively communicate the danger and urgency of the problem.
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 - Source:
- Life Magazine, May 1, 1944.
- Cite As:
- P.J. Mode collection of persuasive cartography, #8548. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.
- Repository:
- Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
- Archival Collection:
- P.J. Mode collection of persuasive cartography
- Rights:
- For important information about copyright and use, see http://persuasivemaps.library.cornell.edu/copyright.