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Major Tropical Diseases

Title:
Major Tropical Diseases
Full Title:
World Map of the Major Tropical Diseases
Collection:
Persuasive Maps: PJ Mode Collection
Creator:
Artzybasheff, Boris, 1899-1965
Date:
1944
Date posted:
2015-08-25
ID Number:
2003.01
Identifier:
PJM_2003_01.jpg
Subject:
Pictorial
Disaster/Health/Environment
Extent:
(cm, H x W) 36 x 52 (sheet)
Collector's 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.
Note:
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Source:
Life Magazine, May 1, 1944.
References:
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Rights:
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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.