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Sea of Matrimony Pocket Map

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Title:
Sea of Matrimony Pocket Map
Alternate Title:
Sea of Matrimony
Collection:
Persuasive Maps: PJ Mode Collection
Creator:
J.I. Austen Co.
Date:
1906
Posted Date:
2015-08-25
ID Number:
1151.01
Collection Number:
8548
File Name:
PJM_1151_01.jpg
Style/Period:
1900 - 1919
Materials/Techniques:
color printing
Subject:
Romance/Love/Marriage
Allegorical
Measurement:
21.5 x 27 on sheet 22.5 x 28 (centimeters, height x width)
Notes:
An allegorical map of Matrimony, showing the course from Showerville and Honeymoon Island" through First Quarrel Reef and Cape Henpeck, to Little Blessings, Comfort Cove and Mt. Joy.

The collection includes a number of related maps; see Subject > Romance/Love/Marriage. Early allegorical maps of this kind were "more than oddities or simple curiosities," more than simply "reflections of contemporary views" they were "exemplary tools in the articulation of new attitudes, exposing controversial states of social awareness." Reitinger 1999, 106. See also Delaney 2012, 207-215.

Ocean voyages have often been used in allegorical mapping. See Subjects > Allegorical.

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
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
Format:
Image
Rights:
For important information about copyright and use, see http://persuasivemaps.library.cornell.edu/copyright.

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