The World Divided Into Land and Water Hemispheres
- Title:
- The World Divided Into Land and Water Hemispheres
- Alternate Title:
- Land and Water Hemispheres
- Collection:
- Persuasive Maps: PJ Mode Collection
- Creator:
- Curtis, Lionel George
- Other Creators:
- Walker, Emery, sc.
- Date:
- 1916
- Posted Date:
- 2015-08-25
- ID Number:
- 1184.04
- Collection Number:
- 8548
- File Name:
- PJM_1184_04.jpg
- Style/Period:
- 1900 - 1919
- Subject:
- Unusual Projection
Imperialism - Measurement:
- 24 x 48 (sheet) (centimeters, height x width)
- Notes:
- By using an unusual projection of the dual-hemisphere world, the mapmaker here enhances the apparent importance of the British Empire. "The English Commonwealth was . . . led by the opening of the seas in the sixteenth century to assume responsibilities destined to become greater than any which have yet rested on the shoulders of a single state. Hardly any commensurate area in the world is capable of carrying a larger population that the British Isles, because, as may be seen from Plate IX, their position makes them for purposes of commerce and manufacture the centre of the world." Curtis, 178. Note that by varying the projection and angle, one could as well have made Washington - or any other place - "the centre of the world."
The collection includes four maps by Curtis intended to enhance the apparent importance of Britain: ID #1184.01-.04. For other maps intended to suggest or confirm the scope and power of the British Empire, see, e.g., ID ## 1095 (Crane), 1103 (Bartholomew), 1167 (Mees). See generally Subjects > Imperialism.
For more than a century, persuasive cartographers seeking to enhance the relative significance of their countries have imposed the outlines of one or more other nations on a map of their own. For other examples in the collection, Search > "relative size".
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:
- Curtis, Lionel George. 1916. The Commonwealth of Nations. An Inquiry into the Nature of Citizenship in the British Empire, and into the Mutual Relations of the Several Communities Thereof. London: Macmillan and Co.
- 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.