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World Map of the Major Tropical Diseases

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Title:
World Map of the Major Tropical Diseases
Alternate 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.

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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
Format:
Image
Rights:
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