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A scarce and wonderful persuasive map by cartoonist Rex Whistler celebrating the first RAF raid on Berlin in 1939, during which Whitley bombers dropped propaganda leaflets rather than bombs.
#Berlin #mapporn #cartography #mapsareweapons #maps #oldmaps https://t.co/skhT6Oyxni
A rare, innovative and visually striking political chart produced before the United States presidential election of 1948, summarizing the results of election cycles between 1928 and 1946. #mapsareweapons #mapporn #datavisualization #DemocraticParty #diagra https://t.co/vmtFJV4BZP
A most appealing and unrecorded poster mapping the results of the presidential election of 1904 and the electors allocated to each state for the upcoming 1908 election. #mapporn #mapsareweapons #broadside #election #Electionof1904 #Electionof1908 #politica https://t.co/jdwEOfndi3
An interesting and eminently displayable poster with thematic maps and charts depicting the global production, transport and refining of crude oil as of 1956. #mapsareweapons #mapporn #CharlesJosephMinard #crudeoil #flowdiagram #naturalresources #oil #oilp https://t.co/6O8bL92m6q
A fascinating set of thematic maps previewing the battleground states in the 1888 presidential election, which pitted incumbent Grover Cleveland, a New York Democrat, against Indiana Republican Benjamin Harrison. #mapporn #mapsareweapons #BenjaminHarrison https://t.co/Ulx5oLlwbw
A small polemical piece issued in 1916 by the Lincoln-Lee Legion, using persuasive cartography to promote National Prohibition.
#18thAmendment #Persuasivemap #Probition #mapsareweapons #mapporn #politics #maps #oldmaps #raremaps https://t.co/HfPFaMO8Qj
A richly-detailed broadside providing a cartographic overview at the outset of the Civil War, no doubt churned out in haste to meet demand for a reading public hungry for maps to put the disturbing war news in context. #mapsareweapons #mapporn #maps #oldma https://t.co/AJxwEasM8C
An unrecorded 1967 plan of III Marine Amphibious Force Headquarters at Da Nang, Vietnam with manuscript notes by an American serviceman who helped draw it. #blueprint #USMarines #mapporn #mapsareweapons #map #maps #oldmap #oldmaps #raremaps #raremap #ww2 https://t.co/r1hkdLQpZj
A rare composite photographic map prepared for the D-Day landing at Utah Beach. From the Neptune Monograph, the definitive briefing book issued to senior American officers in preparation for the landings... #mapporn #mapsareweapons #raremap #oldmap https://t.co/apXOQiycBw
An important poster depicted occupied Germany at the end of the Second World War, with vibrant use of color belying the depressing subject matter. #map #maps #oldmap #oldmaps #ww2 #wwII #germany #austria #occupation #mapsareweapons https://t.co/bd1Do8bTPy
Reformers & Visionaries,
Scoundrels and Incendiaries:
250 Years of Persuasive Mapping
#map #maps #oldmap #oldmaps #cartography #raremaps #persuasivemaps #mapping #mapporn #mapsareweapons #antiques #antiquemaps https://t.co/yeUJ3yDuBg
A spectacular pictorial map of the Southwest Pacific, issued in 1944 by the U.S. Navy.
#NavWarMap #pictorialmap #propagandamap #USNavy #map #maps #oldmaps #mapporn #mapsareweapons #mapswinwars #cartography #infographic https://t.co/z4NIuX4hcb
A mammoth and colorful pictorial map of the world issued by the U.S. Navy near the end of World War II.
#NavWarMap #Persuasivemap #pictorialmap #propagandamap #map #maps #cartography #mapporn #mapsareweapons #mapswinwars #ww2 #wwII https://t.co/LZp4NWNqul
A marvelously entertaining 1926 pictorial map satirizing Prohibition and celebrating illegal alcohol consumption and production. #Persuasivemap #pictorialmap #prohibition #map #maps #oldmap #oldmaps #cartography #mapsareweapons #raremaps https://t.co/0JQV1acd5U
A rare “Secret” map of Iwo Jima, issued little more than a week before the February 19, 1945 U.S. invasion. #IwoJima #Manuscript #topographicmap #map #maps #oldmap #oldmaps #raremap #raremaps #mapporn #mapsareweapons #cartography https://t.co/VWHPe3INPl
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