Boston/ Humor.
[New York, 1936]
This MAP Presents A Bostonian's Idea of The United States of America.
6 x 8 ¼ inches, Excellent condition.
Delightful satiric map that gently spoofs a Bostonian's geographic myopia regarding the United States. As expected, eastern Massachusetts, especially Cape Cod, occupies an inordinate amount of the map. The rest seems to be treated with an offhanded dismissiveness: the country's vast mid section is simply called the "Western Prairies." The map throughout displays a breezy ignorance, such as noting the opening of the Panama Canal as a recent development and having just a scant number and often erroneous place names in the south and west.
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