This sequence of maps was created by Paul J. Pugliese for the teacher education programme of the magazine...
Propaganda Maps (202 maps)
Map of the rebellion, the American Civil War (1864)
This map, intended for propaganda purposes, was published by the New York newspaper Harper's Weekly on 19 March 1864 with...
Safeguarding our American freedom (1941)
This map, created by Lambert Guenther and published by C. S. Hammond & Co. in 1941, shows military power...
Hitler on Germany (1932)
This cover was created by Heinrich Hoffmann, the NSDAP’s official photographer, for the photo book *Hitler über Deutschland*, published by Franz…
Iran, a rich land, a poor country (1946)
This map, published in Newsmap magazine in 1946, shows strategic information about Iran. Newsmap was a magazine published by...
Japan, the target (1942)
This map was drawn by the American illustrator Ernest Dudley Chase and published under his own imprint in 1942,...
Bananaland (1933)
This map was drawn by illustrator Ernest Hamlin Baker in 1933 for the American company United Fruit Company. The...
The Stranglers of the Spanish People (1937)
This map was published by the Propaganda Commission of the Generalitat of Catalonia in 1937 with the title...
Overview of the European Spring (1915)
This satirical map was published in 1915 by Lucas Gräfe. It is a piece of propaganda published by the...
Turkey at the Crossroads (1943)
This propaganda map, created by Robert M. Chapin, was published in TIME magazine on 20 December 1943...
Parisian Life (1920)
This map was drawn by illustrator Pierre Lissac for La Vie Parisienne magazine. La Vie Parisienne was a...
Rain of Steel: the bombing of Japan during World War II (2026)
This infographic, created by Hiram Hsu, an American cartographer of Japanese descent, was published in 2026. It won the category of the...
The Earth after the Flood (1681)
This map, published in 1681 by the Englishman Joseph Moxon, shows the Earth after the Flood and how it...
The Distracted Beggar (1900)
This map, by an unknown author, was published in 1900 as part of the Daily Mail's fundraising campaign...
Japanese products travelling around the world (1934)
This map, published by Kabushiki-gaisha Chūōkōron-sha, shows Japan's trade relations in 1934. Kabushiki-gaisha Chūōkōron-sha was a...
Hitler's Crimes in Poland (1968)
This map, produced by the Chief Commission for the Prosecution of Crimes against the Polish Nation in 1968, shows...
The British Empire around the world (1850)
This map, created by John Bartholomew Jr. in the 1850s, shows the extent of the British Empire throughout...
Jewish imperial aspirations in the Middle East (1967)
This map, drawn by Issa Nakhleh, is part of a pamphlet published in August 1967 by the High Committee...
Burglaries worldwide (2021)
This infographic shows the prevalence of burglaries worldwide, with data from 2018. The map...
45 years is enough! – Bulgaria (1989)
This map was created by Dimitar Tomov, a member of a human rights organisation in Bulgaria...
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