Pictorial map of the world (1931)

This map was drawn by illustrator Ernest Dudley Chase for the Houghton Mifflin Company around 1931.

It is an illustrated map in which the author, in addition to depicting the different countries of the world, also depicts some aspects of the culture and nature of each region. In addition to typical things, such as bears in Siberia and Canada, or penguins in Antarctica, you can see some curious details, such as multiple zeppelins in the Arctic Ocean or aeroplanes in the Atlantic Ocean.

Perhaps most striking is that, despite being a map from the first half of the 20th century, the author chose to fill the map with multiple sea monsters, in the purest style of Olaus Magnus's Carta Marina.

Sources

• Mercator map of the world by Ernest Dudley Chase