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BibliOdyssey

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Satirical Maps


An Incomplete Evolution
of the Cartoon Political Map

Britannia by James Gillray, 1791

'Britannia'

Geography Bewitched or a droll caricature map of Ireland, 1793 (Dighton)

'Geography Bewitched or, a Droll Caricature Map of Ireland'

Geography Bewitched or a droll caricature map of Scotland 1794

'Geography Bewitched or, a Droll Caricature Map of Scotland'

Geography Bewitched or a droll caricature map of England and Wales (after Dighton), 1793

'Geography Bewitched or, a Droll Caricature Map of England and Wales'

The French Invasion, or John Bull, bombarding the Bum-boats, 1793 (Gillray)

'The French Invasion, or John Bull, bombarding the Bum-boats'

Etching by James Gillray; published in London by Hannah Humphrey in 1793

A Whimsical Sketch of Europe, 1806

'A Whimsical Sketch of Europe'

Komische Karte des Kriegsschauplatzes 1854

'Komische Karte des Kriegsschauplatzes'
or
'Europa aus der Vogelschau'

(Comical Battlefield Map or Birds-Eye View of Europe)

Humoristische-oorlogskaart, 1870

'Humoristische-oorlogskaart'

Das heutige Europa, 1875

'Das heutige Europa'
(Today's Europe)

L'Europe Animale - Physiologie Comique, 1882

Angling in troubled waters, 1899

'Angling in Troubled Waters: a Serio-Comic map of Europe'

John Bull and his Friends by Fred W Rose, 1900

'John Bull and his Friends
A Serio-Comic Map of Europe'