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The landmark Fry-Jefferson map of Virginia and Maryland from 1775; the first printed sea chart of the Southeastern coastline of North America from 166 ....
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1958 (dated) Description This is a 1958 Jaro Hess pictorial map of the Land of Make Believe. The map is derived from over 60 nursery rhymes, fairy tales, and children s stories with creative, entertaining, and attractive illustrations. The map emerged at the height of the Great Depression (1929 - 1933) and offered much needed escapism during those brutal times. Among the stories referenced are Little Red Riding Hood, Little Miss Muffet, Little Boy Blue, Jack and the Beanstalk, Old King Cole, Peter Rabbit, The Old Woman Who Lived in a Shoe, Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty, Hansel and Gretel, the Wizard of Oz, One Thousand and One Nights, Rip Van Winkle, and Peter Pan. Each story has its own illustration and caption. Hess claims that the in a 1972 interview, that the original painting was shown at Chicago s 1933 Century of World Progress children s literature area - but this is unverified by any evidence from the exhibition. The American cartoonist and humorist Matt ....