Geography - Hendrik Willem van Loon: Illustrations from The Story of Mankind

 
Hendrik Willem van Loon: Illustrations from The Story of Mankind

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Geography
       
The word “geography” means “writing on the earth,” and van Loon’s maps contained words written all over their surfaces. In locating historical events on the map, van Loon would write narratives, helped along by arrows and numbers to show the path of the story across space.
image: How Rome Happened image: Civilization Goes Westward

image: The Spreading of the Idea of Popular Sovereignty
"How Rome Happened," p. 105 "Civilization Goes Westward," p. 107 "The Spreading of the Idea of Popular Sovereignty," p. 185
 

image: The Pilgrims

   image: The Spread of the Imperial Idea
"The Pilgrims," p. 324   "The Spread of the Imperial Idea," p. 460
     
     

Home | Introduction | The Story of Mankind | Van Loon the Illustrator | Timeline | Credits
The Exhibition : Geography | Visual Metaphors | Individuals | Events | Architecture | Maps of Time | Allegories |

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