1956
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Out of stockA fascinating pictorial map of the world published by 小学館 Shōgakukan in 1956.
- Dimension: 50 x 63 cm
- Place of publication: Osaka
- Year: 1956
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Out of stockFascinating illustrated map, designed for post-World War II school audiences, showing Antarctica as a then still largely unknown territory, a symbol of scientific challenge and conquest. Prominent in the center is a polar view of Antarctica, showing the main areas of international influence-the United Kingdom, the United States, Norway, France, Australia, and New Zealand-underscoring the growing geopolitical interest in the white continent during the Cold War years and in the run-up to the International Geophysical…
- Dimension: 40 x 49 cm
- Place of publication: Brescia
- Year: 1956
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A large and rare pictorial world map published in Paris in 1956 by the Blondel La Rougery publishing house. Following the genre made famous by Lucien Boucher with his production of posters for Air France, the map is drawn in the style of old maps and then decorated with a large compass rose and a cartouche with the title, both in classical style. On the continents, numerous vignettes describe territories with their indigenous populations, agricultural…
- Dimension: 103 x 70 cm
- Place of publication: Paris
- Year: 1956
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Out of stockA wonderful and rare poster promoting tourism in Italy, showing the peninsula as a perspective view and with very interesting annotations highlighting the moments, the productive activities, the new resources, the social and economic changes that allowed Italy to recover after the Second World War. Designed by Arti Grafiche Menaglia and published in Rome in 1956 by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for the Italian Embassy in the United States based in New York.
- Dimension: 100 x 70 cm.
- Place of publication: Rome
- Year: 1956
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A very decorative lithograph map of the world by Chocolat Menier. The map features 120 images of explorers, plants, animals, and structures from around the world. Three small inserts present maps of the Congo, India and Tibet, and Israel. A red line of travel connects each place name on the map and the seas are coloured by their distance from the equator. Underneath the map is an area to fix 120 ‘tickets’ collected from Menier chocolate products, with three that giving clues to ‘Enigmas’ that had to be solved.
- Place of publication: Paris
- Year: 1956
- Dimension: 995 x 645 mm
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Very decorative lithographic poster map designed by Kempster and Evans issued by Chromoworks in London in 1956. The map shows historical figures in costume and is bordered by the coat of arms or shields of various counties.
- Dimension: 610 x 970 mm
- Year: 1956
- Place of publication: London
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Out of stockDeliziosa carta geo-pittorica disegnata da Aldo Cigheri che mostra la provincia di Ragusa in Sicilia con in evidenza i prodotti, le costruzioni e gli elementi folkloristici più importanti e caratteristici dell’area. Pubblicata a Genova presso la litografia S.A.I.G.A. nel 1956 a cura dell’Ente Provinciale per Turismo di Ragusa. Aldo Cigheri (1909–1995) è stato un pittore italiano che ha svolto un ruolo di fondamentale importanza nel panorama artistico XX secolo soprattutto nel campo dell’illustrazione pubblicitaria. Con…
- Dimension: 23 x 31 cm
- Place of publication: Genoa
- Year: 1956
