A serio-comic map satirising Ronald Reagan’s view of the World
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A satirical map of the world, probably published at the time of the 1984 Presidential Election, Although it is unsigned, It is based on the 1982 edition of David Horsey's map of the same title, without the caricatures of Ronald Reagan and Leonid Brezhnev as rival gunslingers.
California is enlarged to fill half the USA, with the rest divided between the Mid and South-West ('Republicans and Other Real Americans'), and the North-east ('Democrats and Welfare Bums').
South of the border is 'Mariachi Land', El Salvador, 'Our Canal' and 'Banana Land'. Cuba is a 'Soviet Colony' and the Falklands Islands, two year after the Falkland War against Argentina, are almost as big as South America.
Across the Atlantic another addition is the reference to 'Thatcher Land' being 'A Subsidiary of Disneyland'. Elsewhere a tiny Europe is labelled 'Our Missiles'; and Africa is divided between Egypt and 'Negroes'. In Asia, a huge Israel also contains Beirut; Arabia is marked 'Our Oil' and Persia 'Muslim Fanatics'; mainland China is 'Their China' and Taiwan 'Our China'; and 'Japan Corporation' is shaped like a car. The 'Palestinian Homeland (Proposed)' is in the Arctic, prior to its removal to the South Pacific in 1987.
A new addition to the map is Grenada, a year after the U.S. invasion.
David Horsey (b. 1951) was an editorial cartoonist working for the Seattle Post Intelligencer when he drew these world maps. He won the Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Cartooning in 1999 and 2003 and now works for the Los Angeles Times.
Additional information
Dimensions | 700 × 500 mm |
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Cartographer | |
Date | 1984 |
Extra Info | The World According to Ronald Reagan. |
Publication | Helsinki: Information Centre of the World Peace Council, c.1984. Colour lithograph. Sheet 500 x 700mm. |
Condition | A good example. |
References | – |