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Victorian Atlas Turns Countries into Caricature Maps

Original: Geographical Fun: Being Humourous Outlines of Various Countries (1868)

A newly surfaced digitised copy of 'Geographical Fun: Being Humourous Outlines of Various Countries', an 1868 collection of satirical maps that redraw European nations as comic caricature figures, is drawing attention online. Readers are sharing its whimsical Victorian illustrations and enjoying how 19th-century mapmakers blended geography with political satire and humour.

Why now: The charming digitised Victorian caricature maps were recently highlighted online, prompting people to share and discuss them.

Public Domain ReviewGeographical FunVictorian era

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• Geographical Fun: Being Humourous Outlines of Various Countries (1868) · Thevet · 9

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