Native Means of Transportation in the Pacific Area

Language: English

Published by Pacific House, San Francisco, 1940

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Separate issue pictogram map. Image measures 18 x 24". Published in San Francisco by Pacific House. Copyright 1940 S.F.B.E. Co. (San Francisco Bay Exposition Company). Plate 6: Pageant of the Pacific: Miguel Covarrubias. Beautiful pictogram map by Miguel Covarrubias. Published by the Pacific House for the World's Fair Golden Gate International Exposition (1939-1940) where the theme was Pageant of the Pacific, includes renderings of various means of transportation by cultures along the Pacific Ocean of North and South America, Asia, Australia, and Polynesia. In good condition, with wear to edges of paper. Lined. Jose Miguel Covarrubias Duclaud (1904-1957) was a Mexican painter and caricaturist, ethnologist and art historian. He is best known for his research on Mesoamerican art, particularly of the Olmec culture. On the side, his drawings and caricatures garnered him a fair amount of attention and were published widely in The New Yorker and Vanity Fair, among others.

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Title
Native Means of Transportation in the Pacific Area
Author
COVARRUBIAS, Miguel
Publisher
Pacific House, San Francisco
Publication year
1940
Language
English
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