Serio-comic war map for 1877

Cartoon map showing the political situation in Europe in 1877. Russia - A vicious-looking Octopus - its eight lengthy tentacles extending into Northern and Eastern Europe, the Middle East and Asia, encircling in tightening strangle-holds the territories of Finland, Poland, Bulgaria, the Crimea and Persia and even reaching as far as the Holy Land, Armenia and Khiva in Central Asia.; The Turkish Empire, in the form of a prostrate turbaned figure lying across the Dardanelles and Bosphorus, pistol at the ready, protects his prize gold watch, Constantinople, which hangs around his waist.; Greece, an irritating crab, pinches his right elbow.; Hungary is held back from attacking Russia by his sister Austria.; Germany, in the form of its uniformed Emperor, surrounds itself with arms and weaponry, ready for any emergency.; France in the form of Marshal MacMahon, points a dangerous mitrailleuse at its German neighbour, eager to avenge its defeat in the Franco-Prussian war of 1870-71.; Italy is a young girl enjoying her newly found liberty, the Papal crown located in Rome.; Spain is the reclining figure of Alfonso, sleeping after his recent exertions.; The King of Belgium surrounds hi

Date

1877

Mapmaker / publisher

Rose, Fred. W. (Frederick W.), artist

Place

Europe

Archive

Wikimedia Commons

Type

map

Original size

8,440 × 6,448 pixels

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