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World According to Kruger cartoon, 1898
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World According to Kruger cartoon, 1898

1898 cartoon depicting "The World According to Kruger". Paul Kruger, the President of the South African Republic (or Transvaal), believed the world was flat. Joshua Slocum, an American sailor, was attempting to become the first man to circumnavigate the world solo. When Slocum was presented to Kruger during his stopover in South Africa, the President declared such an undertaking "Impossible! Impossible!" Slocum recalled the incident fondly in his memoir of the journey around the world.

Date
March 5, 1898
Mapmaker / publisher
Cartoonist not recorded; first published in Cape Town Owl newspaper
Place
the world in art
Archive
Wikimedia Commons
Type
map
Original size
535 × 359 pixels

Public domain

Reason: a US government work.

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