{"id":25600,"date":"2023-05-23T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-05-22T22:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/inter-antiquariaat.nl\/dev-en\/antiek\/uncategorized\/europe-cartoon-map-1914\/"},"modified":"2026-06-05T15:39:11","modified_gmt":"2026-06-05T13:39:11","slug":"europe-cartoon-map-1914","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/inter-antiquariaat.nl\/en\/antiques\/maps\/maps-world\/europe\/europe-cartoon-map-1914\/","title":{"rendered":"Cartoon map of Europe &#8211; Verlagsgesellschaft Union, 1914"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>UNCOMMON PICTORIAL PROPAGANDA MAP<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201e<strong><em>Europ\u00e4ische Treibjagd<\/em><\/strong>.\u201c [European hunting party], lithograph published in <strong>1914<\/strong> by <strong>Verlagsgesellschaft Union<\/strong> in Charlottenburg (Berlin). Size: 39,5 x 44,5 cm.<\/p>\n<p>This <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/German_Empire\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">German<\/a> propaganda map was published at the beginning of WWI to convince Germans of the power and early successes of the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Central_Powers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Central Powers<\/a>&#8216; military. As the title suggests, the imagery shows a European hunting party, in which the Central Powers are depicted as soldiers hunting the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Allies_of_World_War_I\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Allied Powers<\/a>, which are each depicted as animals. The typically formidable <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Russian_Empire\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Russia<\/a> is depicted as three bears, scampering away from a <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Uhlan#German_uhlans\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">German uhlan<\/a> and a Hungarian soldier with a musket. Another German soldier holds the Belgian hare up by its ears, while another fires a musket at a French cat. Possibly in response to <a href=\"https:\/\/inter-antiquariaat.nl\/en\/antiques\/rare-maps\/world\/cartoon-map-europe-johnson-riddle-1914\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Johnson &amp; Riddle\u2019s Co. Hark! Hark! The Dogs Do Bark!<\/a> in which each European country is depicted as a dog, with Britain as a fierce bulldog, here a German warship fires upon several British bulldogs, who flee toward the Irish Sea (although an Irish maiden appears to laugh at their misfortune). Serbia is illustrated as a trio of pigs, and Japan, not to be left out, appears as a monkey at the edge of the map. Neutral countries are depicted in human form, however as peaceful civilians rather than soldiers. A short poem by a Dr. Storch explains that although the European zoo (\u201c<em>Menagerie<\/em>\u201d) has attempted to rise up against its \u201cnoble master\u201d (\u201c<em>der edle Meister<\/em>\u201d), the beasts will soon be \u201cbehind protective bars again\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Price: Euro 1.250,-<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UNCOMMON PICTORIAL PROPAGANDA MAP \u201eEurop\u00e4ische Treibjagd.\u201c [European hunting party], lithograph published in 1914 by Verlagsgesellschaft Union in Charlottenburg (Berlin). Size: 39,5 x 44,5 cm. This German propaganda map was published at the beginning of WWI to convince Germans of the power and early successes of the Central Powers&#8216; military. 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