Collection: Osher Map Library Collection

Name: Two Africas

Barcode: 54598

Image Number: 54598.0001

Creator: Chapin, Robert MacFarlane

From Atlas: No

Publishing Location: New York

Brief Description: One map shows Europe's colonial possessions as of 1950; the second map shows countries in Africa that are independent or approaching independence as of 1960. The 1960 map gives dates of independence with the name of the country for those cases. Also the map shows the name changes of some of the countries.

Publisher: Time, Inc.

Date/Date Range Published: 1960

Language: English

Region Depicted: Africa

Map Type: GeographicalHistorical maps

Dimensions: 60 cm in diameter and 80 cm in diameter on sheet 117 x 86 cm folded to 29 x 22 cm

Historical Context: Map highlights the transformation of the African continent from being colonial possessions to becoming independent. In the 1960 map Chapin highlighted the Soviet Union and its "satellites" in Eastern Europe and that country's growing expansionist aims.

LC Call Number: G8201.F3 1960 C5

OCLC: 68802344

Subjects: ColonialismImperialism

Permanent URL: https://oshermaps.org/map/54598.0001