Collection: Osher Map Library Collection

Name: Flags of the Americas

Barcode: 58981

Image Number: 58981.0001

Publishing Location: New York

Brief Description: Map bordered by "Flags of the Americas," including country flags, brief descriptions of each country, and color illustrations. It was to celebrate the Pan-American Union in which twenty-one nations are represented, except for Canada which was part of the British Empire and then went to war against Germany, and is omitted from the organization.

Printmaker: Haase, F.

Publisher: R.R. Bowker Company

Date/Date Range Published: 1940

Language: English

Region Depicted: South AmericaUnited States

Map Type: Geographical

Dimensions: 54 x 36 cm, on sheet 69 x 52 cm

Material Type: Paper

Historical Context: The Pan American Union was founded in 1890 to promote cooperation between Latin American countries and the United States.

LC Call Number: G5200 1940.H3

OCLC: 12626616

Permanent URL: https://oshermaps.org/map/58981.0001