Map of matrimony.
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| Format: | Map |
| Language: | English |
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| Item Description: | Allegoical map featuring locations associated with courtship, marriage, and relationships. Place names represented include: Vale of Happiness, Region of Bridesmaid, Petticoat Government, Land of Spinsters, and Kingdom of Courtship. Offshore bodies of water include: Bay of Engagement, Dangerous Strait of Flirtation, Gulf of Matrimony, and Ocean of Admiration. Map is drawn in ink and watercolor. Includes eight lines of William Cowper's poem "A Poetical Epistle To Lady Austen" written in ink below the map. In upper right corner: 53. The Cushing Library/Science Fiction copy is part of the Maps of Imaginary Places Collection. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 map : colored ; 8 x 9 cm, on sheet 28 x 21 cm |