This humorous map of the “Turbid Amazon” is an illustration conceived and drawn by Rudyard Kipling for the story “The Beginning of the Armadilloes” in the collection Just So Stories, originally published in 1902 and later reissued in subsequent editions such as the London edition of 1951. It parodies the old maps of voyages of discovery, mixing fantastic geography with burlesque notes on the dangers of the jungle, the indigenous peoples and the explorers' exploits marked in red. The calligraphic lettering, cartouches and little vignettes build a “narrative atlas” that introduces young readers to the imaginary world of the story, more as a literary game than as a real cartographic tool.
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Print on handmade Amalfi paper Sheet size: 29 x 42 cm (11.4 x 16.5 in) With frame: 31 x 44 cm (12.2 x 17.3 in) Material: artwork printed on very fine handmade Amalfi paper with deckled edges Frame: light brown beech wood and wood pulp, handmade
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