DESCRIPTION: Post-WWII pictorial Coloroto (1) or color rotogravure map with India referred to a "Britain's Problem Child", reflecting Britain's colonial presence in India in July, 1946. A legend lists numerous exported products with icons for each including jute, coconut, manganese, copper, linseed, and rubber. Inset map at left shows trade routes from Britain to India via the Suez Canal with British colonies colored in red. Inset pictorial bar chart at right shows the comparative population for each religion in India.
(1) Coloroto is a trade name for a rotogravure used to print multiple colors. According to Google a rotogravure printing system uses a rotary press with intaglio cylinders, typically running at high speed and used for long print runs of magazines and stamps. (Google Oxford languages dictionary. Online).
Edwin L. Sundberg (1898-1978)
Edwin Sundberg was a staff artist and the Chief Cartographer for the New York based Sunday News newspaper. Sundberg created many colorful and pictorial maps for the paper in the WWII era and later.
PUBLICATION DATE: 1946
GEOGRAPHIC AREA: India
BODY OF WATER: Bay of Bengal, Arabian Sea
CONDITION: Good.
Centerfold as issued. On newsprint with age-toning as expected. Solid.
COLORING: Printed color.
ENGRAVER:
SIZE: 21
" x
14 "
ITEM PHYSICAL LOCATION: 300
PRICE: $250
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