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1953 Jenkyns 'Women's' Pictorial Map of Europe and its Sights and Shops
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Title
Fodor's Woman's Guide to Europe A Girl's-Eye-View of Shops and Sights.
1953 (undated) 18.5 x 11.75 in (46.99 x 29.845 cm)
1953 (undated) 18.5 x 11.75 in (46.99 x 29.845 cm)
Description
This is a 1953 Chris Jenkyns pictorial map of Europe drawn to promote continental travel by solo-women adventurers. Published for a series of essays on solo female travel edited by Eugene Fodor. As this was published at the height of the Cold War, only countries in western Europe and Scandinavia are included. The whole is populated by images of women enjoying a multidue of adventures, as well as a fair amount of shopping and romancing the locals. Although perhaps quaint to our eye today, the map was progressive in its time, encouraging single women to boldly adventure through a continent still recovering from the ravages of WWII.
Publication History
This map was drawn by Chris Jenkyns and published by David McKay and Eugene Fodor in 1958. Although we cannot definitively connect the artists, we believe Jenkyn's to be the same artist larter who We see no other examples.Cartographer
Christopher Henry Jenkyns (July 3, 1924 - January 4, 2011) was an American screenwriter, illustrator, art director, and story board artist active in the 1950s through the 1970s. Jenkyns was born and raised in North Hollywood, California. In the 1950s, Jenkyns illustrated a number of children's books. Sometime around 1956, he got involved with cartoon and children's TV productions, helping to developing Bullwinkle, among numerous other shows, and working on a host of other popular programs well into the 1980s. More by this mapmaker...
Condition
Very good. Exhibits light wear along original fold lines. Closed margin tears professionally repaired on verso.