Map on Temperance
Date Created & Temporal Coverage:
1846
Language: · English
Title
Map on Temperance
Author/Creator
Murrell, William Meacham
Date Created
1846
Abstract
An allegoric map on alcohol and temperance vom 1846,
Description
This map by William Meacham Murrell was printed in 1846 and is another example of allegoric maps drawn as part of the temperance movement’s crusade against alcohol and other vices. The overall appeal and argument is similar to Wiltberger’s earlier map. “The Ocean of Life” in the centre of the map is surrounded by two larger landmasses as well as a group of islands. Heroism and Patriotism as well as Honesty and Happiness Empire are on the continent of abstinence and temperance whereas the city of Murder, Paupers Bay and Lazy Harbour reside west of the Folly Straits. While this map is much less artistic and offers much less details than Wiltberger’s map, this map is accompanied by a long explanatory poem. In the poem the reader learns that “Life is an Ocean” and “man’s is the Ship” and follows the author, who a few years earlier published a book on his time as a crew member at sea (Murrell 1840), on his voyage from the “Alcoholic seas” to heaven and glory.
Subject
alcohol
temperance
Type
map
Format/size
62 x 51 cm
Source
Cornell University - PJ Mode Collection of Persuasive Cartography
Language
English
Rights
public domain
Narcotic Archive Item-ID
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