1893 Climatic Chart of the World, Showing the Distribution of the Human Race...
Climatic Chart of the World, Showing the Distribution of the Human Race and the Animal & Vegetable Kingdoms
By: Walter Levi Yaggy
Date: 1893 (published) Chicago, IL
Dimensions: 22.5 x 34.5 inches (57.2 x 87.5 cm)
This is a very fine example of the world map to the 1893 edition of Levi Walter Yaggy's Geographical Portfolio, published as an educational tool for high schools and colleges. The entire portfolio consisted of nine illustrated charts, and maps as well as two movable diagrams of presenting celestial phenomena, all housed in a wooden cloth-wrapped case.
In this map, Yaggy presents the world upon the Mercator projection, illustrating the distribution of people, plants and animals within the tropic, temperate, and polar climatic zones. Arguably out-dated with regards present-day racial standards of political correctness, Yaggy groups the people of the world into five distinct categories, identifying them by race and skin color. Racial labels are also found within the map within respective geographic origins. The map is predominantly illustrated with trees and plants as well as mammals reptiles representing the flora and fauna of the world.
This print and others from Yaggy's Geographical Portfolio were produced using multi-stone chromolithography, a method of color printing by multiple applications of lithographic stones, each using a different color ink. Previously, lithographs were printed in black and white and then colored by hand, often times with watercolor paint. This method was not only more suitable for mass production, but also resulted a much more vibrant image.
Levi Walter Yaggy (1848 - 1912) Was born in Plainfield Illinois to Jacob and Elizabeth Yaggy. He attended Northwestern College in Naperville, Illinois before moving to Chicago where he would found the Great Western Publishing House in 1874. He business would enjoy great success, ultimately expanding to include seventeen branch offices throughout the United States and employing thousands. Yaggy primarily focused on creating maps and educational books and portfolios for high schools and colleges that included "Museum of Antiquity; A Description of Ancient Life...," "The Standard History of All Nations and Races…," and "Yaggy’s Anatomical Study; Presenting the Skeleton, Muscles, Arteries, Veins and Nerves...," among others.
Condition: This print is in B+ condition with a few spots of damp-staining, the larges of which is mostly confined to the top margin. Colors are bright and vibrant and margins are full with no tears or holes.
Inventory #12215
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