A Bostonian's Idea of the USA

Where Cape Cod is bigger than Florida

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A satirical look at the USA from the perspective of Boston. Map is wildly distorted to emphasize the Boston region. Great Lakes represented the size of Lake Champlain. Mississippi River shrunken in an otherwise empty Middle America. It notes only five universities in America - Harvard, William and Mary, Yale, Princeton and Columbia.

Likely inspired by

A New Yorker's Idea of the USA (1937)

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Title: This map presents a Bostonian's idea of the United States of America.

Varying Form of Title: A Bostonian's idea of the United States of America

Published: New York : Columbia University Bookstore, [193-]

Collection: University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed December 18, 2022.