An allegorical (and sexist) map of Matrimony, showing the course from Showerville and Honeymoon Island" through First Quarrel Reef and Cape Henpeck, to Little Blessings, Comfort Cove and Mt. Joy.
The collection includes a number of related maps: Romance/Love/Marriage. Early allegorical maps of this kind were "more than oddities or simple curiosities," more than simply "reflections of contemporary views" they were "exemplary tools in the articulation of new attitudes, exposing controversial states of social awareness." Reitinger 1999, 106.
Alternate Title: Sea of Matrimony Pocket Map
Title: Sea of Matrimony
Collection: Persuasive Maps: PJ Mode Collection
Creator: J.I. Austen Co.
Date: 1906
Measurement: 21.5 x 27 on sheet 22.5 x 28 (centimeters, height x width)
Source: P.J. Mode collection of persuasive cartography, #8548. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.