Monday, November 21, 2011

Propaganda Map

http://www.timeout.com/london/museums-attractions/event/182142/magnificent-maps-power-propaganda-and-art

This shows a propaganda map from the British Museum's Exhibition. It shows the British East India Company (a government run company) and its desire to emphasize the extent of the British empire. Propaganda maps attempt to persuade the viewer to think a certain way. This map persuades the reader to think of the British Empire as far reaching and present in the whole world, and to think that they should buy tea because the rest of the world is drinking it too.

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