Chapin
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Europe from Moscow / Asia from Irkutsk (1952)
Text: Europe from Moscow / Asia from Irkutsk. Year: 10 March 1952. Publisher: Time magazine. Artist: R. M. Chapin. Additional information: The map illustrates Soviet expansion across Europe and Asia, originally accompanying an article on communist influence. It gained fame when reprinted in poster format for classroom use, likely influenced by the magazine’s owner Henry…
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Communist contagion (American cartoon, 1946)
Text: Communist contagion. Year: 1946. Publisher: Time magazine. Artist: R. M. Chapin. Additional information: The map was produced by Time’s resident cartographer R. M. Chapin for an article titled ‘What Does Russia Want?’
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Kurdistan (American map, 1952)
Text: Kurdistan. Year: 22 September, 1952. Publisher: Time magazine. Artist: Robert M. Chapin. Additional Information: Shows Kurdistan as a hammer and sickle. Published as part of a report on growing communist influence in Kurdistan: ‘All over Kurdistan today, Soviet propagandists are working like beavers to make the Kurds look to the Russians as the liberators…
