Argentine

1919 · 63043 — Buenos Aires Argentina: Officina Cartografica de Pablo Ludwig 1919. Immense triple Atlas Folio dissected colour-lithographed map backed in linen sized 96 x 72 in. on sheet 100 x 76 in. in 64 panels which folds down into 13 x 10 in. offset toning from blue on versos of some panels age toning to fold creases minor edgewear slight occasional dustsoiling & very light foxing mounted w/in original plum-coloured cloth portfolio gilt lettering stamped on front cover wear & scuffing to spine remnants of attached label on back cover minor sunning to fore-edges & dustsoiling still a VG bright map preserved in G- original case. Second edition of this immense Pablo Ludwig commercial map of Argentina following World War I intended to aid in promoting and reviving the fast economic growth evident just before the outbreak of the Great War during the initial expansion of railroads urban trolley systems and infrastructure. Just prior to the War Argentina was one of the 10 largest economies in the World comparable with France & Germany and dwarfing Italy and Spain. Unfortunately following the WWI even though Argentina continued to expand and grow at a fairly fast clip during the Roaring 20’s the impact of the opening of the Panama Canal the decline of foreign investment in Argentina with most pouring into Europe for rebuilding or the United States the lack of industrialization severely hampered its future growth in the depths of the Great Depression. Inset maps provide close-ups of Tucuman Buenos Aires Chubut Santa Cruz and the cities of Mendoza and Rosario and the map claims the disputed Falkland Islands notes railroads proposed railroad lines trolley lines telegraph lines undersea cables wetlands salt flats and more. Ludwig fl. 1890-1962 was an active cartographer and mapmaker in Buenos Aires from the late 19th- through 20th-Century and first issued this map in 1910 at less than half the size of this one and Worldcat locates only 1 copy in the Library of Congress. Officina Cartografica de Pablo Ludwig, hardcover