This ’anti-Temperance’ map foreshadows the collapse of Prohibition in America | Big Think
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Throughout the 19th century, cartography was often used to promote sobriety. Here’s a counter-example: a map that celebrates alcohol, in various guises – published two years before the end of Prohibition.
The Temperance movement, which from the early 1800s sought to reduce the consumption of alcohol in the U.S., had a curious affinity for cartography. It produced numerous ’Temperance maps’, so called because they used fictional topographies to warn against the wickedness of drinking and promote the benefits of sobriety.