A Pictorial Map of North America. [signed by Ernest Dudley Chase]

Signed example of Ernest Dudley Chase's pictorial map of North America.
According to Rumsey: Pictorial map of the North American continent, from Greenland in the north to Panama in the south. The map is filled with drawings of buildings, landmarks and wildlife. Along the right and left margins are vignette images of important buildings and scenic spots in Canada, the United States, Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, Panama and Cuba.
In addition, on the map there are small pictographs featuring the attractions of the countries: Greenland, Iceland, Canada, the United States, Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama. Geographical features include national boundaries, capitals, states and provinces, major cities, rivers and other large bodies of water.
The map is decorated with a red, yellow and black compass rose and an Art Deco geometric border design.

Ernest Dudley Chase was born in Lowell, Massachusetts in 1878.
Chase created a unique body of work, an array of views of various Winchester homes and buildings and whimsically illustrated maps. After attending the Lowell Textile School and the Vesper George Art School in Boston, Chase joined the Butterfield Printing Company in 1900.
In 1906, he joined the printing firm of W.T. Sheehan in Boston. He began his own greeting card company in 1908, Des Arts Publishers which eventually became Ernest Dudley Chase Publishers. In 1921, Chase Publishers was purchased by Rust Craft. Chase worked at Rust Craft until 1958 in the position of vice president of creative design. Chase retired from Rust Craft in 1958 and died in 1966.

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Reference: “Ernest Dudley Chase.” National Cyclopedia of American Biography. James T. White & Co., after 1966. “Ernest Dudley Chase: A Worldview in Maps: Exhibit now on view at the State Library.” 22 May 2009.