Fodor’s Woman’s Guide to Europe

“A Girl’s-Eye View of Shops and Sights.”

This glamorous map of Europe was issued as part of a Fodor’s tourist guide during the early 1950s. While it shares many characteristics of the popular pictorial maps of the 20th century, the subject matter is uncommon. The vibrantly colored image offers a ‘feminine’ view of the continent, emphasizing fashion, the arts, dining, and shopping. Dozens of pictorial vignettes showcase regional highlights from Scandinavia to Anatolia, including steamy hunks in Finland, tartan styles in Scotland, teatime in England, and tempting Turkish pastries.

Signed Jenkyns beneath the decorative title cartouche, which shares the same theme as the map. This most likely refers to Chris Jenkyns, an influential American illustrator who helped usher in the era of the “Modern” animation movement in the 1950s.