Author: Alice York, drawn by Edy Legrand
Year: c. 1925
This is a reproduction print of the historical pictorial map “A Medieval Map of East and West”, authored by Alice York and drawn by Edy Legrand, published by The John Day Company in New York.
The richly illustrated map depicts Europe, Asia, and North Africa, combining geography with scenes, figures, landmarks, ships, and events from medieval history. The composition highlights cultural exchanges across the medieval world, including the spread of Arab and Islamic culture into Europe and Norse traditions.
Surrounding the map are illustrated panels covering the period from the 5th to the 15th century, with historical descriptions and decorative vignettes. Landmarks such as the Great Wall of China add further visual detail to this colorful and educational example of early 20th-century pictorial cartography.
