Illustration of the Great European War, from a Humorous Atlas of the World
This map was created and published in Japan at the time of the First World War - 1914-1918.
The map focuses more on Asia then on Europe.
Russia-bear and China-pig are the most dominant nations-figures on the map.
It is amazing how the artist could give unique anthropomorphic attributes to almost any state in the old world.
List of some correlations:
China - pig
Russia - bear
India - elephant
Tibet - yak
Turkey - tiger
Egypt - woman
England - fish
Portugal - puppy
Germany - wild boar
Persia - cat
