Pageant of the Pacific

The "Pageant of the Pacific" was a series of six mural maps created by Mexican artist, writer, and anthropologist Miguel Covarrubias. These maps illustrated the diverse cultures of the Pacific area and were displayed at the Golden Gate International Exposition in San Francisco in 1939. Covarrubias, who received little formal artistic training, gained recognition for his caricatures in magazines like Vanity Fair and The New Yorker. His interest in cultural studies led him to travel and write extensively, including works on Bali and the indigenous cultures of North America. The "Pageant of the Pacific" maps were later published as a book under the same title in 1939.