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a)
b)
Figure 4
:
a) The map from the movie Romancing the Stone, b) The rotating map from
movie Pirates of Caribbean III.
2.4 2004 adaptation - Seen unseen
The TV miniseries produced in 2004 by Hallmark Entertainment brought
nothing new in a way of the map portrayal. What is in the version from
1950 separated into two maps - Africa and travel map - is here joined into
one map depicting very badly about one third of the African continent. The
style of visualisation reflects more the 1937 version. The location of the
King Solomon's mines was moved from its original location to the east
from the drawn path which makes the paths somewhat pointless (
Fig.5
).
Nevertheless, the conservative style of the map portrayal can be also
