1958 (dated) Description One of only two known surviving examples of Byrel W. Burgess's magnificent 1958 pictorial map of Seoul, Korea. Encompassing the heart of modern-day Seoul, the map humorously captures the ephemeral post-Korean War experience of American soldiers stationed there. Truly one of the great mid-century pictorial maps, following in the spirit of Frank Dorn (with whom Burgess served in the World War II China-Burma Theater), comic vignettes populate the map. These vignettes collectively highlight not only foreign-service military life, but also the exponential rise of American political and military influence between World War II (1939 -1945) and the Vietnam War (1955 - 1975).