“The actual distribution of the centers of wheat and rice production in the world can be seen to coincide fairly accurately with the areas of adequate rainfall. A temperate climate and rainfall adequate to the production of either wheat or rice provide the agricultural basis for the power of any state. A region which lacks these elements in any appreciable degree finds itself doomed to play a secondary role in the power relations of the world.”

— Spykman, Nicholas John. The Geography of the Peace. New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1944.

Produced on the occasion of Wyatt Niehaus: AFTER THE GOLDRUSH, 11 November, 2023–19 January, 2024.

Model sailboat ratline template. Digital print on 3-ply card-stock. Ratlines of various sizes for all rigged war ships. Scale 1:350. Edition of 50.