Laminated map of Africa from 1920s by the German cruise line that operated to West Africa. Map and route locations are in German. Bought it when in Peace Corps.
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Leiden ca. 1720. Original Kupferstich von ca. 1720. -- Blattmasse: ca. 40 x 33 cm. -- leicht fleckig, mit leichten Abklatsch, sonst gut erhalten. || Original copper engraving from c. 1720. -- slightly stained, with minor imprint, otherwise in good condition. || The Dutch publisher Pieter van der Aa (1659-1733) was best known in his time for the maps and atlases he published. However, Van der Aa did not limit himself to producing his own work, he is also resposible for publishing various pirated editions of foreign bestselling books, as well as other illustrated publications.
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Description: Published by the Depot de le Marine, 1857, based on the maps made in 1854 and 1855 by Vincendon-Dumoulin et al. Lettering by V. Carre. Artists and Engravers: Made by 'Chassant' after 'Depot de la Marine'. Depot des Cartes et Plans de la Marine (1720 - present), often called the Depot de Marine, was a French hydrographic mapping organization founded in 1720. Much like the U.S. Coast Survey, the British Admiralty, and the Spanish Deposito Hydrografico, the Depot was initiated as a storehouse and distribution center of existing nautical and marine charts. Eventually the Depot initiated its on mapping activities in an attempt to improve and expand upon existing material.
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Africa occidentale (Africa occidentale): KST.- Card, con Joh. Ulrich Müller in Ulm, "Nigritia", 1692, 6,2 x 7,6 1. Output - rara mappa in miniatura, incluso il testo con una breve descrizione, il titolo "nigritia". Numero dell'articolo: 304741.
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Africa occidentale (Africa occidentale): KST.- Card, a Pierre Duval, 'Gvineee', 1676, 10 x 12.3 Non a Norwich, mappatura dell'Africa. - Mostra la costa sud -occidentale dell'Africa dal Senegal al Congo. Numero dell'articolo: 326186.
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Issued 1853, Paris by Delamarche. Mid 19th century antique engraved map with original hand color. Original center fold as issued.
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William Blaeu, Africa nova descriptio (Amsterdam, 1635). Source: Library of congress Aaron Arrowsmith, Africa: to the committee and member of the British association discovering the interior parts of Africa this map is with their permission most respectfully inscribed. London: A. Arrowsmith, 1802. Source: Library of congress Read chapter two Surekha Davies, Renaissance Ethnography and the invention of the human: New worlds, Maps and Monsters (Cambridge university press, 2016). It's helpful in thinking about how and why maps were made.
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