Africa
000-OPB-12-34
$ 150.00
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Africa 1911
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The map: Antique map of Africa with extended coverage to South America and the Caribbean as well as southern Europe. The political geography of 1911 is very from present Africa. A few of the country names of the past - Rhodesia, German S.W. Africa, Rio de Oro, Abyssia, British East Africa - many more can be found on the map, many reflecting the Colonial Era. The map has detailed cities, rivers, island and coastal features. Topographic detail is engraved as hachures to represent mountains. This original print is over 100 years old and was first engraved by The Geographical Publishing Company cartographers.
Page Size: 14 5/8 (w) by 10 5/8 (h) inches
Map Size: 14 (w) by 10 (h) inches
Mat Size: 16 by 20 inches
Optional mat with backing board: Crescent Select 100% virgin alpha-cellulose, conservation-grade board stock, 4 ply thickness (.050"-.060"). Mat and backing board are neutral, off-white in color with a white core, 100% acid- and lignin-free to protect the map print. Each mat opening is a custom cut with a 45° beveled edge for optimal presentation.
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Snapshot in time: William Taft was president of the United States; King George V was crowned king of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Canada, Australia, South Africa and New Zealand; the Mona Lisa painting was stolen from the Louvre in Paris - recovered in 1913
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Africa 1914
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The map: Antique map of Africa in 1914 during the Colonial Period. Countries are shown with color-tinted areas as well as cities, major lakes and rivers. Topographic detail is engraved as hachures to represent mountain ranges and many of the peaks are shown with elevations. This lovely original print, over 100 years old, represents exceptionally fine engraving techniques. The map was drawn in 1914 and published a year later in 1915.
Page Size: 11 1/4 (w) by 14 (h) inches
Map Size: 11 (w) by 13.5 (h) inches
Mat Size: 16 by 20 inches
Optional mat with backing board: Crescent Select 100% virgin alpha-cellulose, conservation-grade board stock, 4 ply thickness (.050"-.060"). Mat and backing board are neutral, off-white in color with a white core, 100% acid- and lignin-free to protect the map print. Each mat opening is a custom cut with a 45° beveled edge for optimal presentation.
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Africa 1917
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Vintage original print: Africa orographic (landforms) and bathymetric (subsea terrain) map focused on the natural features of the continent and the surrounding seas. Terrain is shown by elegant hypsometric tints, colors used to indicate land elevations and ocean depth. Details of this old map include geographic regions, rivers, waterbodies, coastal bays and harbors. Two sectional diagrams illustrate comparative elevations from coast to coast, across Equatorial Africa, and from north to south, from Cairo to the mouth of the Zambezi River.
An inset map of the Nile Delta (Lower Egypt) is included.
Publisher/Author: Oxford Press
Map Size: 17 1/2 (w) by 14 1/8 (h) inches
Mat Size: 24 by 20 inches
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Snapshot in time: The year this map was published, the U.S. entered WWI by declaring war on Germany. All Puerto Ricans became U.S. citizens after it became a territory. Nicholas II, the last Russian Tsar, abdicated.
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