Map of Africa Showing Its Most Recent Discoveries.

(Old Maps, 19th Century Maps, Africa, Continent, Barbary Coast, Egypt, Abyssinia, Sudan, Guinea, Cape Colony Orange Free State, Zulus, Mozambique, Madagascar, Zanzibar).

Issued 1874, Philadelphia by S.A. Mitchell.

Fine 19th century engraved (lithographed) map, with original hand color. Mitchell maps of this mid-century era were issued with a range of variant decorative borders.

Attractive example, pleasing age patina, overall clean, any minor age flaws easy to overlook or forgive.

Sheet Measures c. 15 1/4" H x 12 1/2" W.

Engraved Area Measures c. 13 3/4" H x 11 1/4" W.

Cartographic Reference(s):

Reps, American Maps and Mapmakers, p. 313.

Tooley's Dictionary of Mapmakers, vol. 4, pp. 260.

[R35403].