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WESTERN AFRICA, 1851

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Map of Western Africa, This map was drawn & engraved by John Rapkin for The Illustrated Atlas and Modern History of the World published by John Tallis. A beautiful and highly decorative map showing views of Sierre Leone, Bakel, Christians Borg, Cape Coast Castle.

CARTOGRAPHER: JOHN TALLIS

YEAR: 1851

SOUTH AFRICA 1880

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Map of Southern Africa Comprising Cape Colony, Natal, &c. By Keith Johnston, F.R.S.E.

CARTOGRAPHER: Alex Keith Johnston

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AFRICA 1851

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Map of Africa. The original map was drawn and engraved by John Rapkin (illustrations by J. Marchant and J. H. Kernot), and published in John Tallis & co.’s The Illustrated Atlas (London, Edinburgh & Dublin: J. & F. Tallis, c.1853). At the time the map was produced most of central Africa was still unknown to Europeans. Geographers had no knowledge of Lake Tanganyika and Lake Victoria and still believed that the legendary ‘Mountains of the Moon’ were the source of the Nile River. It was in 1858 when an expedition led by Richard Burton and John Speke finally made these discoveries including the true source of the Nile being Lake Victoria.

CARTOGRAPHER: JOHN TALLIS

YEAR: 1851

NORTHERN AFRICA 1851

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Map of NORTHERN AFRICA. This map is part of the The Illustrated Atlas, And Modern History Of The World Geographical, Political, Commercial & Statistical, Edited By R. Montgomery Martin. The Maps Drawn & Engraved By J. Rapkin. H. Warren. J. Rogers. J. & F. Tallis, London & New York. Map with illustrations of Morocco, Constantine, Algiers, and Tunis.

CARTOGRAPHER: JOHN TALLIS

YEAR: 1851