Subject: Africa
Period: 1787 (circa)
Publication: Banke's New System of Geography
Color: Hand Color
Size:
16 x 13 inches
40.6 x 33 cm
Copper engraved map of the continent reflecting very little European penetration into the interior, which is marked Unknown Country. The Nile is still shown with its headwaters in two lakes located in the Mounts of the Moon above the equator.
References: Tooley (MCC-47) p.28.
Condition: B
Issued folded, now pressed. Couple of minor spots. Couple of tissue repairs in blank margins.