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"Carte du Cours des Rivieres de Faleme et Sanaga dans les Pays de Bambuc et Tamba Awra Leve sur les Lieux par Mr. Compagnen", Bellin, Jacques Nicolas

Subject: Western Mali

Period: 1746 (circa)

Publication:

Color: Black & White

Size:
11.3 x 11.3 inches
28.7 x 28.7 cm
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This handsome map covers the important Bambouk gold mining region lying between the Senegal and Faleme rivers in present-day Mali. The map is filled with detail of numerous long vanished kingdoms, along with major routes leading to the gold mines of Tamba Awra. The map is embellished with a rococo title cartouche and a compass rose capped with fleur-de-lis.

References:

Condition: B+

Issued folding on a bright sheet with a bunch of grapes watermark, light toning along the folds and edges of the sheet, and tape repairs of a couple of short fold separations.

Estimate: $60 - $75

Sold for: $3

Closed on 11/15/2023

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