"Pictorial Map of Africa", Rand McNally & Co.
Subject: Africa
Period: 1957 (dated)
Publication:
Color: Printed Color
Size:
24 x 25.5 inches
61 x 64.8 cm
This small map of Africa is notable for the beautifully illustrated scenes of wildlife and tribes surrounding it. At bottom is a key to the 40 different animals found on the sheet including aardvarks, flamingos, hyenas, and wart hogs to name a few. A 1958 ad for the map in Boy’s Life called it a “Colorful Pictorial Map of Africa/ Each animal, tribe and game preserve illustrated and described/Both decorative and educational." Illustrated by Robert Glaubke and published by Rand McNally. There are only 3 institutional listings for this map on OCLC.
References: PJ Mode Collection #2172.
Condition: A
Clean and colorful with a small faint crease in the bottom left corner of the sheet. Issued folding.