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Carte d'Afrique


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A beautifully colored and preserved exemplar of Poirson's fascinating map of Africa from a time when the continent's interior was little known to Europeans. From the atlas volume of the Statistique générale et particulière de la France et de ses colonies, publlished by F. Buisson.
Item Number: RS2386
Cartographer: Poirson/Tardieu
Place & Date: Paris / 1803/1804
Size: 17 5/8" x 15 3/8"
Condition: folding map; outline color; very light overall age toning; some wrinkling along folds and minor nicks along edge of right margin
Price: SOLD