Afrique

Description:

dressée par Desbuissons Géographe ; revue par Ch. Lacoste ; gravée par Sengteller ; la lettre par Isid Dalmont. Relief shown by hachures. Latitudinal and longitudinal lines. Prime meridian: Paris. Coordinates are approximate and based on Greenwich meridian. Bar scale on map given in "Myriamétres." Includes index indicating political divisions. Key depicting itineraries of explorers. Shows topography, drainage, shoals, political boundaries, routes. Features islands surrounding the continent. "32" at upper right. Pictorial vignette: Sainte Hélène / Frédéric Legip del. ; Schroeder sculp. Possibly appears in Migeon's Nouvel atlas illustré géographie universelle, first published in 1874, Paris.

Creator:

Desbuissons, E., 1827-

Publisher:

Impie. Migeon Rue du Moulin-Vert. 11,

Provider:

Stanford

Resource Class:

Maps

Subject:

Discovery and exploration

Date Issued:

1885

Spatial Coverage:

Africa and Arabian Peninsula

Rights:

Image from the Caroline Batchelor Map Collection courtesy Stanford University Libraries. This item is in the public domain. There are no restrictions on use. If you have questions, please contact the David Rumsey Map Center at rumseymapcenter@stanford.edu.

Rights Holder:

This work has been identified as being free of known restrictions under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights. You can copy, modify, distribute and perform the work, even for commercial purposes, all without asking permission.

Access Rights:

Public

Format:

JPEG2000

Georeferenced:

More details at:

https://purl.stanford.edu/rp363vz2028