New Map of Central Africa

£1,250 · Offered by Shapero Rare Books

rare folding map Rare map showing Stanley's travels on the Emin Pasha Relief Expedition, and indicating the newly named features of Africa following the expedition such as Lake Tanganyika and Stanley Falls. We can find can only 2 institutional copies (Manchester, Oxford, not in BL), and none appearing commercially. First edition; map on paper, 57 x 46 cm, scale of 60 geographical miles to a degree, partly outlined and ruled in colour, folded into 8 sections, short splits to folds repaired with tape, printed title with vignette to upper wrapper, a very good example.

• Binding: Hardcover

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