Description: Published bu F.A. Schraembl, 1787. These type of charts are scarse as they were actually used at sea for navigation.
Artists and Engravers: Made by an anonymous engraver after 'Gilles Robert Vaugondy'. Gilles Robert de Vaugondy (1688-1766), also known as Le Sieur or Monsieur Robert, and his son, Didier Robert de Vaugondy (c.1723-1786), were leading cartographers in France during the 18th century. Charles Francois Delamarche (1740-1817) founded the important and prolific Paris based Maison Delamarche map publishing firm in the late 18th century. A lawyer by trade Delamarche entered the map business with the acquisition from Jean-Baptiste Fortin of Robert de Vaugondy's map plates and copyrights and later addes many plates from other sources as well.
Subject: 2 Antique prints, titled: ''Karte von Africa […].'' - Detailed map in two sheets of the Northern half of the African continent. This spans to ca. Cameroon and Ethiopia as the southernmost countries depicted. Some places along the Arabian coast are displayed, but nothing inland. The same holds true for the South European coast. With a decorative title cartouche top right.
Condition: Excellent, given age. Margins vary faintly browned. Small creases in the margin edges. A small stain in the lower margin of the left sheet. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.
Size (in cm): The overall size is ca. 69.8 x 63.2 cm. The image size is ca. 54.5 x 48.5 cm. Size (in inch): The overall size is ca. 27.5 x 24.9 inch. The image size is ca. 21.5 x 19.1 inch.
Medium: Engraving on hand laid paper.
Location: ZH-381
SKU: TPC 64620.1
Section: TPC-SEA CHARTS
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