Afrique Mononomatapa 46 Zambezi Zambia Zimbabwe Mozambique VANDERMAELEN 1827 map

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Afrique - Mononomatapa - No. 46. Artist/engraver/cartographer: Philippe Marie Guillaume Vandermaelen. Lithography by Henri Ode. Provenance: "Atlas Universel de Geographie Physique, Politique, Statistique et Mineralogique", dresse par Ph. Vandermaelen - Premiere partie - Europe. Bruxelles. [This landmark atlas is remarkable as the first atlas to have been produced using the then new printing process of lithography. It is also the first atlas to show the whole world in maps using a large uniform scale; in total the 380 conically projected sheets of maps are designed to be joined into a three dimensional terrestrial globe with a diameter of approximately metres (25 feet).]. Type: Antique folio-sized lithographic atlas map, hand coloured in outline, on conical projection. This map was published within the first atlas ever to be printed using lithography, and also the first to be printed on a uniform scale. Eastern Zambia, northwestern Mozambique, and northern Zimbabwe, showing the course of the Zambezi River

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Size: 8366px × 6633px
Location: Zambia & Zimbabwe
Photo credit: © Antiqua Print Gallery / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
Model Released: No

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