Jeppe?s Map of the Transvaal or S.A. Republic and Surrounding Territories (South Africa)

6 sheets (each approx. 640 x 970 mm) loose in quarto-size portfolio-envelope (260 x 180 mm). Printed beige cardboard. ?C. Basson & Co.? stamped on flap.A very good example of this extremely large and rare map of Transvaal, which was once a province in South Africa, published posthumously just before the start of the Second Boer War. 6 cloth sheets, together forming the map of Transvaal, which would measure almost 3 by 2 meters assembled. Colour-outlined, sheets numbered. Lithographed by Wurster, Randegger & Cie. (J. Schlumpf), Winterthur, Switzerland. Portfolio-envelope rubbed, sheet 5 slightly more toned, otherwise sheets are clean and crisp without tears.Fredrich Heinrich Jeppe (1833-1898) was a German cartographer, artist, and official of Transvaal, once a province in South Africa; evidence suggests that he was also a British government agent. In the later half of the 19th century, Jeppe began working on a number of cartographic and geographical publications, including a Transvaal Almanac and Jeppe?s Map of the Transvaal or South African Republic and Surrounding Territories. His geographical publications earned him fellowship in the Royal Geographical Society. Sources suggest that Jeppe, acting as a British agent, supplied their government with cartographic information related to Transvaal; once published (and possibly even before its official release), his map played a significant role for governments involved in the war on both sides., Size .…