The World on Mercator's Projection
Tallis, John & Rapkin, John
From Antiqua Print Gallery, London, United Kingdom
Seller rating 4 out of 5 stars
AbeBooks Seller since January 14, 2022
From Antiqua Print Gallery, London, United Kingdom
Seller rating 4 out of 5 stars
AbeBooks Seller since January 14, 2022
About this Item
BRITISH EMPIRE. Shows steam routes to the colonies.World. RAPKIN/TALLIS 1851 map. Antique engraved map by J Rapkin, published by John Tallis. Original outline hand colour, decorative border, and attractive inset vignette views; Map drawn and engraved by J. Rapkin; vignette illustrations drawn by H Warren & engraved by JB Allen. Published by John Tallis & Co (1851). 36.5 x 26.5cm, 14.5 x 10.25 inches. Condition: Fair-to-Good: Decorative title slightly trimmed at top. Tight bottom margin below caption; Minor blemishes; Light spotting. Please contact us if you would like to arrange to view this map. There is nothing printed on the reverse side, which is plain. Vignettes: Vesuvius; Gibraltar; London; Constantinople; Niagara; The Pyramids of Ghizeh; Pont Neuf, Paris. The steam ship routes to the colonies are marked in blue, and the British Empire with its colonies are marked in pink. Marked on the map are the Mountains of Kong and the Mountains of the Moon, non-existent mountain ranges charted on English maps of Africa from 1798 through the late 1880s. An early map resulting from exploration of the area and showing this west to east mountain range in 1798 was produced by English cartographer James Rennell. The Mountains of Kong were thought to begin in West Africa near the highland source of the Niger River near Tembakounda in Guinea, then continue east to the also fictitious central African Mountains of the Moon, thought to be where the White Nile rose. Cartographers stopped including the mountains on maps after French explorer Louis Gustave Binger established that the mountains were fictitious in his 1887-1889 expedition to chart the Niger River from its mouth in the Gulf of Guinea and through Côte d'Ivoire. Seller Inventory # P-7-018692
Bibliographic Details
Title: The World on Mercator's Projection
Publication Date: 1851
Condition: Fair-to-Good
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