Description: Antique Map of Africa, Liberia, Egypt 1839 Engraved for Mitchells School and Family Geography Published 1848. Unlike Todays Cold, Impersonal Maps This S. Augustus Mitchell Tells Stories and Inspires Dreams of the Past. Map 27 Provides the Positions of the Pennsylvania, Mississippi, and Maryland Colonies. No 25 Details St Helena Where French Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte was Held Until His Death. Distances Traveled at Sea are Defined From the African Continent to Countries West as Well as East. Still Unexplored Regions are Marked. Many Country/Region Names That Have Been Lost to Time are Indicated. In the Great Desert, Caravan Routes are Defined and the Years Established and/or Confirmed Clearly Marked. Contemporary, Local Place Names are Employed Such as "Mountains of the Moon or Jibbel el Kumri." Relative to the Day, Copper Mines and Salt Mines are Marked. This is One of Those Maps That is Fun to Just Examine and Share as its Value Continues to Grow With its Ever Increasing Rarity!
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Location: Round Rock, Texas
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Date Range: 1839
Type: World Atlas
Format: School Map
Printing Technique: Lithography
Year: 1839
Original/Reproduction: Antique Original
Cartographer/Publisher: Samuel Augustus Mitchell
Country/Region: Egypt, Ethiopia, Gambia, Guinea, Liberia, Mozambique, South Africa, Sudan