COLLECTION NAME:
David Rumsey Historical Map Collection
Record
Author:
Baur, Carl Friedrich
Date:
1857
Short Title:
Bl. XVII. Africa
Publisher:
F. Bassermann
Publisher Location:
Mannheim
Type:
Atlas Map
Obj Height cm:
29
Obj Width cm:
35
Scale 1:
30,000,000
Note:
Color map, with inset map of "Das Westliche Cap Land". Shows political boundaries, major cities, roads and shipping routes. Includes reference to possessions of European in Africa and note.
World Area:
Africa
Subject:
Commerce; Economics
Full Title:
Africa. Entworfen u. gezeichnet v. C. F. Baur. Bassermannsche Verlagshandlung in Mannheim. (to accompany) Atlas fur Handel u. Industrie, fur Kaufleute, Fabrikanten u. Gewerbetreibende ... von C.F. Baur. 1857.
List No:
13199.058
Page No:
Bl. XVII
Series No:
58
Publication Author:
Baur, Carl Friedrich
Pub Date:
1857
Pub Title:
Atlas fur Handel u. Industrie, fur Kaufleute, Fabrikanten u. Gewerbetreibende, Handlungs-u. Gewerbe-Schulen, polytechnische Lehr-Anstalten etc., entworfen, gezeichnet und mit erlauternden Notizen versehen von C.F. Baur. Mannheim 1857. Verlagsbuchhandlung von Friedrich Bassermann.
Pub Note:
First edition, Baur's atlas of commercial geography, one of the first post-1850 atlases to focus exclusively on commercial and industrial development. Designed, drawn and provided with explanatory notes. In 64 pages, lithographed title page and 21 lithographed color maps, 1 folded. Title page and several maps lithographed by B. Walther. Covers Europe, Asia, Australia, Mediterranean, West Indies; South America, The United States and Mexico, Iran and the Indo-British Empire, The Chinese Empire and Siberia, Africa, East Indies, Australia. Bound in brown marbled paper-covered boards.
Pub List No:
13199.000
Pub Type:
Thematic Atlas
Pub Maps:
21
Pub Height cm:
38
Pub Width cm:
46
Image No:
13199058.jp2
Authors:
Baur, Carl Friedrich
