A map showing the routes of some Native Caravans from the coast into the interior of Eastern Africa from information collected by the Revd. T. Wakefield, Missionary at Mombasa also of two personal journeys to the Southern Galla country. - Antique Map from 1870
C1870

A map showing the routes of some Native …

Mapmaker:

Reverend Thomas Wakefield (1836 - 1901)

Map of eastern Africa centred around Mombasa, Kenya, showing the routes of the caravans into the interior. From the original edition of the Journal of the Royal Geographical Society. Collections: New York Public Library: b16171472

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Full Title:

A map showing the routes of some Native Caravans from the coast into the interior of Eastern Africa from information collected by the Revd. T. Wakefield, Missionary at Mombasa also of two personal journeys to the Southern Galla country.

Date:

C1870

Mapmaker:

Reverend Thomas Wakefield (1836 - 1901)

Engraver:

E.Weller 

Condition:

Narrow right margin as usual, otherwise in good condition, with folds as issued.

Technique:

Lithograph with original hand colouring.

Image Size: 

480mm 
x 395mm

Paper Size: 

510mm 
x 435mm
AUTHENTICITY
A map showing the routes of some Native Caravans from the coast into the interior of Eastern Africa from information collected by the Revd. T. Wakefield, Missionary at Mombasa also of two personal journeys to the Southern Galla country. - Antique Map from 1870

Genuine antique
dated:

1870

Description:

Map of eastern Africa centred around Mombasa, Kenya, showing the routes of the caravans into the interior.

From the original edition of the Journal of the Royal Geographical Society.

Collections:
New York Public Library: b16171472

Mapmaker:

George Jonas Whitaker Hayward (1839–1870)

A well known nineteenth-century English explorer. in 1868 and approached Sir Henry Rawlinson, vice president of the Royal Geographical Society. He wanted to be hired as an explorer in central Asia and the western Himalayas. Surprisingly Hayward was provided with £300, surveying equipment, map making instruments and instructions to attempt to reach and survey the then unmapped Pamir Mountains. He was to become the only explorer funded by the Royal Geographical Society during “The Great Game.“

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