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C1856
Karte de Kolonie Natal.
Mapmaker:
A.H. Petermann (1822 - 1898)
Vasco da Gama was the first European to see the coast of Natal on Christmas Day 1497. Christmas in Portuguese is ‘Natal’, which gave rise to the original name for the region.
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Full Title:
Karte de Kolonie Natal.
Date:
C1856
Mapmaker:
A.H. Petermann (1822 - 1898)
Condition:
In good condition.
Technique:
Engraving.
Image Size:
190mm
x 250mm
AUTHENTICITY
Genuine antique
dated:
1856
Description:
Vasco da Gama was the first European to see the coast of Natal on Christmas Day 1497. Christmas in Portuguese is ‘Natal’, which gave rise to the original name for the region.
Mapmaker:
A.H. Petermann
1822-1898
Of international
repute, he accompanied Barth in Central Africa, and
travelled the Arctic. He worked in London 1847 1854, experimented
in thematic mapping and compiled maps for Fullarton. In
Germany he worked for Perthes. He died in Gotha. From Petermanns Geographische Mittheilungen.
