1922 Map COLONIAL AFRICA Mandates Railroads Slave Coast Belgian Congo Rhodesia

Description

Large-format fold-out color lithographed 1922 map of Africa showing mandates, colonial possessions, and independent states, with boundaries as they existed four years after World War One.
This map opens to 81.2 x 71.1 cm [32" x 28"] and is drawn on an approximate scale of 1:12,672,000.
Details include completed and proposed railroads, caravan routes, unexplored rivers, swamps, deserts, intermittent streams, and politcal boundaries.
A color key identifies British, French, Italian, Belgian, Portuguese, and Spanish possessions, as well as independent states. Mandated areas are identified by colored stripes.
Condition:
This map is in very good condition, bright and clean, with
no
marks, rips, or tears. There are a few faint creases and a small filled hole on one fold corner. The map folds to 9½" x 6½" and is blank on the back, with no printing on the reverse side. Please see the scans and feel free to ask any questions.
It was published by the National Geographic Society in October 1922 and is fully guaranteed to be genuine. Its full title is
Map of Africa and Adjoining Parts of Europe and Asia.
Among the named places and features are the Slave Coast, talian Somaliland, Tanganyika Territory, Bechuanaland Protectorate, French Equatorial Africa, Belgian Congo, Rio de Oro, Senegal, Cameroon, Abyssinia, Northern Rhodesia, Anglo-Egyptian Sudan, Nigeria, Cairo, Capetown, Kenya, Gambia, Angola, and the Gulf of Aden.
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