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AFRICA according to Robert Vaugondy, Rennell's and Sotzmann's sketc...

AFRICA according to Robert Vaugondy, Rennell's and Sotzmann's sketch of the northern part of Africa, according to the Geographical News collected by the African Society", with division into kingdoms and tribal areas; secondary map "The Azorean Islands". African Society (author, editor). Robert Vaugondy, Renell and Sotzmann (authors of the predecessor card), Robert Sayer, Lemprier, Sparrmann, Bruce, Niebuhr, Robert Dapres (members of the African Society, authors?), Ad[am] Gottl[ieb] Schneider and Weigel (art and bookstore, publisher). Print, coloured (parts of Africa transparent multicoloured). Approx. 1 : 16.000.000 (Azores 1 : 7.000.000). Nuremberg. Folded vertically, 62 x 55 cm; thematic-topographic maps, not to scale (topography of Africa partly unknown or with wrong position); partial island map with open-work frame; mounted on cardboard. Note: without scale; meridian grid (Parisian meridian, global projection, with equator and tropics);