Very Large 1920s French Map of Africa
“Afrique.” Lithograph folding map printed in colors, circa 1927, published by Cartes Taride and printed by Gaillac-Monrocq, Paris, on off white wove paper, with inset maps showing Senegal, Guinea, Congo, Reunion and 'Dahomey / Togo', this map is not dated however the Trans-Jubal area (northeast of Kenya) became a part of Italian Somalia in 1925 and is shown as such here; a few tears in the lower margins, some breaking along the folds (all strengthened with archival tape on the reverse), and some light staining and slight toning at the sheet edges, but otherwise a striking map with good color
Sheet 47 1/4 x 43 1/2 inches
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