Description: A map of the African continent in 1914 showing the European possessions at the time. This map shows major cities and trade centers, with railroads, rivers, canals, shipping routes, and major ports. Insert maps detail Madagascar, and the islands of Ascension and St. Helena. This map also has a list of country, district, and province place names with location grid reference on the left edge. The map was created in 1912 and revised in 1914.
Place Names: A Complete Map of Africa, Algeria, Egypt, Madagascar, Tripoli, Morocco, Abyssinia, Eritrea, Somaliland, Belgian Kongo, Mozambique, Rhodesia, Angola, Kamerun, Union of South Africa,
ISO Topic Categories: boundaries,
inlandWaters,
location,
oceans,
transportation
Keywords: Countries, Districts, and Provinces of Africa, physical, political, transportation, physical features, country borders, railroads,
water routes, boundaries,
inlandWaters,
location,
oceans,
transportation, Unknown, 1914
Source: , The New Encyclopedic Atlas and Gazetteer of the World (New York, New York: P. F. Collier and Son, 1914) 80
Map Credit: Courtesy the private collection of Roy Winkelman |
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