New Map of Africa 1805
From the New Universal Atlas.
Hand coloured copperplate engraving.
By John Cary (c. 1754 – 1835) an English cartographer.
Cary served his apprenticeship as an engraver in London, before setting up his own business in the Strand in 1783. He soon gained a reputation for his maps and globes, his atlas, The New and Correct English Atlas published in 1787, becoming a standard reference work in England.
517mm x 600mm excluding mount board.
Some repairs and discolouration.
R7,500
(JHB)