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)

New Map of Africa 1805
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