Joseph Hutchins Colton:  Colton's Africa- North Eastern Sheet

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Title: Colton's Africa- North Eastern Sheet

Map Maker: Joseph Hutchins Colton

Description:

Interesting map of Northeast Africa, extending from Tripoli and Egypt to Mt. Kenya, Somalia, etc. and including all of Saudi Arabia.

Nice detail in the interior, including Nubia, Sennar, Abyssinia, etc. Shows the Sahara and some details in the interior. Large inset of the Nile region. Unusually detailed for the period. Decorative border. A terrific regional map, from JH Colton, one of the most prolific American mapmakers of the mid-19th Century.

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Maps of Africa