1746 Bellin Antique Map The Course of Sangha River, Cameroon & The Congo, Africa Middle East magnificent hand coloured original copper

magnificent hand coloured original copper plate antique map of the political borders of Europe in the mid 19th century - with a list of European mountains at the bottom of the map - by Adolphe Hippolyte Dufour was engraved by Charles Dyonnet in 1856 - dated in the title - for Dufours 1860 edition of his monumental elephant folio Atlas Physique

this rare atlas

[2] The Palazzo also houses the Istituto Nazionale per la Grafica

perhaps of a Dutch family origin

1746 Bellin Antique Map The Course of Sangha River, Cameroon & The Congo, Africa Middle East magnificent hand coloured original copperTitle : Cours De La Riviere De Sanaga ou Senegal Size: 14in x 10in (360mm x 255mm) Ref #: 25554 Date : 1746 Condition: (A+) Fine Condition Description: This fine large, original copper plate engraved antique map of the course of the Sangha River flowing through Cameroon & The Congo in Central Africa by Jacques Nicolas Bellin in 1746 was published in Antoine Franois Prevosts 15 volumes of Histoire Generale des Voyages written by Prevost & other authors