TITLE/CONTENT OF MAP: 'AFRICA' Much of Central Africa was unexplored by Europeans in 1857 and is therefore shown as blank on the map. Lake Victoria was first sighted by a European in 1858. The map shows the "supposed source of R. Zaire". Marked on the map are the Mountains of Kong, a non-existent mountain range charted on English maps of Africa from 1798 through the late 1880s. An early map resulting from exploration of the area and showing this west to east mountain range in 1798 was produced by English cartographer James Rennell. The mountains were thought to begin in West Africa near the highland source of the Niger River near Tembakounda in Guinea, then continue east to the also fictitious Central African Mountains of the Moon, thought to be where the White Nile rose. Cartographers stopped including the mountains on maps after French explorer Louis Gustave Binger established that the mountains were fictitious in his 1887-1889 expedition to chart the Niger River from its mouth in the Gulf of Guinea and through Côte d'Ivoire. DATE PRINTED: 1857 IMAGE SIZE: Approx 34.5 x 41.0cm, 13.5 x 16.25 inches (Large) TYPE: Antique steel engraved map with original hand colouring CONDITION: Good; suitable for framing. Please check the scan for any blemishes prior to making your purchase. Virtually all antiquarian maps and prints are subject to some normal aging due to use and time which is not obtrusive unless otherwise stated. We offer a no questions asked return policy. AUTHENTICITY: This is an authentic historic map, published at the date stated above. It is not a modern copy. VERSO: There is nothing printed on the reverse side, which is plain ARTIST/CARTOGRAPHER/ENGRAVER: Engraved by J & C Walker PROVENANCE: "The Family Atlas under the superintendence of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge", published by Edward Stanford, London

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