WORLD ON GNOMONIC PROJECTION, I., Africa and South Europe'. Marked on this 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. by S.D.U.K. - Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge. Published 1844. Antique steel engraved map with original outline hand colouring (coloring). Size 31 x 29 cm | 12.0 x 11.0 inches. Condition: Fair: Spotting. Please note any other blemishes on the scan prior to purchasing this picture. There is nothing printed on the reverse side, which is plain. Tags: Africa, Atlantic, Brazil, Europe, World, World + S.D.U.K. - Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge, World + SDUK, World + SDUK + SDUK Atlas, World + SDUK Atlas

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