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Map of Nigeria compiled in the Intelligence Division, War Office, from boundary surveys & from sketches, route surveys etc. executed at various times by officers of the Royal Niger Company and others.

Intelligence Division, War Office, Southampton, 1901

Description

Heliozincograph map, some outline hand-colour, dissected and mounted on linen, light toning to paper, bookseller's printed label pasted to lower margin, marbled endpapers, folding into original cloth covers, worn. Dimensions: 675 by 795mm. (26.5 by 31 inches). Scale: one inch to 30 miles.

Much of the information embodied was obtained during hurried journeys through difficult country and with some exceptions, the positions of villages, rivers and roads are to be regarded as only approximate. (legend below title).

GBP 140.00

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