Africa Continent Mountains of the Moon Madeira Port of Aden 1855 A & C Black map Russo-Japanese war faint light old damp staining

faint light old damp staining across bottom edge

Bridgeport

Scarce mid-18th century British periodical map

Engraved by Poppey & Jungmann

all mounted long ago by early owner in a scrap album and offered here as two individual sheets

Africa Continent Mountains of the Moon Madeira Port of Aden 1855 A & C Black map Russo-Japanese war faint light old damp stainingAfrica. (Africa, Continent, Mountains of the Moon, Morocco, Sahara Desert, Egypt, Sudan, Cape Colony, South Africa, Boer Republics, Guinea, Madeira, Port of Aden). Issued c. 1855 65, Edinburgh, by A. & C. Black. Engraved by Sidney Black. Mid 19th century engraved map with lovely original hand color. Inset maps depict the Island of Madeira and the Port of Aden. Mythological Mountains of the Moon depicted in the center of the continent. There are