Historic Map : Pinkerton Map of Southern Africa (Congo, Monomotapa, Cape Colony), 1818, Vintage Wall Art Size:32in x 24in Based on an earlier map

Based on an earlier map by D'Anville

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Historic Map : Pinkerton Map of Southern Africa (Congo, Monomotapa, Cape Colony), 1818, Vintage Wall Art Size:32in x 24in Based on an earlier mapThis fascinating hand colored 1818 map by Edinburgh cartographer John Pinkerton depicts Southern Africa. Covers Africa from Angola south to the Cape Colony (modern South Africa) and east to the Kingdom of Mongall (modern day Mozambique) and the island of Madagascar. Reflecting the somewhat limited knowledge of the African interior available to European cartographers of the period, only three areas are illustrated with any detail the Congo, the Cape