Africa

mp622 MP 622WW2 period map titled FRENCH EQUATORIAL AFRICA……HUB OF THE BLACK CONTINENT, with a quote by Gerneral Mangin stating “Whoever Controls Chad Controls Africa”.

Price: $150.00

NOTE: General Charles Mangin (1866–1925) was a prominent French colonial officer and World War I commander. He spent decades in Africa—primarily in Senegal, French Sudan (Mali), and Morocco—where he fought local resistance leaders and famously championed the "Force Noire," a strategy advocating for the mass recruitment of African colonial troops to bolster French military power.NOTE: General Charles Mangin (1866–1925) was a prominent French colonial officer and World War I commander. He spent decades in Africa—primarily in Senegal, French Sudan (Mali), and Morocco—where he fought local resistance leaders and famously championed the "Force Noire," a strategy advocating for the mass recruitment of African colonial troops to bolster French military power.

MP 621

Early 20th century map of Africa from Encyclopedia dell’Intrepido Albo Secondo Figurine dei Costumi Contemporanei dell’Africa. Note the inconcistencies. Somalia shown as Italian but Libya is not.

Price: $60.00

MP 620

La Belgique et Le Congo Belge. La Geographie par L’Image et la Carte pour les Ecoles Moyennes, Les Ecoles Normales et Les Classes Inferieures des Colleges et des Athenees par Une Reunion de Professeurs. Published in Namur, c1922. 81 pages.

Price: $120.00

MP 619

Congo Belge Carte Administrative avec index alphabtique de 1.900 noms. 2nd edition. Scale 1:4.000.000.

Price: $300.00

MP 617

Distribucion de la Produccion Europea de Café y Aceite de Palma en la Guinea Continental Espanola, 1944. Scale 1:750000. 39x34cm.

Price: $90.00

MP 616

Distribucion de la Cosecha de Café, Cacao y Yuca Indigena en la Guinea Continental, 1944. Scale 1:750000. 39x34cm.

Price: $90.00

MP 615

Mapa de Distribucion de Pueblos en la Guinea Espanola y Colonias Limitrofes. It shows the map of villages in Spanish Guinea as well as bordering colonies. 29x52cm.

Price: $120.00

MP 614

Mapa Agronomico de la Isla de Fernando Poo, by the Servicio Agronomico deSanta Isabel de Fernando Poo. Scale 1:200000. 34x41cm. It shows detail of individual estates, both cultivated and “indigenous”.

Price: $150.00

MP 613

Republic of Zambia, South Luangwa National Park and Luambe National Park. By the Zambia National Tourist Bureau, 1974. Scale 1:250000. 61x55cm.

Price: $90.00

MP 612

Cloth-backed map of Spanish Guinea, with inserts of the Isla Corisco o Mandyi and the Islas de Elobey o Elobi. 48x68cm. Scale 1:200,000.

Price: $250.00

MP 610

1885 military map Massaua e Dintori. Scale 1:20,000. Size: 37x80cm. Shows indigenous “shacks” and “shacks” at camp, water wells, telegraph lines, roads and paths on both hard and sandy soil, acqueducts, various forts, good detail of Massaua. One of the earliest Italian maps of Massaua and surrounding area. Age stains.

Price: $400.00

MP 609

Cara Geografica del Teatro Della Guerra in Africa e della Occupazione Italiana. By C. Ronchi, this map was a supplement to the Giornale il Secolo #6799. Shows early Italian possessions at Assab and Massaua. What is fascinating about this map is it shows the Africa coast as far south as current Somalia under the suzerainty of Egypt. Secondly, we see a diminished version of Abyssinia before Menelik was able to conquer the Horn to form present day Ethiopia. He was able to accomplish this with the guns provided by the Italians following their disaster at Adua in 1896.Size: 57x81. Scale 1:3000000.

Price: $450.00

MP 608

Carta della Spedizione Militare Italiana in Africa. Done at the time of the military expeditions from 1885-1895. What is fascinating about this map is it shows the Africa coast as far south as current Somalia under the suzerainty of Egypt. Secondly, we see a diminished version of Abyssinia before Menelik was able to conquer the Horn to form present day Ethiopia. He was able to accomplish this with the guns provided by the Italians following their disaster at Adua in 1896. Insets of lower Assab, the Gulf of Zula and Chartum. Size: 46x54cm. Small mice damage in one of the folds.

Price: $450.00

MP 607