19th century map of Africa
BEAUTEMPS-BEAUPRÉ, Charles François.
Carte generale de l'Afrique, Dressee par Beaupre Geographe. d'apres les Memoires de la Societe Geographique.
Paris, 1838. Coloured. 285 x 395mm.
Map of the continent of Africa, marking the mythical 'Mountains of Kong'.
C.F. Beautemps-Beaupre is regarded as the father of modern French hydrography. He was the hydrographer to the expedition to find La Perouse in the early 1790s, returning to France in 1796 when he was appointed Chief Engineer to the Hydrographic Office.
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19th century map of Africa
BEAUTEMPS-BEAUPRÉ, Charles François.
Carte generale de l'Afrique, Dressee par Beaupre Geographe. d'apres les Memoires de la Societe Geographique.
Paris, 1838. Coloured. 285 x 395mm.
Map of the continent of Africa, marking the mythical 'Mountains of Kong'.
C.F. Beautemps-Beaupre is regarded as the father of modern French hydrography. He was the hydrographer to the expedition to find La Perouse in the early 1790s, returning to France in 1796 when he was appointed Chief Engineer to the Hydrographic Office.
Stock ID : 19868
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