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Afrique.
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Victor Jules Levasseur  (1800–1870)  wikidata:Q588019
 
Alternative names
Victor Levasseur; Jean Charles Victor
Description French cartographer and geographer
Date of birth/death 8 December 1800 Edit this at Wikidata 4 February 1870 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Caen Edit this at Wikidata 9th arrondissement of Paris Edit this at Wikidata
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artist QS:P170,Q588019
Frédéric-Guillaume Laguillermie  (1805–1870)  wikidata:Q55256153
 
Alternative names
Guillaume Laguillermie
Description French engraver
Date of birth/death 1805 Edit this at Wikidata 1870 Edit this at Wikidata
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artist QS:P170,Q55256153
Title
Afrique.
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English: A stunning c. 1847 map of Africa by French cartographer Victor Levasseur. Depicts the entire continent with several interesting elements. A large lake appears in Mozambique which can only be Lake Malawi (Lake Nyasa). Lake Chad (Tchad) is also shown. Names numerous African kingdoms including Monomotapa and the Hottentots. Surrounded by the elaborate borders for which Levasseur is best known. Shows a stylized pyramid and obelisk, an imam, a French soldier consulting with Arabs, and three city vies: Alexandria, Cairo and Algiers. Prepared and published for V. Levasseur's magnificent c. 1847 Atlas Universel Illustre , one of the last decorative atlases of the 19th century.
Date circa 1847
date QS:P571,+1847-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
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Dimensions height: 12.5 in (31.7 cm); width: 18 in (45.7 cm)
dimensions QS:P2048,12.5U218593
dimensions QS:P2049,18U218593
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Geographicus link: Africa-levasseur-1847
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Levasseur, V., Atlas Universel Illustre, c. 1847.

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