Jul 09, 2020 - Sale 2540

Sale 2540 - Lot 1

Price Realized: $ 812
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 600 - $ 900
(AFRICA -- GOLD MINING.) Wyld, James. Wyld's Eastern South Africa from the River Limpopo to Algoa Bay Embracing the Transvaal Bechuana Land and Stella Land. Orange Free State Natal Zulu & Griquia-Land West Shewing the British Settlements & Native Locations. Large hand-colored lithographed case map of southeastern Africa. 32 3/4x25 1/4 inches overall, dissected into 30 segments and mounted to original linen backing; light scattered staining; folding into publisher's lightly worn 8vo format cloth case with printed paper spine and cover labels. London, 1889

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Finely detailed British colonial map of southeastern Africa showing towns, villages, rivers, railways, post & wagon roads, native roads & tracks, and mineral deposits. Over 30 individual gold regions in the Transvaal are highlighted in yellow hand-color.