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Number: 2691
Continent: Africa
Region: Continent
Place Names: Africa
Year of Origin: 1885
Title: Kultur-und Staaten-Karte von Afrika.
Sub-Title: Von Prof. D.r Fr. Ratzel.
Language: German
Publish Origin: Gotha, Germany
Height: 20.2
Width: 34.6
Units: centimeters
Size Class.: Small
Scale: 1 : 45,000,000
Color Type: Full Color
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Cartographer: August Petermann
Engraver:
Publisher: Johann Georg Justus Perthes and Heirs
Other Contributors: Friedrich Ratzel
Northernmost Latitude: 43.0
Southernmost Latitude: -38.0
Westernmost Longitude: -20.0
Easternmost Longitude: 60.0
Measurement Notes: Prime meridian Greenwich.
Notes: Upper Left Corner: "Petermann's Geographische Mitteilhungen." Upper Right Corner: "Jahrgang 1885. Tafel 12." The map has two separate images of the African continent: the one on the left, of 17.2 cm width, is titled "Skizze einer Kultur-Karte" and the one on the right, of 17. 4 cm width, is titled "Skizze der Staatenbildenden Volker und der Eingeborenen-Staaten. Both have a legend on the left bottom corner of each map.
Last updated: Mar 15, 2015