A scarce playing card map of of the Sahara

Name: A scarce playing card map of of the Sahara
SKU: 25656
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Sahara o gran deserto.

Italy, c.1820. Original outline colour. Card 105mm x 70mm.

Stock #: 25656

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A playing card with a sketch map of north west Africa with the Sahara Desert, the Niger River and Lake Chad. Below is a brief description of the landscape and its peoples reflects the colonial-era lens of the time.

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A scarce playing card map of of the Sahara

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