Map Grandes routes commerciales du Sahara

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Title

  • Grandes routes commerciales du Sahara

Summary

  • "This 1889 map of trans-Saharan trading routes by French explorer Edouard Blanc reflects the growing priority that Europeans gave to land-based trade during the late 19th-century imperial "scramble for Africa." In articles about his work, Blanc stressed the importance of identifying "natural" geographic routes that would connect French colonial possessions in west Africa, such as Senegal, to Algeria in north Africa, and link the Mediterranean coast to Sudan and central Africa. Blanc based his maps not only on his own travels but also on nearly a century of reports from European travelers dating back to the Englishman W. G. Browne's 1793 voyage to Darfur. Features identified on the map include dunes, rivers, and dry valleys as well as Arab caravan routes, colonial railways, and roads. The routes of several European explorers also are documented, including Gustav Nachtigal's 1869 expedition to Sudan, Oskar Lenz's travels from Morocco to Timbuktu in 1880, the 1880 voyage to Sudan by the Italians Matteucci and Massari, and several French expeditions from the Algerian coast, including that of Colonieu in 1860 from Oran and of Flatters from Constantine in 1880-81." World Digital Library.

Names

  • Blanc, E. (Edouard) 1858-1923.
  • Société de géographie (France)

Created / Published

  • [Paris] : Société de géographie, 1890.

Headings

  • -  Trade routes--Sahara--Maps
  • -  Sahara

Notes

  • -  "Bulletin de la Société de géographie, 2e trimestre, 1890."
  • -  Prime meridian: Paris.
  • -  Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.

Medium

  • 1 map ; 33 x 50 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • G8202.S2Q3 1889 .B5

Repository

  • Library of Congress Geography and Map Division Washington, D.C. 20540-4650 USA dcu

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2005625329

Online Format

  • image

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Chicago citation style:

Blanc, E, and Société De Géographie. Grandes routes commerciales du Sahara. [Paris: Société de géographie, 1890] Map. https://www.loc.gov/item/2005625329/.

APA citation style:

Blanc, E. & Société De Géographie. (1890) Grandes routes commerciales du Sahara. [Paris: Société de géographie] [Map] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2005625329/.

MLA citation style:

Blanc, E, and Société De Géographie. Grandes routes commerciales du Sahara. [Paris: Société de géographie, 1890] Map. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2005625329/>.