SDUK Map of Principal World Rivers Printed Area Measurement_33 x 37 cm Mapping of Africa

Mapping of Africa

Navigation and Geography

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This map of Cheshire wasprepared for William Colling Hobson’s Fox-Hunting Atlas

SDUK Map of Principal World Rivers Printed Area Measurement_33 x 37 cm Mapping of AfricaA Map of the Principal Rivers shewing their courses, countries and comparative lengths The Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge was founded in 1826 with the high minded aim of making 'useful' information available to the self taught. Some of the material was decidedly abstruse, subscribers fell away and the Society was wound up in 1848; however, the series of 209 maps published over a 14 year period from 1829 onwards were highly praised for