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8.00" x 7.00"
Mat Border:
2.00"
Frame Width:
0.88"
Overall:
13.50" x 12.50"
1787 Boulton Sayer Wall Map of Africa Framed Print
by Paul Fearn
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1787 Boulton Sayer Wall Map of Africa framed print by Paul Fearn. Bring your print to life with hundreds of different frame and mat combinations. Our framed prints are assembled, packaged, and shipped by our expert framing staff and delivered "ready to hang" with pre-attached hanging wire, mounting hooks, and nails.
Design Details
This is most likely the most important map of Africa produced in the 18th century. Printed at the height of the slave trade in 1787 by the Robert... more
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Framed Print Reviews (15153)
Average Rating (4.72 Stars):
Deborah Parrish
April 23rd, 2024
I love the frame, and how this looks in my bedroom.
Mark Killmeier
April 23rd, 2024
Very nice and as expected. Will order again.
Julie Hawker
April 22nd, 2024
I never received my order.
Denise Flores
April 21st, 2024
Love the painting and the rich colorful blues, reds, greens, & yellows! A nice addition to our cowboy/southwest decor vibe.
Cheryl Dougherty
April 21st, 2024
Beautifully expressed rendition of the Shrine of the Bab. The frame and matting showcase the print. We have it prominently on our living room wall with other sacred pictures.
Eric Earle
April 21st, 2024
I think the frame and mat work very well with this, it is really impressive in person. Grouped with a small Grant Wood with high quality lighting it sets the mood for a Georgia farmhouse.
Artist's Description
This is most likely the most important map of Africa produced in the 18th century. Printed at the height of the slave trade in 1787 by the Robert Sayer firm of London, England. Largely based upon the earlier D’Anville map, this map has been enlarged and expanded by Samuel Boulton. Depicts the continent in full with insets of the Gold Coast (or Ivory Coast, or Guinea). This map is unique in that it is a serious attempt to compile all of the accurate scientific knowledge of the African continent available at the time. In contrast to may other cartographers of the period there almost no attempt to fill the “unknown” regions of the interior with fictitious beasts, kingdoms, and geological features. Boulton himself advertises “The inland parts of Africa being but very little known and the names of the regions and countries which fill that vast tract of land being for the greatest part placed by conjecture it may be judged how absurd are the divisions traced in some maps and why they...
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