Africa by Treaty, 1909
This 1909 Africa map print draws from The Map of Africa by Treaty, associated with Edward Hertslet, Richard William Brant, and Harry Leslie Sherwood. Published in London for His Majesty’s Stationery Office by Harrison and Sons, the work connects cartography with the treaties and territorial claims of its period.
The title offers a particularly revealing way to read the map: boundaries belong to a political history as well as a geographic one. Explore the sheet as a record of the colonial arrangements represented by the publication.
Period place names and regional divisions provide a starting point for comparison with later maps of Africa. For collectors interested in diplomatic history, the print complements maps devoted to exploration, trade, and the changing portrayal of the continent.
Reproduced as historical wall art, it brings a document of early twentieth-century political geography into a study or library.
Printed size: 34″ × 36″
