Northern Hemisphere 1816 Thomson map Mts. of Moon in Africa explorer tracks Baden Late 19th/ early 20th century

Late 19th/ early 20th century Art Nouveau tin pocket sized viewer with a wonderful assortment of views originally distributed individually within packages of biscuits in San Francisco

Latin Text

Charmingly detailed

Illustrations by K

12" W x 4" H

Northern Hemisphere 1816 Thomson map Mts. of Moon in Africa explorer tracks Baden Late 19th/ early 20th centuryNorthern Hemisphere Projected on the Plane of the Horizon of London. (North America, South America, Europe, Africa, Asia, North Pole). Issued Edinburgh, 1816 by Thomson. Lovely early 19th century antique engraved map with original outline hand color. Of note for the prominent huge unbroken chain of mountains depicted cutting across the entire middle interior, naming the apocryphal Mountains of the Moon and the supposed course of the Niger river.