30 items (enclosures to Lord Lyons' despatch no 33 Africa of 5 May 1885 to Lord Granville)...

30 items (enclosures to Lord Lyons' despatch no 33 Africa of 5 May 1885 to Lord Granville) extracted from FO 146/2785. The first item is unnumbered, the remainder are numbered in pencil from 1 to 29. (Unnumbered item) Prefatory 'Tableau d'assemblage des feuilles de la Carte d'Afrique... Dressée au Dépôt de la Guerre par le Capitaine du Génie R. de Lannoy de Bissy 1881'. Key to progress of production. Note on the scope and geodesy of the map. Scale: 1:40,000,000. 23 cm x 28 cm. Marked in red and blue pencil to indicate which sheets are present. (1-29) Various sheets of Lannoy de Bissy's map of Africa, showing rivers, supposed rivers, heights, towns, capitals, caravan routes, roads, railways, fortifications, tribal areas, boundaries, successive acquisitions by the Republic of Liberia, mission stations, trigonometrical stations etc. Notes on topography, history, government, vegetation, cultivation etc. Partial key to conventional signs on most sheets. Paris meridian. Orthographic projection. Dimensions of each sheet: 53 cm x 55 cm. Printed at the Zincographic Press, Dépôt de la Guerre. [Originally] published at the Dépôt de la Guerre (under the direction of Colone Perrier, Chef du Service Géographique) at various dates between 1881 and 1884: dates of pull of individual sheets are noted below. (1) Sheet 9: 'S ^ta Cruz de Ténérife'. Oct 1883. (2) Sheet 10: 'Bir El Abbas'. May 1883. (3) Sheet 11: 'In Salah'. Oct 1883. (4) Sheet 16: 'S ^t. Louis'. Feb 1884. (5) Sheet 17: 'Timbouktou'. Feb 1884. (6) Sheet 18: 'Gogo'. Oct 1883. (7) Sheet 23: 'Free Town'. Inset maps illustrate the missions of Capt Gallieni in 1880 and Dr Bayol in 1881. Feb 1884. (8) Sheet 24: 'Ségou Sikoro'. Feb 1884. (9) 'Sokoto'. Jan 1884. (10) Sheet 31: 'Monrovia'. Inset: Monrovia and the mouth of the River St Paul. Feb 1884. (11) Sheet 32: 'Koumassi'. Apr 1883. (12) Sheet 33: 'Benin'. Insets: San Thomé; Ile de Prince; Annobon. Nov 1884. (13) Sheet 34: 'Libreville'. Oct 1883. (14) Sheet 35: 'Inguimma'. Nov 1884. (15) Sheet 39: 'San Salvador'. Inset: 'Stanley-Pool D'après le reconnaissance de R ^d. Comber. 1885'. Feb 1885. (16) Sheet 40: 'Ounya N'zingué'. Oct 1884. (17) Sheet 43: 'S ^t. Paul de Loanda. Insets: Ambriz; Loanda town; Beguella. Dec 1883. (18) Sheet 44: 'Kabébé'. Oct 1884. (19) Sheet 47: 'Nosy-Bé'. Inset: 'Hellville (Nosy-Bé)'. Oct 1884. (20) Sheet 51: 'Quilimané'. Oct 1884. (21) Sheet 52: 'Antananarivo'. Insets: Tamatave; Bombetoke Bay. Feb 1885. (22) Sheet 53: 'Barmen'. Feb 1884. (23) Sheet 54: 'Kourouman'. Feb 1884. (24) Sheet 55: 'Pretoria'. Feb 1884. (25) Sheet 56: 'Tullear'. Oct 1884. (26) 'Ambahy'. Inset: 'Ile de la Réunion D'après la Carte de L. Maillard (1861) et celle des Frères de l'Ecole Chrétienne. (1883)' at 1:260,000. Nov 1884. (27) Sheet 58: 'Port-Nolloh'. July 1884. (28) Sheet 59: 'Ville du Cap'. Explanatory notes and key to abbreviations. Feb 1884. (29) Sheet 60: 'Pietermaritzburg'. Mar 1884.

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