Victor LEVASSEUR (1800-1870)
Old map of Madagascar, Senegal and Gambia, 1869

Original engraving enhanced with watercolor
Engraved by Laguillermie in Paris from the map drawn up by Levasseur
On strong paper approximately 33 x 49.5 cm

INFORMATION: Superb period engraving printed and hand-watercolored in 1869 in the Lemercier studio in Paris. The illustrations around the map were created by the painter Raymond Bonheur, father of the painter and sculptor Rosa Bonheur.
This map shows the former boundaries of the territories of Senegal, Gambia, and Madagascar. Senegambia today roughly corresponds to the small territory of Gambia and Senegal.

Very good condition, possible small defects in the margins or at the edge of the sheet