German Naval Chart of Lindi, East Africa
SKU: 8752Title:
German Naval Chart of Lindi, East Africa
Date of publication:
1896
Printed Measurement:
76.5 x 56 cm sheet size
Publisher(s):
Colour:
black and white
Mapmaker(s):
Engraver(s):
K Blume
Indischer Ocea – Afrika, Ost Küst – Lindi-Bucht
Imperial German Naval Office chart, sheet size 76.5 x 56 cm, engraved by K. Blume, black and white, date-stamped 27 May 1896, laid on linen; shows sands, soundings etc, with interior detail of relief, vegetation, roads and settlements; inset profiles and view of the port of Lindi. Germany consolidated its hold over German East Africa in the late 1880s and 1890s. Lindi is now in southern Tanzania.