South Africa Botswana Christian missionaries Vaticana c.1953 large old map Portraits & Famous People 14 3/4" H x 8

14 3/4" H x  8 7/8" W

Issued 1845

(Austria / Lombardy / Venice / Vienna / Hungary / etc

Liberia named a colony

Original mid- 19th Century lithograph coast chart map

South Africa Botswana Christian missionaries Vaticana c.1953 large old map Portraits & Famous People 14 3/4" H x 8South Africa Issued by St. Gabriel Mission presses, Vaticana, Vienna, Austria, c. 1953. (Propaganda cartography) With small inset maps of Ascension Island and St. Helena at bottom left. Fascinating early to mid 20th century vintage color lithographed thematic map, overprinted in red, locating Christian Missions across the region. Of note as well for the uncommon issuance source. Captures the region at a fascinating point in mid 20th century history,