Old school map Vidal-Lablache 37, T36, 1930 West Africa

🌐 Old school geography wall map representing French West Africa (AOF) and the Antilles, Guyana, and New Caledonia🌐 Scale 1 / 4, 000, 000. Original Vidal-Lablache collection. 1930s/40s. Armand Colin Bookstore, 103 Bd Saint-Michel, Paris. Gaillac-Monrocq Printing, Paris. Print run 36, list of maps up to 45bis. Mention "General Atlas on High". Polychrome cardboard poster. Dimensions: 120 × 100 cm. Front: 37 French West Africa (Sudan, Senegal, Guinea, Sahara, Cameroon, Congo, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Niger...) Back: 37 bis Antilles, Guyana, New Caledonia (Guadeloupe, Martinique, Dominica, Saint Martin, Marie Galante, Nouméa, Cayenne...) Medallions: Legend, French possessions in Africa, World map. Very good condition: brass eyelets and fabric border present, colours preserved, a few small signs of use and age (see photo). Beautiful patina and historical interest. Dating: between 1932 and 1944. Cameroon was officially a German possession from 1908. It was occupied in 1916 and then divided between France and the United Kingdom. Upper Volta was created in 1920 and then abolished in 1932. It was recreated in 1947 as a territory of the French Union. Ideal for vintage decoration, collection, or original gift! These maps, both aesthetic and educational, adorned French classrooms from the 1880s to the 1960s and sparked students' imaginations. The so-called blank maps allowed them to test their knowledge. Map shipped carefully in thick cardboard cut to size in France or abroad. FREE SHIPPING FOR THIS MAP (in France, via Mondial Relais). For abroad, costs will be calculated based on the destination (international Colissimo). Contact me for advantageous rates (Europe, worldwide).