A lovely and uncommon map of French equatorial Africa published in Paris by the pharmaceutical laboratories Neutroses-Vichy in 1939 at Petit Jean. The French Congo, Gabon, Oubangui-Chari (now Central African Republic) and Chad are symbolized by small vignette.
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Afrique equatoriale avec Madagascar
A lovely and uncommon map of French equatorial Africa published in Paris by the pharmaceutical laboratories Neutroses-Vichy in 1939 at Petit Jean. The French Congo, Gabon, Oubangui-Chari (now Central African Republic) and Chad are symbolized by small vignette.
- Dimension: 310 x 210 mm
- Place of publication: Paris
- Year: 1939
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