Map of Egypt after the Defeat of Napoleon’s Army, 1840s for sale at Pamono

Map of Egypt, by Lieutenant Colonel W.M. Leake, of the Royal Artillery. L.L.D. F.R.S. One of the Committee of the African Association and Hon.y Member of the Royal Academy of Sciences at Berlin. London: John Arrowsmith, 1840. Original colour. Two sheets, each 690 x 750mm, total if joined 1380 x 750mm. A detailed map of the Nile south to Aswan, continued to Old Dongola in Sudan within an inset. Although drawn by a military man, it contains considerable references to antiquities.
The publication of this map had to wait until 1818, when he had retired from the army. He compiled this map from various sources, edited with his own knowledge: he acknowledges the work of Johann Ludwig Burckhardt for the mapping south of Aswan. The map appears to be the 1840 edition by John Arrowmith; Wyld’s advert is illustrated in ‘British Map Engravers’ and given the date1846.

Dimensions750 1380 mmCartographerLEAKE, William Martin.Date1840Extra InfoMap of Egypt, by Lieutenant Colonel W.M. Leake, of the Royal Artillery. L.L.D. F.R.S. One of the Committee of the African Association and Hon.y Member of the Royal Academy of Sciences at Berlin.PublicationLondon: John Arrowsmith, 1840. Original colour. Two sheets, each 690 x 750mm, total if joined 1380 x 750mm.ConditionA good example.