South Africa Pictorial Map Sargent

Original vintage pictorial map of South Africa designed and drawn in Pretoria South Africa by Bernard Sargent (Bernard Maurice Sargent; 1921-2011) "Showing the diverse places and extraordinary manner of strange things to be seen by those who voyage to this land beloved of the sun and who travel about therein for their pleasure" featuring annotated illustrations including animals and birds - antelopes, rhinos, zebras, giraffes, lions, pelicans etc. - fruit and flowers, waterfalls, farming, historic landmarks, resorts, national parks, mountains, caves, routes, rivers and territories - the Kalahari Desert, Cape of Good Hope, Basuto Land, Orange Free State, Transvaal, Bushmanland, Natal, Bechuan Aland etc. - with decorative descriptions of tourist attractions - big game roaming and fishing, native peoples, skyscraper cities, vineyards, historic homes, great forests and wild coasts, with a penguin in the centre of the compass point above the legend and a ship with an image of "Bartholomew Diaz discovered the Cape and erected a cross in 1487" above the scale of miles and a quote "This Cape is a most stately thing and the most fairest Cape we saw in the whole circumference of the earth" by Sir Francis Drake with the coat of arms above in front of a theatrical curtain, set within a decorative border. Designed and drawn in Pretoria South Africa, Printed in Holland and Published by the South African Tourist Corporation. Horizontal. Good condition, restored folds, backed on linen.