This copy is copyright protected.
Copyright © 2025 Geographicus Rare Antique Maps
Digital Image: 1899 Pujol Map of the St. Louis - Dakar Railroad, Senegal
Senegal-pujol-1899_d
Title
Carte des Pays Situès entre Richard-Toll (Fleuve), et Dakar.
1899 (dated) 24 x 19.5 in (60.96 x 49.53 cm) 1 : 395000
1899 (dated) 24 x 19.5 in (60.96 x 49.53 cm) 1 : 395000
Description
FOR THE ORIGINAL ANTIQUE MAP, WITH HISTORICAL ANALYSIS, CLICK HERE.
Digital Map Information
Geographicus maintains an archive of high-resolution rare map scans. We scan our maps at 300 DPI or higher, with newer images being 600 DPI, (either TIFF or JPEG, depending on when the scan was done) which is most cases in suitable for enlargement and printing.
Delivery
Once you purchase our digital scan service, you will receive a download link via email - usually within seconds. Digital orders are delivered as ZIP files, an industry standard file compression protocol that any computer should be able to unpack. Some of our files are very large, and can take some time to download. Most files are saved into your computer's 'Downloads' folder. All delivery is electronic. No physical product is shipped.
Credit and Scope of Use
You can use your digial image any way you want! Our digital images are unrestricted by copyright and can be used, modified, and published freely. The textual description that accompanies the original antique map is not included in the sale of digital images and remains protected by copyright. That said, we put significant care and effort into scanning and editing these maps, and we’d appreciate a credit when possible. Should you wish to credit us, please use the following credit line:
Courtesy of Geographicus Rare Antique Maps (http://www.geographicus.com).
How Large Can I Print?
In general, at 300 DPI, you should at least be able to double the size of the actual image, more so with our 600 DPI images. So, if the original was 10 x 12 inches, you can print at 20 x 24 inches, without quality loss. If your display requirements can accommodate some loss in image quality, you can make it even larger. That being said, no quality of scan will allow you to blow up at 10 x 12 inch map to wall size without significant quality loss. For more information, it is best consult a printer or reprographics specialist.
Refunds
If the high resolution image you ordered is unavailable, we will fully refund your purchase. Otherwise, digital images scans are a service, not a tangible product, and cannot be returned or refunded once the download link is used.
Cartographer S
August Marie Joseph Pujol (March 4, 1863 - 19xx) was a French colonial officer born in the Cammarges, France. He served in various posts from about 1880 to 1899, including Toulon (1885), Reunion (1885), Madagascar (1886), Senegal (1890), Sudan (1892), and Tonkin (1893 - 1903). In Senegal he held the rank of Etat-Major du Commandant Superior des Troupes Coloniales. The only definitive reference we have found to his service is an 1887 dispatch on the excessive rates of venereal disease among French African soldiers. More by this mapmaker...
Jean Marie Emile Pinet-Laprade (July 13, 1822 - August 17, 1869) was a French colonial military officer and engineer active in West Africa. Pinet-Laprade was born in Mirepoix, Ariège, France and studied at the École Polytechnique and later at a military engineering school at Metz. He was sent as an engineer to Gorée in 1855. Shortly thereafter, he was part of the French takeover of Dakar, after which he laid out the city on a European style grid inspired by his hometown of Mirepoix. This design became common-use in French Africa where it was known as the 'Plan Pinet-Laprade'. He became governor of Senegal from May 13 to July 14, 1863 and again from May 1, 1865 until his death of cholera in 1869. During his administration, he completed numerous engineering works, ranging from lighthouses to the instigation of a Saint Louis - Dakar railroad. Unlike most colonial administrators, Pinet-Laprade was vehemently anti-slavery, even marrying a Senegalese Fulani woman, Marie Assar (a.k.a. Peulth), who he introduced to his family in France and made his heir. Learn More...
Pierre Famin (1855 - 1922) was a French army officer, engineer, and military cartographer active in the late 19th century. He served in Senegal for a time before moving to French Indochina, where he fought in various campaigns between 1892 and 1893. He fought in World War I (1914 - 1818) and later was sent to Ethiopia to construct the Djibouti - Addis Ababa railway. He was made Grand Cross of the Legion of Honor in 1920. Learn More...