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Congo Belge

Mounted Square poster, This is a vintage pictorial map of the Belgian Congo (Congo Belge) and Ruanda-Urundi , which was published by the Tourist Office of the Belgian Congo and Ruanda-Urundi. The map is an advertisement for tourism, featuring illustrations of local people, wildlife, and cultural scenes. It was created by Belgian artist James Thiriar, with decorative work, particularly the border, likely done by Pierre Margraff. The map is estimated to have been produced around the late 1940s or early 1950s