[Collectif] - Atlas colonial illustré - 1903

[Collectif]. Illustrated Colonial Atlas: Geography, Travel and Conquests, Productions, Administration. Paris, Larousse, no date [1903], 280 pp.

A quarto volume (320 x 240 mm), half leather binding, front cover adorned with a blind-stamped design, spine decorated (publisher's binding of the period). In good binding condition. Moisture staining around the margins of the first twenty and last pages, pages warped.

Original edition featuring 7 color maps, 70 black maps, and 768 photographic reproductions.

This illustrated atlas combines maps, narratives, and images to describe the colonial empires. It presents the geography of the territories, the expeditions and conquests, as well as the resources exploited and their administration by the European powers.