Alternative Title

Braille map with annotations hand-lettered in ink

Creator

Martin Kunz

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Identifier

10023412

Description

A pressed paper relief map of the continent of Africa with annotations in both raised German Braille and also in German in handwritten ink. The map was produced by Martin Kunz, sometime between 1885 and 1923 while he was the director of the Ilzach bei Muhlhausen Institute for the Blind in Thuringia, Germany. [Gift of Dr. Jack Franke]

Archival Date

1885-1923 (Approximately)

Collection Name

Maps of Africa

Collection Number

Acc. 2022-18

Language

German;German Braille

Original Format

Maps

File Format

JPG

Rights

Rights held by The University of Texas at Arlington Libraries, Special Collections. Any use of content downloaded or printed from this page is limited to non-commercial personal or educational use, including fair use as directed by U.S. copyright laws. For more information or for reproduction requests, please contact UTA Special Collections by emailing spcoref@uta.edu.

Subjects

Maps; Africa; Africa--Maps; Braille

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