German Colonial Map of Warmbad Printed Area Measurement_23 x 32.5 cm Un-numbered leaves

Un-numbered leaves

engraved by F Müllhaupt

the Tube and other railways fade into the background

Hieronymi Commelini opera

Bellin compiled the maps for Prévost's Histoire Générale des Voyages

German Colonial Map of Warmbad Printed Area Measurement_23 x 32.5 cm Un-numbered leavesBlatt 29. Warmbad This map covers the Karas region in modern Namibia (then German South West Africa), which was the scene of one of the earliest attempted genocides of the 20th century between 1904 1907. A fort at Warmbad manned by Schutztruppe was established in 1905. At least half the Herero and Namaqua populations were killed through starvation and the consumption of poisoned well water in the Namib Desert after they rebelled against German