Dennis Owen Mathews - East Africa Tourist Travel Association - East Africa Land of Sunshine - 1949
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Dennis Owen Mathews - East Africa Tourist Travel Association - East Africa Land of Sunshine - 1949
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Vintage Map
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Digital Art - Printed Map
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Attractive pictorial Map of East Africa published in 1949 and designed by the recently appointed General Manager of the East Africa Travel Tourist Associaton, Dennis Owen Mathews, CMG, OBE, FRGS [1901-1984]. The map incorporates the former British colonies of Kenya, Uganda and Tanganyika (Tanzania) and highlights the region's principal tourist attractions in the immediate post-war years, particularly its unique natural heritage and unrivalled fauna & wildlife. Indeed the East Africa Travel Tourist Association had been created in 1948 with the specific aim of attracting overseas visitors and improving the internal travel & communication networks in the region. Mathews had long experience in East Africa, having previously served with the Uganda Survey Department between 1921 and 1946. He produced several other maps of the region and was a vitally important figure in the development of East African tourism, laying the foundations of modern safari & wildlife tourism in East Africa. He travelled extensively around the globe, producing several highly polished advertising campaigns promoting the natural attractions of this unrivalled “Land of Sunshine”.
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April 1st, 2021
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