Uganda The Mountains of the Moon – 1953

Uganda poster. The Mountains of the Moon poster. – 1953

This vintage Uganda poster features an incredible image of some of the region’s wild animals including an elephant, an antelope and hippos at the watering hole. The poster offers a magnificent view across the plains of the Virunga National Park towards the permanently snow-capped mountains of the Ruwenzori. The mountains are occasionally identified with the legendary “Mountains of the Moon”, depicted in antiquity as the source of the Nile River.

According to Wikipedia “People of the ancient world were long curious about the source of the Nile, especially Ancient Greek geographers. A number of expeditions up the Nile failed to find the source. Eventually, a merchant named Diogenes reported that he had traveled inland from Rhapta in East Africa for twenty-five days and had found the source of the Nile. He reported it flowed from a group of massive mountains into a series of large lakes. He reported the natives called this range the Mountains of the Moon because of their snowcapped whiteness. In the early 1900’s it was discovered that the peaks of the Rwenzori Mountains, are the source of some of the Nile’s waters, but only a small fraction.

The Ruwenzori mountain range is located in Africa on the border between Uganda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Most of the range is now a World Heritage Site.

Our posters are carefully and professionally created from vintage originals. Whilst great care is taken in the production of these posters, we also try to maintain a vintage feel, so there may be small imperfections, fold marks, scuffs, tears, or marks that were part of the original poster master. If these do appear they should be visible on the larger views of the item on this listing. The originals of many of the posters we offer can cost many thousands of pounds, so whilst these posters look great, especially framed and mounted on a wall, they are intended as fun, affordable reproductions and not intended fine art prints.

The 50x70cm version has been specially produced to be used in conjunction with Ikea’s 50x70cm Ribba picture frame which currently retails for around £12. So you can bag a bargain of print and frame for a great price.