Media Information

 
 
 
Collection name:
Maps of Africa
Record:
Title:
A chart of the coast of Africa from Mozambique to the Straits of Babelmandel and the adjoyning Ocean.
Publication Place:
London
Publisher:
Knapton, James, d. 1738; Knapton, John, 1696-1770
Publication Date:
1728
Cartographer:
Knapton, James, d. 1738; Knapton, John, 1696-1770
Height:
48 cm.
Width:
58 cm.
Scale:
Scale in English leagues
Color:
Uncolored
Descriptive Notes:
Chart includes the Horn of Africa and numerous islands in the Indian Ocean. The compass roses radiate numerous rhumb lines.
Provenance:
Dr. Oscar I. Norwich
General Area:
Oceans
Geographic Focus:
Eastern Africa
Map Use:
Sea chart
Period:
18th c.
Norwich Number:
271
Call Number:
NOR 0271
Source:
Atlas Maritimus et Commercialis (1728)
References:
Norwich (2nd ed.), ckey = 3871463
Page:
map 0271, p. 309
Program:
Jacobson Africana Program

A chart of the coast of Africa from Mozambique to the Straits of Babelmandel and the adjoy…