Media Information

 
 
 
Collection name:
Maps of Africa
Record:
Title:
Plan de la Baye Simon, Situe au Cap de Bonne Esperance, suivant les Observations faites en Aout et Septembre 1775, par Mr. Dalrymple.
Title in Translation:
Plan of Simon's Bay at the Cape of Good Hope.
Publication Place:
Paris
Publisher:
Apres de Mannevillette, Jean-Baptiste-Nicolas-Denis d', 1707-1780
Publication Date:
1775
Cartographer:
Apres de Mannevillette, Jean-Baptiste-Nicolas-Denis d', 1707-1780
Height:
45 cm.
Width:
33 cm.
Scale:
Scale in French fathoms
Color:
Colored
Descriptive Notes:
Apres de Mannevillette "was the first to determine longitude by measuring the distances of the sun and moon." Soundings are in French fathoms. Top right: 8.d.
Provenance:
Dr. Oscar I. Norwich
General Area:
Oceans
Geographic Focus:
Simon's Bay
Map Use:
Sea chart
Period:
18th c.
Norwich Number:
282
Call Number:
NOR 0282
References:
Norwich (2nd ed.), ckey = 3871463
Page:
map 0282, p. 320
Program:
Jacobson Africana Program

Plan de la Baye Simon, Situe au Cap de Bonne Esperance, suivant les Observations faites en…