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Collection name:
Maps of Africa
Record:
Title:
Africa with all its States, Kingdoms, Republics, Regions, Islands, etc, Improved and Inlarged from d'Anville's Map; to which have been Added A Particular Chart of the Gold Coast, wherein are Distinguished all the European Forts and Factories.
Publication Place:
London
Publisher:
Sayer, Robert, 1725-1794
Publication Date:
1787
Cartographer:
Boulton, S.
Height:
51 cm.
Width:
123 cm.
Scale:
Scale in English miles; French land leagues, Arabian miles; Giaman Arabian sea measure; traveling hours for caravan; British and French sea leagues
Color:
Outline color
Descriptive Notes:
This two-sheet map was first issued by Boulton under J.B.B. d'Anville's name in 1772 and reissued in 1787, (see map 0091). Insets include, Azores; A Particular Chart of the Gold Coast; A summary description relative to the trade and natural produce, manner and customs of the African continent and islands. Sheets numbered 26 an 27; Prime meridian through Ferro Island.
Provenance:
Dr. Oscar I. Norwich
General Area:
Africa
Geographic Focus:
Africa
Period:
18th c.
Norwich Number:
105
Call Number:
NOR 0105
References:
Norwich (2nd ed.), ckey = 3871463
Page:
map 0105, p. 122
Program:
Jacobson Africana Program

Africa with all its States, Kingdoms, Republics, Regions, Islands, etc, Improved and Inlar…