Media Information

 
 
 
Collection name:
Maps of Africa
Record:
Title:
Carte Physique et Politique de L'Afrique.
Title in Translation:
Physical and political map of Africa.
Publication Place:
Paris
Publisher:
Brue, Adrien Hubert, 1786-1832
Publication Date:
1822
Cartographer:
Brue, Adrien Hubert, 1786-1832
Height:
57 cm.
Width:
85 cm.
Scale:
Scale in French, Spanish and sea leagues, days journey per caravan
Color:
Outline color
Descriptive Notes:
The shape appears to be accurate, including the geographical detail, with the exception of the center blank space. "The areas belonging to different native tribes are shown more accurately than in many other maps at this time"; Prime meridian through Paris.
Provenance:
Dr. Oscar I. Norwich
General Area:
Africa
Geographic Focus:
Africa
Period:
19th c.
Norwich Number:
127
Call Number:
NOR 0127
References:
Norwich (2nd ed.), ckey = 3871463
Page:
map 0127, p. 146
Program:
Jacobson Africana Program

Carte Physique et Politique de L'Afrique.