Media Information

 
 
 
Collection name:
Maps of Africa
Record:
Title:
Africa, and its Several Regions and Islands according to the most recent Descriptions.
Publication Place:
London
Publisher:
Robert Laurie and James Whittle
Publication Date:
1800
Cartographer:
Laurie, Robert, 1755-1836; Whittle, James
Height:
45.5 cm.
Width:
57 cm.
Scale:
Scale in British and geographical miles, sea leagues and traveling leagues
Color:
Colored
Descriptive Notes:
Even though the map depicts extensive knowledge of the interior, "the great rivers are inaccurately placed and the Nile erroneously appears to originate in two adjacent lakes in Central Africa"; Prime meridian through Ferro Island.
Provenance:
Dr. Oscar I. Norwich
General Area:
Africa
Geographic Focus:
Africa
Period:
19th c.
Norwich Number:
118
Call Number:
NOR 0118
References:
Norwich (2nd ed.), ckey = 3871463
Page:
map 0118, p. 136
Program:
Jacobson Africana Program

Africa, and its Several Regions and Islands according to the most recent Descriptions.