Media Information

 
 
 
Collection name:
Maps of Africa
Record:
Title:
A new and accurate map of the southern parts of Africa Containing Lower Guinea, Monoemugi, Zanguebar, the Empire of Monomotapa, Country of the Cafres &c. and the Island of Madagascar. Drawn from the best Authorities, assisted by the most approved Charts and Maps and adjusted by Astron. Observations.
Publication Place:
London
Publisher:
Bowen, Emanuel, d. 1767
Publication Date:
1747
Cartographer:
Bowen, Emanuel, d. 1767
Height:
35 cm.
Width:
43 cm.
Scale:
Scale in English and French leagues
Color:
Colored
Descriptive Notes:
Duplicate map. This edition was reissued in 1752, 1766. A Dutch edition was published in 1764 and later reissued in 1782 (see NOR 0176). Geographical features similar to L'Isle's map. Compass rose in the Indian Ocean. Bottom left: No. 56; Prime meridian through London.
Provenance:
Dr. Oscar I. Norwich
General Area:
Africa
Geographic Focus:
Southern Africa
Period:
18th c.
Norwich Number:
0170a
Call Number:
NOR 0170a
References:
Norwich (2nd ed.), ckey = 3871463
Page:
map 0170, p. 193
Program:
Jacobson Africana Program

A new and accurate map of the southern parts of Africa Containing Lower Guinea, Monoemugi,…