Media Information

 
 
 
Collection name:
Maps of Africa
Record:
Title:
Africa Corrected from the Observations of the Royal Society of London and Paris.
Publication Place:
London
Publisher:
Senex, John, d. 1740
Publication Date:
1711-1714
Cartographer:
Senex, John, d. 1740
Height:
69 cm.
Width:
97 cm.
Scale:
Scale in British and French leagues, Turkish and British miles
Color:
Colored
Descriptive Notes:
Similar cartouche to Price's map of 1711 (see NOR 0077). Shape of continent is fairly accurate, though fictitious place exist on the mainland; Prime meridian through London. Dedicated to Sir Issac Newton.
Provenance:
Dr. Oscar I. Norwich
General Area:
Africa
Geographic Focus:
Africa
Period:
18th c.
Norwich Number:
69
Call Number:
NOR 0069
References:
Norwich (2nd ed.), ckey = 3871463
Page:
map 0069, p. 84
Program:
Jacobson Africana Program

Africa Corrected from the Observations of the Royal Society of London and Paris.