Creator

George Rollos

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Identifier

20086414

Description

Copper engraved and colored map of the northwestern Africa coast published in Fenning's "A New System of Geography." Map focuses on the regions of Barbary Coast, and the Sahara. Little to no detail provided within region of "Negroland." Decorative title cartouche located at bottom center of map, below "Negroland," featuring landscape scene with local house and surrounding vegetation. Border surrounding map includes scale. Scale key not provided. Hachures depicted off coast(s). Regions outlined by various colors. Landforms and waterways depicted throughout. Cartographer has notes on locations of resources and over the climate within certain regions. Locale of various empires and republics noted. Single-paged, single-sided, horizontal map. 20 cm. x 30 cm. [Gift of Dr. Jack Franke]

Archival Date

1760

Collection Name

Maps of Africa

Collection Number

Acc. 2019-227

Language

English

Original Format

Maps

File Format

JPG

Rights

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Subjects

Maps; Africa; Deserts; Coastlines; Cartouches (Graphic)

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