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Identifier
20086274
Description
Colored map of Africa's Guinea coast (upper and lower). Map corresponds to modern day Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, Congo, and Equatorial Guinea. Map spans from the entire Guinea coast, the Sierra Leone River, to Cape Negro. Arrows indicating ocean/wind currents depicted within Atlantic coast of west Africa. Hachures added lightly to indicate coast(s)/shoreline(s). Map features towns, rivers, some topography, and political boundaries. Border surrounding map includes scale. Scale key provided with three different scale measurements and located at bottom center. Title located left of scale. Double-paged, single-sided, horizontal map. 25 cm. x 37 cm. [Gift of Dr. Jack Franke]
Archival Date
1780
Collection Name
Maps of Africa
Collection Number
Acc. 2019-313
Language
French
Original Format
Maps
File Format
JPG
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License
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Subjects
Maps; Coastlines; Oceans; Winds