Creator

Rigobert Bonne

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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

Rights

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Subjects

Maps; Coastlines; Oceans; Winds

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