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Identifier

20086318

Description

First edition of Anthony's Finley's map of Africa, published in Philadelphia, from Finley's "New General Atlas." Colored map with regions and colonial possessions delineated by color. No color key provided for regions. Central Africa is largely labeled as unexplored. Neighboring regions of Arabia, Turkey, southern Europe, and surrounding African islands depicted. Hachures printed along coast of Africa and around island coasts. Landforms and waterways located throughout. Border around map includes scale. Title and scale of map located in bottom left corner. Publisher information in center bottom margin. Single-paged, single-sided, vertical map. 29 cm. x 23 cm. [Gift of Dr. Jack Franke]

Archival Date

1824

Collection Name

Maps of Africa

Collection Number

Acc. 2019-342

Language

English

Original Format

Maps

File Format

JPG

Rights

Rights held by The University of Texas at Arlington Libraries, Special Collections. Any use of content downloaded or printed from this page is limited to non-commercial personal or educational use, including fair use as directed by U.S. copyright laws. For more information or for reproduction requests, please contact UTA Special Collections by emailing spcoref@uta.edu.

Subjects

Maps; Africa; Oceans; Waterways; Islands; Colonies

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