Afrique

Description:

gravé par Chamouin, Rue de la Harpe No. 35 ; ecrit par Giraldon. Relief shown pictorially and by hachures. Latitudinal and longitudinal lines. Prime meridian: Paris. Coordinates are approximate and based on Greenwich meridian. 3 bar scales on map, given in "Myriamétres," "Lieues Communes de France," and "Heures de chemin des Caravannes." Shows topography, drainage, deserts, islands surrounding continent, political boundaries, routes. Decorative cartouche with sphinx and palm trees. Appears in Malte-Brun's Précis de la géographie universelle, Paris: Prudhomme, 1809.

Creator:

Malte-Brun, Conrad, 1775-1826, Chamouin, Jean Baptiste Marie, 1768-, Giraldon, active 1800-1815, and Prudhomme, Louis Marie, 1752-1830

Publisher:

Louis-Marie Prudhomme,

Provider:

Stanford

Resource Class:

Maps

Subject:

Deserts

Date Issued:

1809

Spatial Coverage:

Arabian Peninsula, Africa, Jerusalem, Sahara, and Libyan Desert

Rights:

Image from the Caroline Batchelor Map Collection courtesy Stanford University Libraries. This item is in the public domain. There are no restrictions on use. If you have questions, please contact the David Rumsey Map Center at rumseymapcenter@stanford.edu.

Rights Holder:

This work has been identified as being free of known restrictions under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights. You can copy, modify, distribute and perform the work, even for commercial purposes, all without asking permission.

Access Rights:

Public

Format:

JPEG2000

Georeferenced:

More details at:

https://purl.stanford.edu/qx727gr1811