Africa
- Description:
- The four sheets comprising the map are: Africa, plate I: The Northwest part examined and revised by Mr Bolton; Africa, plate II: The Southwest part [mis-labeled; plate II depicts the South East of Africa including the islands of Madagascar, Bourbon and Isle de France [Mauritius] and should be labeled The Southeast part]; Africa, plate III: The Southwest part (including the island of St Helena); and Africa, plate IV: The Northeast part (including the cartouche). Relief shown pictorially. Coordinates approximate and based on Greenwich meridian. Copious notes on the terrain and the people occupying the various areas depicted. Inset map: Asores.
- Creator:
- Anville, Jean Baptiste Bourguignon d', 1697-1782, Bowen, Emanuel, -1767, and Orléans, Louis Philippe, duc d', 1725-1785
- Publisher:
- [Publisher not identified],
- Provider:
- Stanford
- Resource Class:
- Maps
- Subject:
- Early maps
- Date Issued:
- 1755
- Spatial Coverage:
- Africa
- Rights:
- Image courtesy University of Cape Town Libraries, Special Collections: Maps scanned under the William and Yvonne Jacobson Digital Africana Program at UCT. If you have questions, please contact David Rumsey Map Center at rumseymapcenter@stanford.edu.
- Rights Holder:
- Property rights reside with the repository. Copyright (c) Stanford University. All Rights Reserved.
- License:
- https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/legalcode
- Access Rights:
- Public
- Format:
- JPEG2000
- Georeferenced:
- More details at:
- https://purl.stanford.edu/rs716wb1234