Carte du Canal de Mosambique, contenant l'Isle de Madagascar avec les côtes d'Afrique, depuis le cap de Bonne Espérance jusqu à Melinde

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Cartographer	Bonne, Rigobert, 1727-1794
Engraver	André, Gaspard, active 1768-1801

Subject	Africa > Maps > Early works to 1800
Subject	Africa, Southern > Maps > Early works to 1800
Subject	Western Cape (South Africa) > Maps > Early works to 1800
Subject	Madagascar > Maps > Early works to 1800
Subject	Coasts > Africa, Southern > Maps > Early works to 1800
Genre	Map
Genre	Early maps

Note	The map shows the coast of southern Africa from northern Mozambique to St Helena Bay on the west coast. Madagascar is also shown.
Note	Relief indicated pictorially.
Note	Paris or Ferro meridian.
Note	Coordinates approximate and based on Greenwich meridian.
Note	4 bar scales on map, given in "Lieues de Portugal," "Mil. de Hollande," "L. com de France," and "L. Marines."
With	Inset map: Cape of Good Hope from St Helens Baay [St Helena Bay] to Hanglip, showing coast and interior.
Location	https://purl.stanford.edu/qp318bw1330
Repository	University of Cape Town

Use and reproduction: 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.
License: This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial 3.0 Unported license (CC BY-NC).

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