Africa according to the best authorities
Description
Type of resource | cartographic |
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Form | cartographic image |
Extent | 1 map : color ; 33.5 x 36 cm on sheet 36 x 43 cm |
Place | [Place of publication not identified] |
Publisher | [Publisher not identified] |
Publication date | 1796 |
Language | English |
Digital origin | reformatted digital |
Map data | Scale not determined ; W 23°25'00"--E 61°57'00"/N 38°39'00"--S 37°40'00" |
Creators/Contributors
Associated with | Carey, Mathew, 1760-1839 |
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Subjects
Subject | Africa > Maps > Early works to 1800 |
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Genre | Map |
Genre | Early maps |
Bibliographic information
Note | This was the first folio-sized map of Africa to be engraved and printed in the United States of America. |
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Note | Relief shown pictorially. |
Note | Prime meridian: London. |
Note | Coordinates approximate and based on Greenwich meridian. |
Note | Bar scale on given in "British Statute Miles." |
Appears in | Carey's general atlas. Philadelphia : Mathew Carey, 1804. |
Note | There are several geographical inaccuracies and fictitious tribal names. |
Location | https://purl.stanford.edu/sw033xy9199 |
Repository | University of Cape Town |
Access conditions
- 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.
- Copyright
- Property rights reside with the repository. Copyright © Stanford University. All Rights Reserved.
- License
- This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial 3.0 Unported license (CC BY-NC).
Collection
Africana Historical Maps
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