Africa, and its Several Regions and Islands according to the most recent
          Descriptions

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Description

Type of resource	cartographic
Form	map; unmediated; sheet
Extent	1 map ; 45.5 x 57 cm
Publication date	1800
Issuance	monographic
Map data	Scale in British and geographical miles, sea leagues and traveling leagues ; W 18°--E 51°/N 37°--S 35°

Creator	Laurie, Robert, 1755-1836

Note	Colored
Note	Even though the map depicts extensive knowledge of the interior, "the great rivers are inaccurately placed and the Nile erroneously appears to originate in two adjacent lakes in Central Africa"; Prime meridian through Ferro Island.
Acquisition	Dr. Oscar I. Norwich
Local note	David Rumsey Map Center copy 1: Norwich no. NOR 0118.
Referenced by	Title Norwich, I., Pam Kolbe, and Jeffrey C Stone. Norwich's Maps of Africa: An Illustrated and Annotated Carto-Bibliography. 2nd ed. / rev. and edited by Jeffrey C. Stone. Norwich, Vt.: Terra Nova Press, 1997, map 0118, p. 136
Georeferenced Map	Title Africa, and its Several Regions and Islands according to the most recent Descriptions (Raster Image)
Location	https://purl.stanford.edu/vy733yj1918
Location	Georeferenced map in SearchWorks
Location	Georeferenced map in EarthWorks

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Dr. Oscar I. Norwich collection of maps of Africa and its islands, 1486 - ca. 1865

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