AGSL GeoDiscovery

Guinea

Alternative Title:

Gvinea

Description:

Covers coastal western and central Africa from Sierra Leone to Gabon; shows equator.

Relief shown pictorially.

Latitudinal and longitudinal lines along margins.

Imprint taken from atlas.

Features topography, waterways, ports.

Decorative cartouches (with indigenous figures, sirens, mermaids), compass rose, rhumb lines, ships.

Pictorial vignettes of fauna throughout.

Descriptive text.

Spanish place names.

Appears in Ogilby's An accurate description and complete history of Africa, 1670.

Resource Link:

https://purl.stanford.edu/bh540jn0439

Identifier:

https://purl.stanford.edu/bh540jn0439

Language:

lat

Creator:

Ogilby, John, 1600-1676

Publisher:

printed by T. Johnson for the author

Provider:

Stanford

Resource Class:

Maps

Resource Type:

Digital maps

Subject:

Coasts

Theme:

Land cover

Date Issued:

1670]

Spatial Coverage:

Africa, West, Africa, Central, and Guinea

Rights:

Images from the The Renaissance Exploration 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.

License:

https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

Access Rights:

Public

Format:

JPEG2000

Georeferenced:

false