Africa : divided according to the extent of its principall parts in which are
distinquished one from the other the empires, monarchies, kingdoms, states, and peoples
which at this time inhabite Africa
Based on Jaillot's map, (see NOR 0046). Title across top: Africa distinguished in its
principal parts viz. Barbary. Biledulgerid, Egypt, Zaara or The Desert, the Country of the
Negros, Guinea, Nubia, Abissinea, Zanguebar; Congo, Monomotapa, Caffrares, the Islands of
the Canaries, Cape Verd, St. Thomas, Madagascar or St. Lawrence ... Described by Sanson.
Corrected and amended by William Berry. Dedicated to Charles II; Prime meridian through
Ferro Island.
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