AGSL GeoDiscovery

An accurate map of Africa drawn from the Sieur Robert with improvements

Description:

Prime meridian: London.

Coordinates approximate and based on Greenwich meridian.

Map extracted from Richard Brookes, The general gazetteer, or, Compendious geographical dictionary ... (London: Printed for J. Newbery, 1766). Information derived from http://www.biblioserver.com/newberry/index.php?m=search (accessed: 5 December 2007).

"Engraved (by the Kings authority) for the Geographical Dictionary."

Resource Link:

https://purl.stanford.edu/tm714kg9842

Identifier:

https://purl.stanford.edu/tm714kg9842

Language:

eng

Publisher:

Engrav’d by the King’s Authority for the Geographical Dictionary

Provider:

Stanford

Resource Class:

Maps

Resource Type:

Digital maps

Date Issued:

1766

Spatial Coverage:

Africa

Rights:

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.

Rights Holder:

Property rights reside with the repository. Copyright (c) Stanford University. All Rights Reserved.

License:

https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/legalcode

Access Rights:

Public

Format:

JPEG2000

Georeferenced:

false