AGSL GeoDiscovery

Afridsning paa Fiorden og Öen Arguim som en Fransk Stÿrmand haver tegnet

Description:

Relief shown pictorially and depths by bathymetric soundings.

Bird's-eye view.

Coordinates approximate and based on Greenwich meridian.

Bar scale statement: Maalestav af Franske Mile.

Compass rose, rhumb lines.

Shows coastline, topography, shoals, anchoring points (indicated with anchor icons).

Decorative cartouche.

"No. 2." at top right.

"III.D." at bottom right.

Appears in Prévost's L'Histoire generale des voyages.

Resource Link:

https://purl.stanford.edu/tr884pv2382

Identifier:

https://purl.stanford.edu/tr884pv2382

Language:

dan

Creator:

Bellin, Jacques Nicolas, 1703-1772 and Prévost, abbé, 1697-1763

Publisher:

publisher not identified,

Provider:

Stanford

Resource Class:

Maps

Resource Type:

Digital maps

Subject:

Bathymetric maps

Theme:

Imagery

Date Issued:

1750

Spatial Coverage:

Africa, Mauritania, and Arguin Bay (Mauritania)

Rights:

Image from the Caroline Batchelor Map 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.

Access Rights:

Public

Format:

JPEG2000

Georeferenced:

false