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Carte des royaumes de Congo, Angola et Benguela avec les pays voisins tiré de l'Anglois

Description:

Relief shown pictorially.

Prime meridian: Island de Fer.

Coordinates approximate and based on Greenwich meridian.

Bar scale on map given in "Lieues Marines de France."

Legend at bottom left.

Inland map depicts kingdoms of Central Africa with rivers & mountain ranges and two areas of silver mines in the Botswana region (Royaume d'Abutua ou Toroa and Royaume de Chicova).

Histoire Generale Des Voyages, ou, Nouvelle Collection de Toutes Les Relations de Voyages par mer et par terre; Abbé Prévost, and John Green [Paris: Didot, 1747-1780].

Printed beneath map frame: "Tome IV in 4o. No. 15" (lower left) and "Tome 3 in 8o. Page 368"(lower right).

Resource Link:

https://purl.stanford.edu/xj113mb7268

Identifier:

https://purl.stanford.edu/xj113mb7268

Language:

fre

Publisher:

[François Didot]

Provider:

Stanford

Resource Class:

Maps

Resource Type:

Digital maps

Subject:

Silver mines and mining

Date Issued:

1754

Spatial Coverage:

Africa, Africa, Central, Congo (Democratic Republic), Angola, and Botswana

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