Carte de la Barbarie, de la Nigritie, et de la Guinée /
Summary
Relief shown pictorially.
"Avec privilege, Aout 1707."
"The words 'premier geographe du Roi' added in the title ... [indicate] that [a map] could not have been issued before 1718 when [De l'Isle] was appointed to that office"--Tooley, R.V. Guide to maps of Africa, p. 68.
Prime meridian: Ferro.
Similar to Norwich, O.I. Maps of Africa, 317
Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
Ancient Maps from the Library of Congress. 13th -18th Century Maps.
Tags
Date
01/01/1718
Contributors
L'Isle, Guillaume de, 1675-1726.
Inselin, C.
Source
Library of Congress
Copyright info
Public Domain