eng [A map of Africa] :

eng aslmaps_bml_6_d_1_655.jpg

eng The map shows the continent of Africa with its kingdoms demarcated by coloured borders. It includes a "Table of the European possessions in Africa" in the lower left corner detailing British, Portuguese, Dutch, French, Spanish, Danish and Genoese holdings. The map depicts Madera [Madeira], the Canaries, Cape Verd [Verde], Fernand [Fernando] Po, Annobon or Good Year Island, Ascension Island, St Helena and George Island (a small rock) in the Atlantic Ocean. To the north, the map shows the Mediterranean coastline of the continent, the Red Sea, a portion of Arabia, the Strait of Babelmandel and the island of Socotra. It also shows the Indian Ocean islands of Amirante, Alphons, Demba [Pemba], Zanguebar [Zanzibar], Monfira, Komoro [the Comoros], Madagascar, Bourbon, Ile de France [Mauritius], Amsterdam, St Paul, Ile de Juan de Lisboa, New Island and the Banks of Nazareth.

eng Relief shown pictorially.

eng Most of the cartouche is missing from the top right hand corner of the map which was identified using visual comparison with the same map at Digmap, http://digmap1.ist.utl.pt:8080/records/Kbr/html/kbr_1_1472755.html.

eng Palairet, Jean, 1697-1774 See all items with this value

1791

eng [A map of Africa] %3A.jpg

eng Aleph: 888170

eng BML 6.d.1 (655)

eng Africa -- Maps -- Early works to 1800 See all items with this value

eng Europe -- Colonies -- Africa -- Maps -- Early works to 1800 See all items with this value

Still Image

map

eng Anville, Jean Baptiste Bourguignon d', 1697-1782.

eng Bowles, John 1701-1779.

eng Bowles, Carington 1724-1793.

UCT Libraries Special Collections

eng Jacobson Digital Africana @ UCT-JDAX

eng African Historical Maps See all items with this value

eng islandora:19555

eng 1 map : hand col.

eng 52 x 73 cm.

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The William and Yvonne Jacobson Digital Africana Program at UCT