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Antique Map of the West Coast of Africa, 1771
$200
€178 · £150
Original print, not a reproduction.
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- Date
- 1771
- Sheet size
- 21.3 × 15 in (54 × 38 cm)
- Condition
- Good. Age-related toning. Some stains, please study image carefully.
- Collection
- Sea charts
- Era
- 1700 to 1789, Age of discovery
- Stock no.
- f_29304172
Antique map titled 'Carte de la Guinee contenant les Isles du Cap Verd, le Senegal, la Cote de Guinee proprement dite, les Royaumes de Loango, Congo, Angola, et Benguela avec les Pays voisins autant qu'ils sont connus'. Map of the West Coast of Africa. Covers from the Cape Verde Islands eastward to the coasts of Africa and the western mouth of the Niger River. Includes the modern day nations of Mauritania, Senegal, Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia and Cote d'Ivoire.
Artists and Engravers: Rigobert Bonne (1727, 1794) was one of the most important French cartographers of the late 18th century.
Condition: Good, age-related toning. Some stains, please study image carefully.
Date: 1771
Overall size: 38 x 54 cm.
Image size: 31 x 42 cm.
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