Authentic Map of the Coast from Cape Formosa to the Dony River, Africa, 1732

Reference
PCT-61923
Date
1732
Region
Asia
Category
Antique Map
Sheet size
32.4 x 43.8 cm (12.8 x 17.2 in)
Condition
Good
Availability
Available
Price
EUR 570

Antique map titled 'The New Correct Mapp of Calbar River vulgarly call'd Calabar (..)'.

An interesting map of the coast from Cape Formosa to the Dony River stated on the map to be "drawn very exactly on the Spot in the Year 1699 by several Pilots Jointly." Filled with soundings, showing the locations of shoals and oriented by a compass rose and rhumb lines. This map originates from volume 5 of 'A Description of the Coasts of North and South Guinea and of Ethiopic Inferior' by John Barbot.

Artists and Engravers: Made by 'Johannes Kip' after 'John Churchill'.

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