"Carte de la Barbarie, Nigritie et de la Guinee avec les Pays Voisins, Dressee sur les Memoires les Plus Nouveaux & les Observations les Plus Exactes", Chatelain, Henry Abraham
Subject: Northwestern Africa
Period: 1719 (circa)
Publication: Atlas Historique...
Color: Hand Color
Size:
20.1 x 15.8 inches
51.1 x 40.1 cm
This great map of western Africa is based on Guillaume Delisle's map. It covers from the Barbary coast to below the equator. There is a mass of geographic detail and notations in the interior with information on the rivers and lakes. Numerous tent encampments are depicted throughout the Sahara Desert.
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Condition: B+
A crisp impression on watermarked paper with minor toning along the centerfold and an archivally repaired centerfold separation that enters 1.5" into map at bottom.