"A Map of Africa, from the Best Authorities",
Subject: Africa
Period: 1806 (circa)
Publication: A New Historical and Commercial System of Geography
Color: Hand Color
Size:
11.3 x 7.9 inches
28.7 x 20.1 cm
This uncommon map of Africa includes towns and cities, some nice topographical detail, tribal names, and political divisions. It labels a small lake near Gondar as the source of the Nile, but it does not locate the source of the White Nile. Lake Malawi is shown as Great Lake Maravi or Zambre. Lower Ethiopia is located to the northwest of Upper Ethiopia. Engraved by Cornelius Paas. Published by Sowler and Russell.
References: McCorkle (18th C. Geography Books) #319-12.
Condition: A
Issued folding, now flat, on a sheet with a "E & S 1806" watermark. There is minor soiling.
