Month: July 2019

A new & accurate map of Negroland and the adjacent countries : also upper Guinea, showing the principle European settlements & distinguishing wch. belong to England, Denmark, Holland & c : the sea of the rivers being drawn from surveys & the best modern maps and charts, & regulated by astron. observns – Copy 2 | Library of Congress

Relief shown pictorially. Decorative title cartouche with figures. Shows boundaries, rivers and principle settlements, with tents showing areas inhabited by nomads. Includes notes. Copy imperfect: Mounted on paper backing, stained along center fold line and throughout. Handwritten at bottom: A complete system of Geog. Emanuel Bowen London 1747. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
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