The western coast of Africa, from Cape Blanco to Cape Virga, exhibiting Senegambia proper

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Title: The western coast of Africa, from Cape Blanco to Cape Virga, exhibiting Senegambia proper
Creator: Jefferys, Thomas, -1771
Contributor: Anville, Jean Baptiste Bourguignon d', 1697-1782.
Kitchin, Thomas, 1719-1784.
Sayer, Robert, 1725-1794.
Robert Laurie and James Whittle.
Compagnie des Indes.
Published / Created: 1st January 1789.
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Printed for Robert Sayer
Description: BEIN 655 1789: Sheet measures 73 x 54 cm.
BEIN 1982 Folio 10: Armorial bookplate: Charles Abbot. No. 35 of 42 maps bound together.
Relief shown pictorially; depths by soundings.
"This map is copied from an original drawn by Monsr. D'Anville at the expense of the French East India Company, & published at Paris. The country thorough [sic] which the R. Senegal runs has been improved & corrected from a large & curious survey of that river found in the Fort of Senegal."
Has illustrated cartouche and includes text.
Prime meridians: Ferro and London.
Also appeared in Kitchin's General atlas describing the whole universe. London : Printed for Robert Sayer, [1780].
Extent: 1 map : 69 x 51 cm, on sheet 72 x 55 cm.
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Scale: Scale [ca. 1:1,850,000]
Coordinates: (W 18°0ʹ--W 9°0ʹ/N 21°0ʹ--N 9°0ʹ).
Language: English

Genre: Maps
Early works to 1800
Armorial bookplates (Provenance)
Material: hand col. ;
Subject (Geographic): Africa, West
Subject (Topic): Coasts
Subjects: Africa, West > Maps > Early works to 1800
Coasts > Africa, West > Maps > Early works to 1800
Abbot, Charles, Baron Colchester, 1757-1829 > Bookplate

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