- GLC#
- GLC09862.07-View header record
- Type
- Maps
- Date
- 1790
- Author/Creator
- Walch, Jean, fl. 1790
- Title
- Charte de L'Afrique
- Place Written
- Ausberg, Germany
- Pagination
- 1 map Height: 48 cm, Width: 56.3 cm
- Primary time period
- Colonization and Settlement, 1585-1763
- Sub-Era
- The Thirteen Colonies
One map entitled A Map of Part of the Rivers Faleme & Sanaga with the Countries of Bambuk & Tamba Awra drawn on the spot by M. Compagnon dated 1750. Contains the entire continent of Africa, as well as a small portion of the Middle East. The island of Madagascar is also included. The map is shaded to indicate different countries or regions. In the lower left corner is a decorated cartouche with tropical plants, an African man, a crocodile, and a monkey in the trees.
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