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Principales routes et pistes de L'Afrique Français
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Subject
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Africa, French-speaking West--Maps, , ,
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Description
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Map showing major roads and tracks in French West Africa along the coast, including Mali, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Ivory Coast, Gold Coast, Slave Coast and part of Nigeria, with international and colonial boundaries, railways, hotels, camp grounds, telephone and telegraph offices, wireless telegraph posts, petrol depots, chief and advanced posts of the Saharan Company. Some colour. Relief shown by hachures and form lines. Scale 1 : 2.500.000. [Coordinates estimated]
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Identifier
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islandora:19350
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Title
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Carte de l'Afrique méridionale au pays entre la ligne Cap de Bonne Espérance et l'Isle de Madagascar
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Subject
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Slaves -- South Africa -- Cape of Good Hope -- History., Farm ownership -- South Africa -- Cape of Good Hope -- History., Cape of Good Hope (South Africa) -- Maps -- Early works to 1800., Africa, Southern -- Maps -- Early works to 1800.
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The details regarding Elizabeth, Nicolas Visscher's widow, are drawn from Gallica, Bibliothèque Nationale de France: http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b7759505j.notice. See also: Atlas nouveau … by Guillaume de L'Isle (Amsterdam: Covens & Mortier, 1730); R.V. Tooley, Collectors’ guide to maps of the African continent and Southern Africa (London: Carta Press, 1969), p. 120; Norwich's maps of Africa : an illustrated and annotated carto-bibliography (Norwich, Vt. : Terra Nova Press, 1997), map 180 (note)., The inset of the Cape of Good Hope is of particular importance. It indicates the presence of slaves on Robben Island ("daar de Slaven in de Ketting loopen"). It also gives "extensive detailed and fairly accurate topographical information ... together with the names of owners of farms and plots of that period. Amongst these are de Beer, Swart Pieter, Martin de Smit, Roelof Pasman, Gerrit Kloeton, and the French Huguenot settlement. These place names add considerably to the knowledge of the history of the ... Cape of Good Hope"--Norwich's Maps of Africa, p. 203., Three insets: "Élévation du Port et Mont Table au Cap de Bonne Espérance" (5 x 11 cm); "Plan du Port et Mont Table au Cap de Bonne Espérance" (10 x 11 cm); "[Cabo de Bona Esperanca]" (13 x 23 cm)., Text primarily in French. The inset of the Cape is also in Dutch with some Portuguese notations., Restored and hinged between acid-free boards.
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Identifier
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islandora:19819
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Title
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Africae Vera Forma, et Situs
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Subject
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Africa
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Description
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The seas contain sea monsters and sailing ships. Natives are seen on and around the map., Antwerp. Jode, Cornelis de, 1568-1600
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Identifier
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islandora:25239
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Title
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Lacs, Fleuves, Rivieres et Principales Montagnes de L'Afrique
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Subject
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Africa
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Duplicate map. Includes French text in margins. An accurate outline of the continent with minimum geographical detail. Similar features to d'Anville's map of 1727 (see NOR 0091). Top right corner: No. 14. Top left corner: Introduction; Prime meridian through Ferro Island, Paris. Clouet, Jean Baptiste Louis, 1730-
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Identifier
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islandora:25350
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Title
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Plan du fort et de la ville du Cap de Bonne Esperance :
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Subject
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Cape Town (South Africa) -- Maps -- Early works to 1800.
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Description
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Statement of scale: Echelle de trois cent toises; Schaal van 300 halve-roeden., Text in French and Dutch., Restored and hinged between acid-free boards., See also BMSC 6821.g.1 (573) for German version and BMSC 6821.g.1 (423) for French version., Indexed for points of interest including the Grand Parade, Church Square, Slave Lodge, Groote Kerk, VOC Hospital and other buildings, Fiscal’s house and Company Gardens.
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Identifier
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islandora:19930
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Title
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Algérie et Tunisie
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Mixed economy--Algéria--History--Maps, Mixed economy--Tunisia--History--Maps, Africa, North--Description and travel--Maps, ,
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Economic map of Algeria and Tunisia showing industries, minerals, animal breeds, plant products, roads and railways, names of places, rivers, ports, and pans. Includes an inset showing electrical equipment such as hydropower plants, thermal power plants, high voltage lines, and dams, with forests, names of places, rivers, and pans. Coloured. Scale 10 km to 4 Inches.
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Identifier
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islandora:29999
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Title
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Plan du fort et de la ville du Cap de Bonne Esperance :
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Subject
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Cape Town (South Africa) -- Maps -- Early works to 1800.
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Description
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Statement of scale: Echelle de trois cent toises; Schaal van 300 halve-roeden., Text in French and Dutch., Restored and hinged between acid-free boards., See also BMSC 6821.g.1 (573) for German version and BMSC 6821.g.1 (423) for French version., Indexed for points of interest including the Grand Parade, Church Square, Slave Lodge, Groote Kerk, VOC Hospital and other buildings, Fiscal’s house and Company Gardens.
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Identifier
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islandora:19928
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Title
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Vue et Description du Cap de Bonne Esperance
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Subject
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Africa - Cape of Good Hope
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Description
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Two views of the Cape. Inset: Le fort des Hollandois au Cap du Bonne Esperance. Top right: Tom. VI, No. 17, Pag. 74., Paris. Chatelain, Henri Abraham; Gueudeville, Nicolas, ca. 1654-ca. 1721.
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Identifier
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islandora:25221