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Source Description
Relief shown pictorially.
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Document identity
localId
wd3760532
label
Carte reduite des costes occidentales d'Afrique
core
obj
dtoType
map
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
wd3760532
contentType
map
stage
normalized
title
Carte reduite des costes occidentales d'Afrique
description
Relief shown pictorially.
date
["1765"]
year
1765
rights
No known copyright restrictions.
rightsUri
No known restrictions on use.
reuseAllowed
no restrictions
language
French
identifierLocal
06_01_003131
creators
Bellin, Jacques Nicolas, 1703-1772
institution
Boston Public Library
collections
Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center Collection
Maritime Charts and Atlases
subjects
Nautical charts--Africa, West--Early works to 1800
Cape Verde--Maps--Early works to 1800
Africa, West--Maps--Early works to 1800
subjectsGeographic
Africa
Cape Verde
West Africa
genreBasic
Maps
typeOfResource
Cartographic
thumbnailUrl
largeImageUrl
pageCount
1
source
import
pubPlace
[Paris]
publisher
Département de la marine
Source extras
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sf268508b
collectionArkId
41688024w
schema:latitude
14.533
schema:longitude
-2.316
extent
1 map : col. ; 88 x 55 cm.
notes
Relief shown pictorially.
Depth shown by soundings.
Prime meridians: Ferro and Teneriffe.
Originally published in 1753 and corrected in 1765.
Includes a decorative title cartouche, one compass rose, nautical soundings, and a publisher's stamp.
Companion map to Carte reduite des costes occidentales d'Afrique : Première feuille contenant les costes de Barbarie depuis le Detroit de Gibraltar et les Isles Canaries.
Upper right corner: "No. 53."
Detached from an edition of Bellin's L'Hydrographie française.
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no
dcId
wd3760532
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map
Single page context
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1
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0
type
photo
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b1745b9ecf09aac8