A chart of the Atlantick Ocean describing the Coast of Africa from Cape Teffalana to Cape Formosa

This portolan-style chart, with two colorful compass roses and radiating rhumb lines, undoubtedly dates from the early 18th century. It was apparently part of a series of charts prepared to aid sailors in navigating the Atlantic trade routes along western Africa. The geographi...

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x633f968t
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1725
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English
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05_04_000144
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Boston Public Library
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London
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[s.n.]
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