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This map of the Cape Verde islands appeared in the second volume (1781) of "The Political Magazine". Published by John Bew, a London bookseller, this journal was written for an audience of informed gentlemen and often included supplementary maps. The map provides detailed depth soundings along the African coastline and in the inset for Praya Bay. Currently, the town of Praya (Praia), located on the island of St. Jago (Sao Tiago), the largest island in the Cape Verde grouping, serves at the capital of the country which gained its independence in 1975.
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js956m35m
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A map of the Cape de Verd Islands with the adjacent coast of Africa, the settlements of Senegal, Gambia and Goree, also a plan of Port Praya in St. Jago
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map
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js956m35m
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map
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normalized
title
A map of the Cape de Verd Islands with the adjacent coast of Africa, the settlements of Senegal, Gambia and Goree, also a plan of Port Praya in St. Jago
description
This map of the Cape Verde islands appeared in the second volume (1781) of "The Political Magazine". Published by John Bew, a London bookseller, this journal was written for an audience of informed gentlemen and often included supplementary maps. The map provides detailed depth soundings along the African coastline and in the inset for Praya Bay. Currently, the town of Praya (Praia), located on the island of St. Jago (Sao Tiago), the largest island in the Cape Verde grouping, serves at the capital of the country which gained its independence in 1975.
date
["1781"]
year
1781
rights
No known copyright restrictions.
rightsUri
No known restrictions on use.
reuseAllowed
no restrictions
language
English
identifierLocal
05_04_000047
creators
Lodge, John, d. 1796
institution
Boston Public Library
collections
Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center Collection
subjects
Cape Verde--Maps--Early works to 1800
Atlantic Coast (Africa)--Maps--Early works to 1800
subjectsGeographic
Africa
Cape Verde
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Maps
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Cartographic
country
Cape Verde
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1
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London
publisher
J. Bew
Source extras
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16
schema:longitude
-24
extent
1 map ; 44 x 30 cm.
notes
Depths shown by soundings.
Appears in The Political Magazine. London. 1781. Vol. 2, p. 387.
Exhibited in “Faces and Places,” at the Boston Public Library, Boston, MA, October 2003 - September 2004 MB (BRL)
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map
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