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Source Description
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 geographic area depicted on this chart covers the North Atlantic from the Canary to the Cape Verde Islands and the west coast of Africa including portions of the present-day countries of Morocco, Western Sahara, Mauritania, Senegal, and Gambia.
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Document identity
localId
x633f968t
label
A chart of the Atlantick Ocean describing the Coast of Africa from Cape Teffalana to Cape Formosa
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obj
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map
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1
Source metadata
id
x633f968t
contentType
map
stage
normalized
title
A chart of the Atlantick Ocean describing the Coast of Africa from Cape Teffalana to Cape Formosa
description
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 geographic area depicted on this chart covers the North Atlantic from the Canary to the Cape Verde Islands and the west coast of Africa including portions of the present-day countries of Morocco, Western Sahara, Mauritania, Senegal, and Gambia.
date
["1725"]
year
1725
rights
No known copyright restrictions.
rightsUri
No known restrictions on use.
reuseAllowed
no restrictions
language
English
identifierLocal
05_04_000144
institution
Boston Public Library
collections
Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center Collection
Maritime Charts and Atlases
subjects
Nautical charts--Atlantic Ocean--Early works to 1800
Atlantic Ocean--Maps--Early works to 1800
Atlantic Coast (Africa)--Maps--Early works to 1800
subjectsGeographic
Atlantic Ocean
genreBasic
Maps
typeOfResource
Cartographic
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largeImageUrl
pageCount
1
source
import
pubPlace
London
publisher
[s.n.]
Source extras
institutionArkId
sf268508b
collectionArkId
41688024w
extent
1 map : col. ; 59 x 49 cm.
notes
Exhibited in “Faces and Places,” at the Boston Public Library, Boston, MA, October 2003 - September 2004. MB (BRL)
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no
dcId
x633f968t
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map
Single page context
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1
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0
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photo
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59f160cda9e244ce