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We Are One: This map illustrates the intersection of native African and European cultures in western Africa during the mid-18th century. Besides designating which native kingdoms ruled the coastal regions, it also locates European settlements, forts, and trading sites along the coast. The inset map and marginal legend identify individual ports by nationality. These European footholds were used in the slave trade and to export natural resources like gold.
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3f462v55b
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A new and correct map of the coast of Africa, from Sta. Cruz lat. 30 north. to the coast of Angola lat 11. S. with explanatory notes of all the forts and settlements belonging to the several European powers
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map
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1
Source metadata
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3f462v55b
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map
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normalized
title
A new and correct map of the coast of Africa, from Sta. Cruz lat. 30 north. to the coast of Angola lat 11. S. with explanatory notes of all the forts and settlements belonging to the several European powers
description
We Are One: This map illustrates the intersection of native African and European cultures in western Africa during the mid-18th century. Besides designating which native kingdoms ruled the coastal regions, it also locates European settlements, forts, and trading sites along the coast. The inset map and marginal legend identify individual ports by nationality. These European footholds were used in the slave trade and to export natural resources like gold.
date
["1771"]
year
1771
rights
No known copyright restrictions.
rightsUri
No known restrictions on use.
reuseAllowed
no restrictions
language
English
identifierLocal
06_01_014251
creators
Bowles, Carington, 1724-1793
institution
Boston Public Library
collections
American Revolutionary War-Era Maps
Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center Collection
subjects
Coasts--Africa--Maps
Africa--Maps--Early works to 1800
subjectsGeographic
Africa
genreBasic
Maps
typeOfResource
Cartographic
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pageCount
1
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pubPlace
London
publisher
Carington Bowles
Source extras
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sf268508b
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dn39z222j
schema:latitude
2.383
schema:longitude
16.066
extent
1 map : hand-colored ; 48 x 47 cm
notes
Boston Public Library copy removed from Bowles' A general atlas of thirty-six new and correct maps. [London : Carington Bowles, 1771?].
Relief shown pictorially.
Inset: A correct chart of the Gold Coast according to the Sr. Danville.
Includes text.
This map can be viewed as a georeferenced overlay in an interactive application made especially for We Are One: Mapping America's Road from Revolution to Independence http://d2o8owo4k087al.cloudfront.net/index.html?mapId=29.
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3f462v55b
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map
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photo
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