COPPER PLATE ENGRAVING WITH ORIGINAL HAND COLOR ON PAPER
1790 MAP DEPICTS NORTHERN AND WESTERN AFRICA, HIGHLIGHTING THE “ZAARA OR GREAT DESERT OF BARBARY,” THE “KINGDOM OF NIGRITIA,” AND THE GULF OF GUINEA. THE LEFT MARGINS CONTAIN TWO EXTENSIVE TEXT PANELS TITLED “THE PRINCIPAL OUTWARD PARTS OF AFRICA NORTHERN PARTS” AND “SOUTHERN AND WESTERN PARTS,” OFFERING DETAILED GEOGRAPHICAL DESCRIPTIONS OF THE COASTLINES AND INTERIOR KINGDOMS.
ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED IN LONDON AS PART OF A SET OF FOUR. PLATE MARKS, COORDINATES, AND VARIOUS TOPONYMS ARE VISIBLE THROUGHOUT.
21 X 24.75 IN PLATE
29.75 X 33.25 IN FRAMED
LAURIE AND WHITTLE 1790 “NORTHERN AFRICA” MAP
COPPER PLATE ENGRAVING WITH ORIGINAL HAND COLOR ON PAPER 1790 MAP DEPICTS NORTHERN AND WESTERN AFRICA, HIGHLIGHTING THE “ZAARA OR GREAT DESERT OF BARBARY,” THE “KINGDOM OF NIGRITIA,” AND THE GULF OF GUINEA. THE LEFT MARGINS CONTAIN TWO EXTENSIVE TEXT PANELS TITLED “THE PRINCIPAL OUTWARD PARTS OF AFRICA NORTHERN PARTS” AND “SOUTHERN AND WESTERN PARTS,”…