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| Keywords: 1770 Bonne Map of West Africa (Guinea, the Bight of Benin, Congo) - Geographicus - WestAfrica-bonne-1770.jpg A beautiful example of Rigobert Bonne's 1770 decorative map of West Africa Covers from the Gold Coast modern day Ghana south around the Bight of Benin Biafara to Gabon Congo and Angola Includes the modern day countries of Ghana Togo Benin Nigeria Cameroon Equatorial Guinea Gabon Congo and Angola As with most maps of Africa this map shows excellent detail along the coast and only speculation in the interior Give evidence of significant Belgian mapping activities throughout the Congo Names numerous African Kingdoms including Anzico Mujaco Bembe Lubolo Pemba Dembi Calbongo Bake-Bake Benin and others Attempts to map the Niger River as to flows into the Desert de Seth or Saghara but most of this cartography is speculative at best Drawn by R Bonne in 1770 for issue as plate no B 30 in Jean Lattre's 1776 issue of the Atlas Moderne 1770 undated Size in 12 5 17 5 object history credit line accession number WestAfrica-bonne-1770 Lattre Jean <i>Atlas Moderne ou Collection de Cartes sur Toutes les Parties du Globe Terrestre</i> c 1775 Geographicus-source PD-old-100 Maps by Rigobert Bonne 1770s maps of Africa Maps of the Kingdom of Kongo 1770 maps | ||||
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