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| Keywords: 1818 Pinkerton Map of Western Africa (Niger Valley - Mountains of Kong) - Geographicus - WesternAfrica-pinkerton-1818.jpg This fascinating hand colored 1818 map by Edinburgh cartographer John Pinkerton depicts Western Africa Depicts Africa roughly from the Salve Coast and Gold coast west through the Ivory Coast Guinea the Gambia and north past Cape Verde as far as Senegal Including numerous fascinating Tribal references such as the Kingdom of Brak the residence of the King of Geba or Cabo the Foulahs of Guinea and the Maniana Cannibals among others Offers interesting inland detail along the Niger River as far east as Timbuktu Tombuctoo The continent is bisected by the dramatic and mythical Mountains of Kong which based upon the explorations of Mungo Parks were presumed to be the southern barrier to the Niger River valley Much of the rest of the continent is blank and as such unknown Drawn by L Herbert and engraved by Samuel Neele under the direction of John Pinkerton This map comes from the scarce American edition of Pinkerton ™s Modern Atlas published by Thomas Dobson Co of Philadelphia in 1818 1818 undated Size in 28 20 5 object history credit line accession number WesternAfrica-pinkerton-1818 Pinkerton J <i>A Modern Atlas from the Lates and Best Authorities Exhibiting the Various Divisions of the World with its chief Empires Kingdoms and States; in Sixty Maps carefully reduced from the Larges and Most Authentic Sources </i> 1818 Philadelphia Thomas Dobson Edition Geographicus-source PD-old-100 Maps by John Pinkerton Old maps of Africa 1818 maps Maps in English Mountains of Kong | ||||
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