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| Keywords: 1827 Finley Map of Africa - Geographicus - Africa-finley-1827.jpg A beautiful example of Finley's important 1827 map of Africa This uncommon map predates the explosion of African exploration that occurred in the mid 19h century Muchof the inteior remains unknown The Ptolemaic Mountains of the Moon are drawn stretching across the central part of the continent with the suggestions that they are the source of several branches of the Nile Several speculative courses are drawn for the Niger River one of which joins it to the Nile another of which flows south of the Mountains of the Moon into the Congo and yet another of which correctly bends southwards to empty into the Bight of Biafra Identifies numerous African tribes throughout including the Pomba Jaga Tbook Tuareg Tibboos Bambara and others Also identifies a land of Cannibals in Mozambique Title and scale in lower left quadrant Engraved by Young and Delleker for the 1827 edition of Anthony Finley's General Atlas 1827 undated Size in 9 11 5 object history credit line accession number Africa-finley-1827 Finley Anthony <i>A New General Altas Comprising a Complete Set of Maps representing the Grand Divisions of the Globe Together with the several Empires Kingdoms and States in the World; Compiled from the Best Authorities and corrected by the Most Recent Discoveries</i> Philadelphia 1827 Geographicus-source PD-old-100 Anthony Finley Maps by Anthony Finley 1827 maps 1820s maps of Africa | ||||
