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

Date Published: 1764
Contributor: bookseller John Bowles; bookseller Carington Bowles; former owner Joseph J Williams (Joseph John)
Publisher: London; Printed for John Bowles in Cornhil, and Carington Bowles in St. Pauls Church Yard
Subject: 18th century; Africa; Angola; Colonies; Early works to 1800; Forts; Maps; Gold Coast
Type: Map
Language: English
Short Title: A New and Correct Map of the Coast of Africa
Rights: Public Domain; https://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/public-domain/
Temporal Coverage: 18th century
Abstract: Relief show pictorially., Horizontal bar scale given in English leagues "of which 239 L make a degree at the equator" with equivalents in Portuguese leagues and Dutch miles., At right "Explanation of the coast of Africa &c"; with numbered references 1-34., Inset: A Correct chart of the Gold Coast according to Sr. Danville on a larger scale., Carington Bowles traded at St. Paul's Churchyard from 1764., A reissue of this map, with imprint dated 1771, appears in Carington Bowles's General atlas of thirty-six new and correct maps (1771).
lccn: G8735 1764 .N49 FLAT STORAGE
Provenance: John J. Burns Library at Boston College