Subject: Africa - Western
Period: 1720 (circa)
Publication: Le Neptune Francois
Color: Hand Color
Size:
30 x 21.3 inches
76.2 x 54.1 cm
This is a dramatic, large-scale sea chart describing the Senegalese coastal kingdoms and the westernmost point in Africa, the Cap Vert Peninsula in Dakar. The map is inset with a small chart of the Isle de Goree. Two exquisite compass roses orient the map with north to the left.
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Condition: A+
Beautiful impression and wonderful old color with gold leaf on the compass roses and scales of miles.