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Carte du Congo et du Pays des Cafres
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Carte du Congo et du Pays des Cafres

Copper engraving handcolored with watercolor. Outline color. Relief shown pictorially. Printed in top border: "Carte Du Congo Et Du Pays Des Cafres Par G. De l'Isle de l'Academie Royale des Sciences." Printed in top border in upper left corner is a scale for marine leagues. Printed in lower right corner in border: "A Paris Chez l'Auteur sur le Quai de l'Horloge avec Privilege Janvier 1708." Written in ink in upper right corner: "74." Depicts southern and central Africa as well as Madagascar and other islands in the Indian Ocean. Dutch settlements in southern Africa are shown including Fort Hollandois and Hellenbok. Includes comments regarding native kingdoms and European settlements. Mountains, rivers and lakes and shown using pictorial symbols. Prime Meridian: Isle de Fer. Scale c.a. 1:9,100,000. Guillaume de L'Isle (1675-1726) was a cartographer and the Premier Geographer to the King in France beginning in 1718. His family played a significant part in the world of French cartography in the eighteenth century. At age 9, he drew his first map and at age 27 he became a member of the Académie Royale des Sciences. He studied under Jacques Cassini, acquiring knowledge in both mathemati

Date
1708
Place
Madagascar
Archive
Wikimedia Commons
Type
map
Original size
2,481 × 2,291 pixels

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Reason: its maker died more than 100 years ago.

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"Carte du Congo et du Pays des Cafres" (1708). Wikimedia Commons. Public domain. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:1708_map_of_Madagascar_by_Guillaume_Delisle_(detail_of_larger_Africa_map).jpg

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