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This is John Pinkerton's stunning 1818 map of Africa. Nineteenth century mapmakers were particularly challenged by the difficult task of deciphering Africa. Despite a fairly constant flow of informati
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This is John Pinkerton's stunning 1818 map of Africa. Nineteenth century mapmakers were particularly challenged by the difficult task of deciphering Africa. Despite a fairly constant flow of informati

Date
1818
Place
Africa
Archive
Wikimedia Commons
Type
map
Original size
4,320 × 6,000 pixels

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Reason: its maker died more than 100 years ago.

Read from: Commons licence category: PD-old-100-expired; no CC BY, CC BY-SA, GFDL or deletion tag on the file page.

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"This is John Pinkerton's stunning 1818 map of Africa. Nineteenth century mapmakers were particularly challenged by the difficult task of deciphering Africa. Despite a fairly constant flow of informati" (1818). Wikimedia Commons. Public domain. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:1818_Pinkerton_Map_of_Africa_-_Geographicus_-_Africa-pinkerton-1818.jpg

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