Map of North Africa
Date
1809
Creator
Joseph Constantine Stadler (1750 - 1812, German) , Printmaker
After
James Grey Jackson (British) , Artist
Object type
Library reference
RCN45924
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 308mm
width (print): 246mm
width (print): 246mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Caravan routes across North Africa, including to Timbuktu, Mali. Showing the territory from ‘Barbary’, the Mediterranean coastline, south through the Sahara Desert and West African coast, to Sierra Leone, the Gold Coast and Benin.
Plate 13 from the book An account of the Empire of Marocco, and the district of Suse… by James Grey Jackson (London, W. Bulmer and Co., for the author, 1809).
The plate is inscribed above: ‘Page 237. Plate XIII.’. Inscribed below: ‘London. Published March 1st 1809. by G. & W. Nicholl, Pall Mall.’ With a cartouche: ‘Map shewing the TRACT across the DESERT, as followed by the Caravans from Fas to Timbuctoo; by Jas. G. Jackson. 1809.’
Plate 13 from the book An account of the Empire of Marocco, and the district of Suse… by James Grey Jackson (London, W. Bulmer and Co., for the author, 1809).
The plate is inscribed above: ‘Page 237. Plate XIII.’. Inscribed below: ‘London. Published March 1st 1809. by G. & W. Nicholl, Pall Mall.’ With a cartouche: ‘Map shewing the TRACT across the DESERT, as followed by the Caravans from Fas to Timbuctoo; by Jas. G. Jackson. 1809.’
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