Credit: ©The Royal Society
    Image number: RS.13835

    Map of the river Gambia

    Date
    1732
    Creator
    Thomas Kitchin (1710, British) , Engraver
    After
    Captain John Leach (British) , Explorer
    Object type
    Archive reference number
    Material
    Dimensions
    height (print): 210mm
    width (print): 327mm
    Subject
    Content object
    map
    Description
    Map depicting the various villages and distances between them along the river Gambia, here styled Gambra. It also features three figures of insects including a termite, locust and mantis.

    Inscribed ‘Map of the River Gambra from Eropina to Barrakunda by Capt. John Leach in 1732. Thos. Kitchin Sculpt.’

    From a collection of drawings and maps belonging to Alexander Gordon Laing, relating to his expeditions in West Africa.

    Alexander Gordon Laing (1794-1826) was a British explorer and the first European to reach Timbuktu. He was not a Fellow of the Royal Society.
    Associated place
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       > Africa
          > Gambia
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