Map of Africa
Date
1748
Creator
Thomas Jefferys (1719 - 1771, British) , Engraver
Object type
Library reference
R62588
Material
Dimensions
height (print): 258mm
width (print): 275mm
width (print): 275mm
Subject
Description
Map showing the major regions, rivers and ports of Africa, crossed by the ‘Equinoctial Line’ [the equator] and the meridian of London. Framed with scales of latitude and longitude, the latter inscribed ‘Longitude East of London’.
Plate from The Gentleman’s Magazine, and historical chronicle…[edited] by Sylvanus Urban, v.18, (1748), facing p.80.
Inscribed within a cartouche, lower left: ‘AFRICA Drawn from the best MAPS, BY T. Jefferys, Geographer to his Royal Highness the PRINCE of WALES’.
Plate from The Gentleman’s Magazine, and historical chronicle…[edited] by Sylvanus Urban, v.18, (1748), facing p.80.
Inscribed within a cartouche, lower left: ‘AFRICA Drawn from the best MAPS, BY T. Jefferys, Geographer to his Royal Highness the PRINCE of WALES’.
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