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Examples of the Progress of African Cartography, illustrating Mr. E.G. Ravenstein's Paper

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Title
Examples of the Progress of African Cartography, illustrating Mr. E.G. Ravenstein's Paper
Creator
Ravenstein, Ernst Georg, 1834-1913  
Place of Publication
England
Date
1891
Coverage-Spatial
Africa  
Subject
  • Early works to 1800  
  • Cartography--Africa--History  
  • Africa--Historical geography  
Keyword
  • Rivers  
  • Historical geography  
  • Coastlines  
  • Cities and towns  
Type
Cartographic material  
Dimensions
19.3 x 22.4 cm.
Language
eng  
2Source
Scottish geographical magazine, v. 7, between pp. 310-311.
Physical Location
stx
Cartographic Scale
Scales differ
Notes
Eight maps on 1 sheet: Ptolemy, A.D. 130 -- Ptolemy's Nile Lakes adjusted... -- Geograph. Fragment... -- Fra Mauro, 1457 -- Hylacomilus 1522 -- M. Behaim 1492 -- Edrisi, 1154 -- G. Gastaldo 1548. Relief shown pictorially.
Color
Printed color
Call Number
910_5SC
Map No. in Bassett and Scheven Bibliography
396
Technique
Lithography
JPEG2000 URL
http://africanmapimages.grainger.illinois.edu/afm0000396.jp2
Map ID
afm0000396
Collection Title
Maps of Africa to 1900
Repository
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Map Library
Collection
Maps of Africa to 1900
TitleExamples of the Progress of African Cartography, illustrating Mr. E.G. Ravenstein's Paper
CreatorRavenstein, Ernst Georg, 1834-1913  
Place of PublicationEngland
Date1891
Coverage-SpatialAfrica  
Subject
  • Early works to 1800  
  • Cartography--Africa--History  
  • Africa--Historical geography  
Keyword
  • Rivers  
  • Historical geography  
  • Coastlines  
  • Cities and towns  
TypeCartographic material  
Dimensions19.3 x 22.4 cm.
Languageeng  
2SourceScottish geographical magazine, v. 7, between pp. 310-311.
Physical Locationstx
Cartographic ScaleScales differ
NotesEight maps on 1 sheet: Ptolemy, A.D. 130 -- Ptolemy's Nile Lakes adjusted... -- Geograph. Fragment... -- Fra Mauro, 1457 -- Hylacomilus 1522 -- M. Behaim 1492 -- Edrisi, 1154 -- G. Gastaldo 1548. Relief shown pictorially.
ColorPrinted color
Call Number910_5SC
Map No. in Bassett and Scheven Bibliography396
TechniqueLithography
JPEG2000 URLhttp://africanmapimages.grainger.illinois.edu/afm0000396.jp2
Map IDafm0000396
Collection TitleMaps of Africa to 1900
RepositoryUniversity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Map Library
CollectionMaps of Africa to 1900

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