Africa with all its States, Kingdoms, Republics, Regions, Islands &c Improved and Inlarged From D'Anville's Map; to which have been added A Particular Chart of the Gold Coast, Wherein are Distinguished all the European Forts and Factories. Impressive

Africa with all its States, Kingdoms, Republics, Regions, Islands &c Improved and Inlarged From D'Anville's Map; to which have been added A Particular Chart of the Gold Coast, Wherein are Distinguished all the European Forts and Factories. Impressive 2-sheet map, hand colored with title cartouche showing a native man and woman reclining on seats covered with skins, while a child looks on. Inset at lower left shows "A Particular Chart of the Gold Coast ." Each sheet approximately 21 x 48 inches oblong, not joined. London: S. Boulton, 1800 E1,000/1,500 "This large two-sheet map of Africa was originally published by J. B. B. d'Anville [1749] He became very important as a cartographer in Europe when he reformed unconfirmed printed cartography and rejected plagiarism, which led him to leave blank spaces on maps where before they had been filled with figments of imagination and hearsay evidence."-Norwich's Maps of Africa. Second edition, 1997. [SEE ILLUSTRATION]