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Map Carte de la Barbarie, le la Nigritie et del la Guinée Carte de la Barbarie, de la Nigritie et del la Guinée

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Title

  • Carte de la Barbarie, le la Nigritie et del la Guinée

Other Title

  • Carte de la Barbarie, de la Nigritie et del la Guinée

Summary

  • "Jan Barend Elwe was a publisher and seller of maps who was active in Amsterdam in the period between 1777 and 1815. He is best known for his pocket atlases of the Netherlands (1786) and of Germany (1791). Many of Elwe's publications were reprints of earlier maps by well-known European cartographers. He reissued several maps by the great French mapmaker Guillaume de l'Isle, including this 1792 map of West and North Africa, which de l'Isle first published in 1707." World Digital Library.

Names

  • L'Isle, Guillaume de, 1675-1726.
  • Elwe, Jan Barend.

Created / Published

  • A Amsterdam : Chez Ian Bt. Elwe, 1792.

Headings

  • -  Africa, North--Maps--Early works to 1800
  • -  Africa, West--Maps--Early works to 1800
  • -  Africa, North

Notes

  • -  LC copy stamped on: 626888.
  • -  Prime meridian: Ferro.
  • -  Relief shown pictorially.
  • -  Available also through the Library of Congress web site as a raster image.

Medium

  • 1 map : hand col. ; 49 x 58 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • G8220 1792 .L5

Repository

  • Library of Congress Geography and Map Division Washington, D.C. 20540-4650 dcu

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 98687196

Online Format

  • image

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Chicago citation style:

L'Isle, Guillaume De, and Jan Barend Elwe. Carte de la Barbarie, le la Nigritie et del la Guinée. A Amsterdam: Chez Ian Bt. Elwe, 1792. Map. https://www.loc.gov/item/98687196/.

APA citation style:

L'Isle, G. D. & Elwe, J. B. (1792) Carte de la Barbarie, le la Nigritie et del la Guinée. A Amsterdam: Chez Ian Bt. Elwe. [Map] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/98687196/.

MLA citation style:

L'Isle, Guillaume De, and Jan Barend Elwe. Carte de la Barbarie, le la Nigritie et del la Guinée. A Amsterdam: Chez Ian Bt. Elwe, 1792. Map. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/98687196/>.