PCT-56676

Antique Map of the African Coast by Bowen (1788)

  • Condition: Very good, given age. Some scattered spots of foxing in the margins and map. Two tiny wormholes in the left margin. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study image carefully.
  • Date: 1788
  • Overall size: 54.3 x 36.2 cm.
  • Image size: 46.4 x 21.6 cm.
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.. Antique Map of the African Coast by Bowen (1788)

Description: Antique map titled 'Drawn from d'Anvilles Map of the Coast of Guinea, Between Sierra Leone and the crossing of the Line.' Map of the African coast, Gulf of Guinea, from Sierra Leone to Gabon (this includes Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, Cameroon and Gabon). An inset repeats the part that is now Ghana (roughly between Takoradi and Accra), detailing which colonial power owned what. Published by J. Harrison, 1788.

Artists and Engravers: Made by 'Bowen' after 'Haywood'.