General map of Africa. Accompanied with two columns of text within left and right margins, framing map print. Columns discuss historical context of general regions depicted. Cartographer indicates source of the Nile originating from the fictitious "Mountains of the Moon." Much of the continent's interior is not identified. Regions labeled generally and delineated by colored outlines. Title located at top center. Border surrounding map includes scale. Scale key not provided. Outermost decorative border encompasses map's print and accompanying text; features flora, vegetation, motifs, and some imagery. Hachures depicted off coast(s). Landforms and waterways located throughout. Single-paged, single-sided, horizontal map on laid paper with watermark. [Gift of Dr. Jack Franke]
Item: Description Générale de l'Afrique
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Original image part of the Maps of Africa, University of Texas at Arlington Libraries. Identifier: 2019-223, BuydeMornas_Description Générale del'Afrique_1761_UTA_2019-223
Identifier: 20086290
Title: Description Générale de l'Afrique
Creator: Buy de Mornas, M. (Claude), -1783 (Cartographer)
Description: General map of Africa. Accompanied with two columns of text within left and right margins, framing map print. Columns discuss historical context of general regions depicted. Cartographer indicates source of the Nile originating from the fictitious "Mountains of the Moon." Much of the continent's interior is not identified. Regions labeled generally and delineated by colored outlines. Title located at top center. Border surrounding map includes scale. Scale key not provided. Outermost decorative border encompasses map's print and accompanying text; features flora, vegetation, motifs, and some imagery. Hachures depicted off coast(s). Landforms and waterways located throughout. Single-paged, single-sided, horizontal map on laid paper with watermark. [Gift of Dr. Jack Franke]
Date Created: 1761
Coverage: 1760s
Category: Cartography - Maps and Atlases
Subject Term: Maps, Africa, Mountains, Mountain ranges, Mountains of the Moon, Nile, Rivers, Illustrations
Location: Africa
Collection: Maps of Africa
Language: French
Type: Still Image
Format: JPG
Publisher: University of Texas at Arlington Libraries
Rights Holder: University of Texas at Arlington Libraries, Special Collections
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Title: Description Générale de l'Afrique
Creator: Buy de Mornas, M. (Claude), -1783 (Cartographer)
Description: General map of Africa. Accompanied with two columns of text within left and right margins, framing map print. Columns discuss historical context of general regions depicted. Cartographer indicates source of the Nile originating from the fictitious "Mountains of the Moon." Much of the continent's interior is not identified. Regions labeled generally and delineated by colored outlines. Title located at top center. Border surrounding map includes scale. Scale key not provided. Outermost decorative border encompasses map's print and accompanying text; features flora, vegetation, motifs, and some imagery. Hachures depicted off coast(s). Landforms and waterways located throughout. Single-paged, single-sided, horizontal map on laid paper with watermark. [Gift of Dr. Jack Franke]
Date Created: 1761
Coverage: 1760s
Category: Cartography - Maps and Atlases
Subject Term: Maps, Africa, Mountains, Mountain ranges, Mountains of the Moon, Nile, Rivers, Illustrations
Location: Africa
Collection: Maps of Africa
Language: French
Type: Still Image
Format: JPG
Publisher: University of Texas at Arlington Libraries
Rights Holder: University of Texas at Arlington Libraries, Special Collections
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