Some historical maps of the region of West Africa
1613 – Guinea Nova Descriptio – Jodocus II Hondius, Jr., Henricus Hondius, Gerard-Gerhard Mercator
Detail of a West Africa Map from 1640 – GVINEA by Willem Janszoon Blaeu, Sr. and Joan-Johannes Blaeu
A more detailed view of same map:
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Comparative digital examination of selected early maps of the Ivory Coast
See related:
- Early Days in African Historical Cartography ~ From the Portolan Charts to Printed Maps: Imagining and Imaging Africa in the Atlantic System – Part 1
- Early Days in African Historical Cartography: From the Portolan Charts to Printed Maps: Imagining and Imaging Africa in the Atlantic System – Part 2
- Commerce and Cartography on Colonial Frontiers: Reexamining American & African History ~ through Maps
- Old Maps & New Narratives: Digitizing Historical Maps to Analyze New Dimensions of the Atlantic Trade
- Maps, Stones & Plants: Agents of Empire and the Ecology of the Atlantic Trade
- A Tribute to Henry Louis Gates, Jr. …a Cambridge~Global Living Legend
- Castles and Dungeons on the Coasts and Islands: Retracing Some Steps in the Atlantic Trade
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Transition Studies 