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| Keywords: 1829 Lapie Historical Map of the Barbary Coast in Ancient Roman Times - Geographicus - AfriquePropre-lapie-1843.jpg An unusual and attractive 1843 map of the ancient empires of Mauritania Carthage and Numidia shortly after the end of the Second Punic War Depicts what is today known as the Barbary Coast around 190 BC The Empire of Carthage has been annexed as a Roman Province named Africa Propria Numida to the west of Carthage retains a semi-independent status because they allied with Rome in 206BC Still further west the kingdom of Mauretania has been established as the Roman Province of Mauretania Casariensis Exhibits the typical detail and scientific precision of Lapie maps Notes various trade routes topographical features and Oases Prepared by Pierre A Tardieu as plate no 14 for the 1843 issue of Lapie ™s Atlas Universel de Geographie Ancienne et Moderne 1842 dated Size in 21 5 16 object history credit line accession number AfriquePropre-lapie-1843 Lapie P and Lapie A E <i>Atlas Universel de Geographie Ancienne et Moderne</i> 1842 edition Geographicus-source PD-art Old maps of Carthage Old maps of Tunisia Old maps of Algeria Old maps of Libya 1829 maps Maps of Numidia Maps of Mauritania Pierre M Lapie | ||||
