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| Keywords: 1865 Bellin Sea Chart of Western Africa ( Senegal, Gambia, Guinea, etc.) - Geographicus - WestAfrica2-bellin-1765.jpg This large nautical chart of Western African was produced by the French Cartographer Jacques-Nicolas Bellin Depicts Western Africa from The Canary Islands South through Western Sahara Senegal Guinea-Bissau the Gambia Guinea and Sierra Leone This is primarily a costal chart with depth soundings and navigational marks but does show the river courses and considerable interior details in the Cape Verde Islands The remainder of the interior remains largely unmapped There is a large decorative title cartouche in the upper left as well as a Depot del la Marine stamp in the lower right All in all an extraordinary sea chart of Africa ™s northwest coast 1865 Size in 35 22 object history credit line accession number WestAfrica2-bellin-1765 Geographicus-source PD-old-100 Maps by Jacques-Nicolas Bellin Old maps of Africa Old maps of the Atlantic Ocean 1865 maps | ||||
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