Kort over Landkanten og de omkringligende Lande af Floden Sierra Leona og Sherbro.

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Title: Kort over Landkanten og de omkringligende Lande af Floden Sierra Leona og Sherbro.
Published / Created: [1749]
Copyright Date: [1749]
Publication Place: [Copenhagen] :
Publisher: [Niels Hansen Møller],
Abstract: Map of the coast of Sierra Leone in western Africa including Sherbro Island and River. Includes indication of shallows.
Description: "No. 4" in upper right corner; "IV.D." in lower right corner.
Coordinates not present on map and are approximated.
From Almindelig histoirie over reiser til lands og bands ... (Kjøbenhavn: Niels Hansen Møller, 1749), a translation of Collection of voyages and travels edited by Awnsham Chruchill and Thomas Osborne.
Inset map "Kort Over Floden Sierra Leona" gives the soundings for the mouth of the Sierre Leone River and shows location of present-day Freetown.
Extent: 1 map ; 22 x 15 cm
Extent of Digitization: Completely digitized
Scale: Scale not determined.
Coordinates: (W 13°30ʹ00ʺ--W 11°00ʹ00ʺ/N 9°30ʹ00ʺ--N 6°30ʹ00ʺ)., 006.500000, 009.500000, -011.000000, -013.500000, and a
Language: English

Format: cartographic
Genre: Maps
Resource Type: Maps, Atlases & Globes
Subject (Name): Churchill, Awnsham, -1728. Collection of voyages and travels. Danish.
Møller, Niels Hansen
Osborne, Thomas, -1767. Collection of voyages and travels. Danish.
Subject (Topic): Coasts--Sierra Leone--Maps--Early works to 1800.

Access: Public
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