Title: Map of Barbary, Nigritia and Guinea
Description
- Jan Barend Elwe was a publisher and seller of maps who was active in Amsterdam in the period between 1777 and 1815. He is best known for his pocket atlases of the Netherlands (1786) and of Germany (1791). Many of Elwe’s publications were reprints of earlier maps by well-known European cartographers. He reissued several maps by the great French mapmaker Guillaume de l’Isle, including this 1792 map of West and North Africa, which de l’Isle first published in 1707.
Creator
- L'Isle, Guillaume de (1675-1726)
Date Created
- 1792
Publication Information
- Jan Barend Elwe, Amsterdam
Language
Title in Original Language
- Carte de la barbarie le la Nigritie et del la Guinée
Place
Time
Topic
Type of Item
Physical Description
- 1 map : color ; 49 x 57 centimeters
Institution
External Resource
![Map of Turky [sic], Arabia and Persia](/static/c/150/reference/g7420_ct000169_thumb_home.gif "Map of Turky [sic], Arabia and Persia")
Last Updated: May 7, 2009
