MAKE A MEME View Large Image Ogilby Map of West Africa ( Gold Coast, Slave Coast, Ivory Coast ) - Geographicus - Guinea-ogilby-1670.jpg This is an extraordinary 1670 map of West Africa by English cartographer John Ogilby Depicts the African Gold Coast Ivory Coast and ...
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Keywords: 1670 Ogilby Map of West Africa ( Gold Coast, Slave Coast, Ivory Coast ) - Geographicus - Guinea-ogilby-1670.jpg This is an extraordinary 1670 map of West Africa by English cartographer John Ogilby Depicts the African Gold Coast Ivory Coast and Slave Coast from Guniea south through the modern nations of Sierra Leone Liberia Mali Burkina Faso Cote D ™Ivoire Ghana Togo Benin Nigeria Cameroon Equatorial Guinea and Gabon Ogilby modeled this map after the 1639 Hondius / Janesson map Here was can see the practice satirized by Jonathan Swift regarding the lack in information on the interior they had to place elephants for want of towns Indeed the interior is decorated with stylized renderings of African animals including lions elephants cheetahs and apes On the water several sailing vessels are depicted In the lower left an elaborate decorative Cartouche labeled the region simply Guinea On the bottom right two cherubic Africans haul a gigantic elephant tusk 1670 undated Size in 14 5 10 5 object history credit line accession number Guinea-ogilby-1670 Geographicus-source PD-Art-100 1670 maps 1670s maps of Africa 1670 Old maps of Sierra Leone 1670 Maps of the history of Liberia 1670 Old maps of Mali 1670 Maps of the history of Burkina Faso 1670 Old maps of Ghana 1670 Old maps of Togo 1670 Old maps of Benin 1670 Old maps of Nigeria 1670 Old maps of Cameroon 1670 Old maps of Equatorial Guinea 1670 Old maps of Gabon 1670 West Africa Maps by John Ogilby Maps in Latin Old maps of Burkina Faso Old maps of CĂ´te d'Ivoire Animals on maps Slave Coast
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