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A new & accurate map of Negroland and the adjacent countries, also Upper Guinea : shewing the principal European settlements, & distinguishing w.ch belong to England, Denmark, Holland &c The sea coast & some of the rivers being drawn from surveys & the best modern maps and charts & regulated by astron.l observ.ns

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A new & accurate map of Negroland and the adjacent countries, also Upper Guinea : shewing the principal European settlements, & distinguishing w.ch belong to England, Denmark, Holland &c The sea coast & some of the rivers being drawn from surveys & the best modern maps and charts & regulated by astron.l observ.ns
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1 map; 35 x 43 cm, by Eman. Bowen ; Scale 1:10,000,000 ; Numbered lower left: 'N⁰56.' ; Includes one compass rose ; Includes a decorative title cartouche with native figures and fauna ; Includes geographical notes and shows principal settlements, with tents indicating areas inhabited by nomads ; Relief shown pictorially ; Prime meridian: London ; Covers west Africa from the Canary Islands to the Gulf of Guinea ; London : Publisher not identified
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Bowen, Emanuel, 1693 or 1694-1767
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1747
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No Copyright - United States, The images on this web site, from maps in the collection of the Melville J. Herskovits Library of African Studies and housed in the Government & Geographic Information Collection of Northwestern University Libraries are in the public domain in the United States, and as such, not subject to copyright restriction. The Libraries request users cite both the URL and Northwestern University Libraries if they wish to reproduce images from the repository. For access to higher resolution images please contact repository@northwestern.edu
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    Bowen, Emanuel, 1693 or 1694-1767 (n.d.). A new & accurate map of Negroland and the adjacent countries, also Upper Guinea : shewing the principal European settlements, & distinguishing w.ch belong to England, Denmark, Holland &c The sea coast & some of the rivers being drawn from surveys & the best modern maps and charts & regulated by astron.l observ.ns. Publisher not identified. https://dc.library.northwestern.edu/items/499c4781-0f96-4843-a86d-80faf3dc7001 (map)
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