Description: Map of Africa in the 17th & 18th centuries. Map is color-coded to show the possessions of European powers established in India, circa 1790. Place Names: Abyssinia, Algeria, Cape Town, Congo, Egypt, Guinea, Madagascar, Morocco, Tripoli ISO Topic Categories: oceans, location, inlandWaters, boundaries Keywords: Africa in the XVIIth & XVIIIth Centuries, political, local jurisdictions, country borders, major political subdivisions, oceans, location, inlandWaters, boundaries, Unknown, 1783 Source: Ward, Prothero, and Leathes, The Cambridge Modern History Atlas (New York, NY: The Macmillan Company, 1912) Map Credit: Courtesy The Private Collection of Roy Winkelman |
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