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Afrikaans: Gedeelte van 'n ou kaart van Afrika, opgestel deur John Cary in 1805. Dit sluit in die "Berge van die Maan", wat volgens die antieke handelaar Diogenes aan die oorsprong van die Nyl sou lê.
English: Section of an old map from Africa, made by John Cary in 1805. The map includes the "Mountains of the Moon", which were deemed to be at the source of the Nile.
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Source http://libweb5.princeton.edu/visual_materials/maps/websites/africa/maps-central/central.html
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John Cary  (–1835)  wikidata:Q3446124 s:en:Author:John Cary
 
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J. Cary
Description cartographer, engraver, mapseller, printseller and graphic artist
Date of birth/death 23 February 1755 / 1754 Edit this at Wikidata 16 August 1835 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Corsley Mortlake
Work period 1788 / 1793 / 1797 Edit this at Wikidata
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