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Departement de la Marine
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English: Carte reduite d'une partie des costes occidentales et meridionales de L'Afrique depuis Cabo Frio ou Cap Froid...Single sheet. Hand col. engr. Medium: Sheet cut into rectangles and mounted on linen for folding into a map case. Physical description Note: Pink linen backing. Scale: [ca. 1:2 750 000 (lat)]. Cartographic Note: Border graduated for lat & long. Meridians of Paris, Tenerife & Isle de Fer. Rhumb lines. Scale in French and English marine leagues. Additional Places: Cape of Good Hope. Contents Note: 3 views: Cap de Bonne Esperance, Cap Falso, Cap Falso - Cap des Eguilles.
Duc 241:8/8 Bonne Esperance by Depot Mar
Date 1754
date QS:P571,+1754-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Dimensions Printed area 92 x 56cm, on sheet 95 x 66cm.
Source/Photographer http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections/objects/540383
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Acquisition Number: N37-1649
GGCC: 241:8
id number: DUC241:8/8
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Charts and maps

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