A general map of the River Sanaga or Senegal from the Falls of Govina to the Ocean; taken by a French engineer in 1718, & drawn by the Sr. d'Anville, from ye particular draughts publish'd by Labat.

Single sheet. Engr. Scale: [ca.1:3 500 000 (lat)]. Cartographic Note: Graduated for latitude only. Scale in French leagues. Contents Note: Main map has 2 insets: Location of Fort St Joseph; Plan of Fort St Joseph (slave booths marked). 2 additional inset maps: Map of ye entrance of the Sanaga or Senegal; Island of Sanaga, Senegal or St Louis.
Illustration from an eighteenth-century periodical.

Object Details

ID: G241:2/16
Collection: Charts and maps
Type: Chart
Display location: Not on display
Creator: D'Anville, Jean Baptiste Bourguignon
Places: Northwest Africa
Date made: [circa 1750]; 1756
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Printed area 24 x 40cm, on sheet 29 x 42cm.
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