Original hand colored 1773 edition of "Africa, Drawn and Engraved from the Best Maps and Charts," by Thomas Kitchin.

• Each African kingdom and tribe thought to exist at the time is labeled, with boundaries delineated in color.



• The Jages, located in central Africa, are defined as Anthropophages or Men Eaters. The Khoi, in South Africa, are labeled Hottentots, considered a derogatory term today. Among the other named tribes and kingdoms are Loango, Monomotapa, Jinjiro, Magadoxa, Benguela, and Mandingas.



• There's a Dutch fort situated at the Cape of Good Hope, and the map also indicates the Grain Coast, Ivory Coast, Gold Coast, and Slave Coast sequentially along the northern shore of the Ethiopian Sea, an area more familiarly known today as the Gulf of Guinea.



• Among other labeled places and features are Negroland, Zaire River, Fort Christiansburg on the Slave Coast, the headwaters of the Nile, numerous islands in the Indian Ocean east of Madagascar, Strait of Gibraltar, Cairo, and the Red Sea.



• The map was published in A New System of Geography: or, A General Description of the World, by Daniel Fenning and Joseph Collyer, London; 1773.



• It has a decorative title cartouche and a distance scale calibrated in British statute miles.



• The image area measures 34 x 37.4 cm [13½" x 14¾"], and longitude is measured east of London.



• Condition:  The map is in very good condition, bright and clean, with two vertical folds, as issued, and no marks, rips, or tears. It is blank on the back, with no printing on the reverse side. Please see the scans and feel free to ask any questions.



• This is an original, authentic antique map, not a reproduction or modern reprint, and it is fully guaranteed to be genuine. We will include with your purchase a photocopy of the dated title page from the book in which it was published.



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