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| Keywords: 1730 Toms Map of Central Africa - Geographicus - Africa-toms-1730.jpg A very curious map of central Africa dating to approximately 1730 Covers the mid-section of Africa roughly from the Gulf of Guinea and the Atlantic eastward to the Red Sea and the horn Extends southward as far as modern day Tanzania Full of curious and often spurious information Identifies the kingdoms of the Axuxmites in modern day Ethiopia as well as the Nubians the Amanites and many other mysterious peoples In the west the map the Niger River begins and ends without a source or oceanic outlet Further east the map follows the course of the Nile river southward past the lands of the Elephantophagi to two mysterious lakes These great lakes at the foot of the mountains of the moon were part of a long enduring myth in African cartography that dates to the works of Claudius Ptolemy In fact though issued nearly 1600 years after Ptolemy ™s death most of the information here is based directly on his work Cartographically this map is very similar to Culver ™s map of the same name issued in 1736 1729 Size in 12 25 8 25 object history credit line accession number Africa-toms-1730 Geographicus-source PD-Art-100 Images from Geographicus 1730s maps of Africa 1730 maps Old maps of the Nile Maps in Latin | ||||
