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Description Detail showing the Bight of Biafra from a map by Herman Moll, 1729, showing "NEGROLAND and GUINEA. With the European Settlements, Explaining what belongs to England, Holland, Denmark etc.
Date
Source Atlas Minor, originally published in 1727." 20.1 X 27 cm. Published in London. The map shows the area from the Tropic of Cancer to Cameroon. From The University of Florida Map & Image Library.
Author
Herman Moll  (1654–1732)  wikidata:Q1610319
 
Herman Moll
Alternative names
Moll, Hermann
Description British cartographer, engraver and publisher
Date of birth/death circa 1654
date QS:P,+1654-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
 22 September 1732 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Unknown placeUnknown place London Edit this at Wikidata
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London Edit this at Wikidata
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creator QS:P170,Q1610319

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