Created by Anthony Finley (1790-1840) in the year 1827, American
Cartographer. “A beautiful example of Finley’s
important 1827 map of Africa. This map predates
the explosion of African exploration that occurred in the mid-19th century. Much of the interior remains unknown. The Ptolemaic Mountains of the Moon are drawn stretching across the central part of the continent with the suggestions that they are the source of several branches of the Nile. Several
speculative courses are drawn for the Niger River,
one of which joins it to the Nile, another of which
flows south of the Mountains of the Moon into the
Congo, and yet another of which, correctly, bends
southwards to empty into the Bight of Biafra.
Identifies numerous African tribes throughout,
including the Pomba, Jaga, Tbook, Tuareg, Tibboos/
Eboos, Bambara, and others. Also identifies a land of Cannibals in Mozambique. Title and scale in lower left quadrant.



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