1570:
Created by Abraham Ortelius. "The standard map of
Africa for the last quarter of the sixteenth century …
In 1570, Ortelious published the Theatrum, an atlas
of fifty-three maps, the first collection of uniform-
sized maps depicting all the countries of the known
world—the first real atlas. Each map had text on the
back describing the country depicted and listing
Ortelius’s sources of information. The atlas was
phenomenally successful and revered, printed in
many editions in seven languages for more than
forty years (1570-1612), with an ever increasing
number of maps."



www.geographer-at-large..nl/2011/04/rediscovering-african-geographies.html?m=1

interesting....

Op where on earth did you get that.

what was the present day Zanzibar called?

the Zanzibar on the map is located in southern Africa.

natas22:
Op where on earth did you get that.

it's on the web.

No river Niger either.

or, the Niger is placed in central Africa.

Sauce?

1827, Created by Anthony Finley (1790-1840), 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/ Iboos, Bambara, and others. Also identifies a land of Cannibals in Mozambique. Title and scale in lower left quadrant. Engraved by Young and Delleker for the 1827 edition of Anthony Finley's General Atlas.”

1827, Created by Anthony Finley (1790-1840), 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/ Iboos, Bambara, and others. Also identifies a land of Cannibals in Mozambique. Title and scale in lower left quadrant. Engraved by Young and Delleker for the 1827 edition of Anthony Finley's General Atlas.”

noted

tpiander:

did you read the thread title, or you just jumped in because you were eager to type.

neither. I only said river cldnt av been in the map dt year because mungo explored it later.

I see 3 different maps there which is which?

SLIDEwaxie:
you missed your history class? didn't u knw when rivet Niger was discovered?

well, Google mongo park bro

did you read the thread title, or you just jumped in because you were eager to type.

OP: This your aba made atlas. Your point is that Biafra existed and there was no Oyo Empire abi? Kontinu

BIAFRA, BENIN and SOKOTO were the prominent territories that featured in pre-colonial maps of what is the present "Nigeria".

Biafra was and is a medieval/ancient territory comprising the present Eastern Nigeria and the Western Cameroons.

Therefore, It was not out of place when an Indigenous BIAFRAN, Frank Opigo, from Okrika in the present Rivers State, suggested that the new nation in the territory be given the name BIAFRA.

http://etc.usf.edu/maps/pages/6800/6887/6887.htm

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