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Carte de la baye des Mazelages ou Nouveaux Menages située dans l'Isle de Madagascar, par la latitude de 17 degrez sud

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Title Carte de la baye des Mazelages ou Nouveaux Menages située dans l'Isle de Madagascar, par la latitude de 17 degrez sud

Date 1670

Place Madagascar, Madagascar--Antongil Bay, Madagascar--Antongli Bay

Language French

Subjects Bays, Manuscript maps, Nautical charts

Description Sheet 13 of 115 (i.e. 117; includes sheets 71A and 106A) numbered leaves in the Cartes Marines Manuscript Map Collection, detailing French colonial interests worldwide, ca. 1640-ca. 1726.
Depths shown with soundings.
Pen-and-ink and watercolor (green, brown, yellow, red); mounted on cloth.

Summary Nautical chart of an unidentified bay on the northeastern coast of Madagascar, possibly Antongil Bay. On the chart, the bay is fed by two rivers on its west coast, and a third from the east. Shows 17 buildings comprising a French(?) settlement on an island at the north end, or head, of the bay. Also identifies the islands of "Jean Gomme" and "Isle Macambe" at the southern end, or mouth, of the bay. Cf. Grandidier, Alfred. Histoire de la géographie de Madagascar (Paris: Imprimerie nationale, 1892).

Extent 1 ms. map : hand col. ; 469 x 303 mm

Format Early works, Manuscript maps, Maps, Nautical charts

Archival Collection Title Cartes Marines Manuscript Map Collection, Edward E. Ayer Collection, Edward E. Ayer Manuscript Map Collection

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Call Number Ayer MS map 30 sheet 13

BibID 991647338805867

Projects Tag Edward E. Ayer Digital Collection

Rights Status No Copyright - United States

Contributing Institution Newberry Library

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IIIF Resource Type Canvas

Size 4473px × 6624px 84.80 MB

Filename 991647338805867_ayer_ms_map_30_sheet_13.tif

Unique Identifier NL11KLUO

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