Newberry Library - Carte des royaumes de Ivda et d'Ardre avec les confins des etats voisons

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Title Carte des royaumes de Ivda et d'Ardre avec les confins des etats voisons

Date 1715

Place Benin

Language French

Subjects Coasts, Manuscript maps, Slave trade

Description Sheet 6 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.
Pen-and-ink and watercolor (green, red, yellow); mounted on cloth.

Summary Shows the coast and interior of Dahomey (later Benin) during the Atlantic slave trade, outlining the native kingdoms of Ouidah (previously Iuda, Juda, or Whydah), Grand-Popo, and Ardrah, the French and English forts at Ouidah, and selected other settlements, including Xavier, Jaquin, Porto-Novo, Papeguay, and Appa (later Epe). Villages shown pictorially. Also includes untitled inset views of a native king giving audience and a royal residence (?).

Extent 1 ms. map : hand col. ; 449 x 706 mm

Format Manuscript maps, Manuscripts (Documents), Maps, Maps--Early works to 1800, Nautical charts

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

Rights Status No Copyright - United States

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Contributing Institution Newberry Library

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Call Number Ayer MS map 30 sheet 6

BibID 991630808805867

Size 8842px × 6044px 152.93 MB

IIIF Resource Type Canvas

Filename 991630808805867_ayer_ms_map_30_sheet_6.tif

Unique Identifier NL11KLUE

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Projects Tag Edward E. Ayer Digital Collection

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