Coast of Senegal

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Item Information

Title:
Coast of Senegal
Creator:
Clarkson, Thomas, 1760-1846
Date:
[ca. 1789]
Format:
Maps/Atlases
Genre:
Manuscript maps
Location:
William L. Clements Library
Collection (local):
William L. Clements Library Collection
Subjects:
Slavery--Maps
Slave trade--Senegal--Maps
Places:
Senegal
Extent:
1 ms. map : outline col. ; 39.4 x 32 cm
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Scale:
Scale indeterminate.
Language:
French
Catalog Record:
Catalog record
Notes:
From Thomas Clarkson Papers (Clements Library).
Map of the coast from the Senegal River to the Saloum River identifying the boundaries of seven local kingdoms as well as towns along the coast.
Drawn to illustrate a series of letters written in Paris between December 30, 1789 and January 1790 explaining the African slave trade.
Identifier:
8696
Barcode:
B1940173