1791 James Rennell - SCARCE AFRICA MAP - Slave Coast Start Price USD 199.99 Current Price USD 199.99 Time Left - Bid Count 0 Buy It Now Price - Reserve Price - Start Time Thursday, November 20, 2008 End Time Saturday, December 20, 2008 Location North of Seattle See more about '1791 James Rennell - SCARCE AFRICA MAP - Slave Coast' Description 1       1.888.656.2006   or   1.604.922.2444       questions@voyager-press.com Search by Topic Africa America - North America -South Arabia - Middle East Arctic - Antarctic Asia - Central Asia - China & Japan Asia - Southeast Australia & Pacific Bibliographies Europe Globes Graphic Arts Literature Maps & Prints Mountaineering Natural History Russia Sciences Signed & Inscribed Sir Richard F. Burton     The Exceedingly Scarce Rennell Map of Northern Africa! Map Title: Skizze des Nordlichen Theils von Africa, nach den Geographischen Nachrichten welche die Afrikanische Gesellschaft gesammelt hat zusammengetragen von J. Rennell 1790. Von neuen projectirt und mit Entdeckungen auf der Sklavenküste und der Reise des Herrn Bruce's zur Quelle des Nils bereichert durch D. F. Sotzmann. Printed: 1791 The seldom found North Africa Map by James Rennell illustrating the latest discoveries known of Slave Coast and in Northern Africa in 1790, though so very little was known at all, when Africa was considered impenetrable. Also showing routes from James Bruce's epic journey and search for the Nile source. This map was produced prior to Mungo Park's expedition, when virtually nothing was known of Africa's vast interior. An inset shows the coast of Benin, drawn by Roberts Norris. Original Antique Engraved Map, Very Good condition and well preserved, remarkably bright and with strong impression. Map text is in German. At widest margins, sheet measures approximately 20 inches x 15 inches (51.5cm x 38cm). A most desirable early Africa map elucidating pioneering work of foremost explorers. Major James Rennell (1742-1830), is known as the "Father of Indian Geography", and "the Father of Oceanography" for his work charting ocean currents in the Indian and Ocean and around Africa. He performed important studies on the geography of northern Africa, evident in his introductions to the travel narratives of Mungo Park and Hornemann. Rennell published a narrative in the Proceedings of the Association for Promoting the Discovery of the Interior Parts of Africa (1791), titled "The Construction of the Map of Africa." James Bruce made two journeys in 1765 among the Berber peoples of the interior and then traveled through North Africa, the Aegean, and the Levant. From 1768 to 1772 he was engaged in the adventures on which his fame depends. Traveling first up the Nile in 1769 and then along the Red Sea, he finally reached Massawa, the main port of what became the Eritrean province of Ethiopia, reaching the headstream of the Blue Nile, then thought to be the Nile’s main source. In 1790 Bruce released his five-volume work titled 'Travels to Discover the Source of the Nile'. Robert Norris was a British trader who travelled from Grighe on the Slave Coast to Abomey, the capital of Dahomey, where in February and December of 1772 he visited the King of Damoney. In 1788 Norris gave evidence on behalf of the Liverpool trade before the committee of the privy council appointed to inquire into the slave question following vigorous agitation by the abolitionists.   Powered by eBay Turbo ListerThe free listing tool. List your items fast and easy and manage your active items. Place a Bid!