Detail View: David Rumsey Historical Map Collection: Africa
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Author:
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Arrowsmith, Aaron
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Date:
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1802
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Short Title:
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Africa
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Publisher:
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A. Arrowsmith
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Publisher Location:
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London
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Type:
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Case Map
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Obj Height cm:
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126
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Obj Width cm:
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147
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Scale 1:
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6,740,529
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Note:
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One of the first maps of Africa to show the true state of geographical knowledge of the continent, hence the vast areas of the map with no information - this was Arrowsmith's style when he mapped Africa, the America's and other parts of the world where geographic information was both unknown and evolving. From Mapforum #5 "...one of the greatest maps ever published. Arrowsmith simply stripped away centuries of accumulated myth, misconception and unsustainable guesswork, and took the mapping of Africa back to the bare bones of substantiated fact, leaving the interior as a blank canvas, a challenge to a new generation of explorers. As a picture, many of his predecessors of a century earlier would not have thought of publishing it, as a statement of intent it raised the standard for geographical accuracy above that practised by the vast majority of his contemporaries"
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Reference:
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MapForum #5
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World Area:
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Africa
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Full Title:
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Africa. To the Committee and Members of the British Association for Discovering the Interior Parts of Africa. This Map is with Their Permission most respectfully Inscribed, by their most obedient and humble Servant, A. Arrowsmith. A. Arrowsmith, London, Rathbone Place, November 1st, 1802.
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List No:
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6906.001
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Publication Author:
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Arrowsmith, Aaron
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Pub Date:
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1802
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Pub Title:
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Africa. To the Committee and Members of the British Association for Discovering the Interior Parts of Africa. This Map is with Their Permission most respectfully Inscribed, by their most obedient and humble Servant, A. Arrowsmith. A. Arrowsmith, London, Rathbone Place, November 1st, 1802.
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Pub Note:
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Aaron Arrowsmith (1750-1823) was the finest cartographer of his generation. Although he received little formal education it is believed that he was taught some mathematical instruction by William Emerson, an author of several books on the application of mathematics to the area of cartography. Around 1770, Arrowsmith moved to London to seek employment. It is believed that he worked for William Faden before joining John Cary Sr. in the early 1780s. There he provided the measurements for John Cary's early publication detailing the roads from London to Falmouth, his first signed work. Arrowsmith set up on his own n 1790 and over the next thirty years produced some of the most beautiful and elegant maps of the era.
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Pub List No:
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6906.000
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Pub Type:
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Case Map
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Pub Height cm:
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126
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Pub Width cm:
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147
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Image No:
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6906001
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Authors:
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Arrowsmith, Aaron
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