Shows known mountains, rivers, ports, a few inland towns, and trade routes for the whole of Africa. 2nd ed. Prime meridian: Cape Verde. Coordinates approximate and based on Greenwich meridian. Based on a map in the 2nd ed. of Die Erdkunde im Verhältniss zur Natur und zur Geschichte des Menschen by Carl Ritter.
Image courtesy University of Cape Town Libraries, Special Collections: Maps scanned under the William and Yvonne Jacobson Digital Africana Program at UCT. If you have questions, please contact David Rumsey Map Center at rumseymapcenter@stanford.edu.
