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1766 Duke of Orleans Map

1774 AD: French Map Shows Negroland As “Peopled By Jews”

Posted on August 17, 2018November 5, 2023 By Dante Fortson No Comments on 1774 AD: French Map Shows Negroland As “Peopled By Jews”
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This map was a collaborative effort and shows the Kingdom of Judah in west Africa and Lamlem to the north as "peopled by Jews."
Link: Yale.edu Creator: Jean Baptiste Bourguignon d’Anville (Danville) Contributor: Emanuel Bowen, Solomon Bolton, Louis Philippe “duc d’Orléans”, and Malachy Postlethwayt Year: 1774 AD Title: Africa / performed by the Sr. Danville under the patronage of the Duke of Orleans ; revised and improved by Mr. Bolton ; E. Bowen sculpt.
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Africa, plate Ist., The northwest part / examined and revised by Mr. Bolton — Africa, plate II, The northeast part — Africa, plate IIId., The southwest part — Africa, plate IV, The southeast part.

Appears in Postlethwayt’s Universal dictionary of trade.1

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  1. Yale University. Africa / performed by the Sr. Danville under the patronage of the Duke of Orleans ; revised and improved by Mr. Bolton ; E. Bowen sculpt. https://collections.library.yale.edu/catalog/15512964 ↩︎
*The Omnidex*, Forgotten Migrations Tags:1774 AD, Africa, Central Africa, D'Anville, Dahomey, Duke of Orleans, East Africa, Edrisi, Emanuel Bowen, Falasha Jews, France, Lamlam, London, Negroland, Nigritia, Ptolemy, Slave Coast, Solomon Bolton, South Africa, Transatlantic Slave Trade, Universal Dictionary of Trade, West Africa, Whydah, Yale University

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