Carte Reduite DES COSTES OCCIDENTALES D' AFRIQUE Premiere fouille contenant, Les Costes de Barbarie. . .

A beautiful map of the north western coast of Africa. The map was published out of Paris by the Department de la Marine in 1765. This scarce sea chart covers the north western coast of Africa from Fez down to Morocco.
It includes the Canary and Azores. As with most sea charts, the interior of the continent is predominantly void of any detail with the exception of a few river systems.
The coastal areas of the map are filled with depth soundings, anchorages, hazards, ports, bays, and capes. A good deal of the map is dominated by the Atlantic Ocean, which is shown under a web of rhumb lines, meridians, and lines of latitude. A large title cartouche ornaments the map in the lower right corner.