File:1827 Finley Map of Africa - Geographicus - Africa-finley-1827, crop.jpg
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current | 11:43, 22 May 2018 | 1,179 × 1,001 (651 KB) | JMK | {{Information |description ={{en|1=A beautiful example of Finley's important 1827 map of Africa. This uncommon map predates the explosion of African exploration that occurred in the mid 19th century. Much of the interior remains unknown. The Ptolemaic Mountains of the Moon are drawn stretching across the central part of the continent with the suggestions that they are the source of several branches of the Nile. Several speculative courses are drawn for the Niger River, one of which joins it... |
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