Map of Africa - Wells 1700 Location: London

Location: London

and expelled at the South Pole

The print captures the bustling maritime activity of the Malacca Straits

Condition: Hand-coloured copper engraving

Published in: Geneva

Map of Africa - Wells 1700 Location: LondonWellss Map of Africa (1700) Title: A New Map of Africk Shewing its Present General Divisions, Chief Cities or Towns, Rivers, Mountains & c. Cartographer: Edward Wells Origin: Oxford London, United Kingdom Date: 1700 Technique: Copperplate engraving with original hand colouring The Narrative: Geography for a Future King This map tells a story of royal education and the "Age of Enlightenment." Edward Wells, a mathematician and geographer at Oxford,