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The Great Lakes of Africa
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- Published 1 June 1979
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De Fer, in 1715, shows a short fat swamp or lake unnamed, de L'Isle in 1722 a long narrow lake running due north and south and in this he was followed by the English geographer Emanuel Bowen in 1747.
But the majority of French cartographers drew Lake Maravi (Tanganyika) leaning at an acute angle to the right. This was the form adopted by D'Anville 1727, Nolin 1754, Vaugondy 1756, Janvier 1784 and Delamarche 1820. Brue in 1834 used the same shape but with a dotted or hypothetical outline and he also added the words 'Lake Zambre.'
In England the same delineation was used by Cary 1811, Thomson 1816, Hall 1829, Gilbert 1847, Black 1854 and Johnston circa 1860.
Some of the best maps of the period were publ ished by the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge. They were deservedly popular and were constantly revised with the latest information in succeeding editions. In the 1839 edition (above left) they showed Lake Zewa or Maravi leaning to the left. In the 1845 edition, publ ished by Charles Knight (above right) Lake Maravi disappears and its place is taken by an open-ended lake now named Lake Nyassa or the Sea .
Some of the best maps of the period were published by the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge. Typical of the period, they showed Central and South Africa almost completely blank. Of medium size, (roughly 315 x 310mm) they were deservedly popular and were constantly revised with the latest information in succeeding editions.
In the 1839 edition they showed Lake Zewa or Maravi leaning to the left. In the 1845 edition published by Charles Knight, Lake Maravi disappears and its place is taken by an open-ended lake now named Lake Nyassa or the Sea. The same shape was used by Lowry about the same time and was followed by the geographer Hall about 1840, by Black in 1854 and by Fullarton 1864.
John Arrowsmith in 1857 was one of the first to use the name Lake Tanganyika.
As usual, it was the French who introduced theoretical geography with some of the most curious formations for the inland lakes. Dufour's map of 1860 (above) left) shows one enormous inland sea according to the natives named Ubereww and Schnitzler published in Strassburg in 1861, another map (above right) showing a Lake Oubereve or Victoria Nyanza with a small Lake Maravi beneath and Lake Tanganyi ka to the right.
The discoveries of Speke and Burton, Speke and Grant, Baker and Livingstone, took some time to reach England and even longer before they were engraved, printed and generally diffused.
As usual it was the French who introduced theoretical geography with some of the most curious formations for the inland lakes.
Dufour's map of 1860 shows one enormous inland sea according to the natives, named Ukerewee and Schnitzler, 1860, in Strassburg published another map showing a Lake Oukereve or Victoria Nyanza with a small Lake Maravi beneath and Tanganyika to the right.
Speke's map of 1863 shows a completed Lake Tanganyika, Victoria Nyanza and Little Luta Nzige Lake (Dead Coast lake). Weller's map of about 1860 shows Lake Tanganyika, the southern half of Lake Nyanza, part of Lake Nyassa and Lake Shirwa. A later edition completes Victoria Nyanza and adds an uncertain Albert Nyanza. A similar map was given by Andriveau Goujon in Paris with Albert Nyanza greatly enlarged.
The mapping of the area, or rather printed representations of it, was completed in the 70s.
The discoveries of Speke and Burton, Speke and Grant, Baker and Livingstone, took some time to reach England and even longer before they were engraved, printed and generally diffused. Speke's map of 1863, illustrated above, shows a completed Lake Tanganyika, Victoria Nyanza and Little Lake Luta Nzige (Dead Coast Lake).
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But the majority of French cartographers drew Lake Maravi (Tanganyika) leaning at an acute angle to the right. This was the form adopted by D'Anville 1727, Nolin 1754, Vaugondy 1756, Janvier 1784 and Delamarche 1820. Brue in 1834 used the same shape but with a dotted or hypothetical outline and he also added the words 'Lake Zambre.'
In England the same delineation was used by Cary 1811, Thomson 1816, Hall 1829, Gilbert 1847, Black 1854 and Johnston circa 1860.
Some of the best maps of the period were publ ished by the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge. They were deservedly popular and were constantly revised with the latest information in succeeding editions. In the 1839 edition (above left) they showed Lake Zewa or Maravi leaning to the left. In the 1845 edition, publ ished by Charles Knight (above right) Lake Maravi disappears and its place is taken by an open-ended lake now named Lake Nyassa or the Sea .
Some of the best maps of the period were published by the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge. Typical of the period, they showed Central and South Africa almost completely blank. Of medium size, (roughly 315 x 310mm) they were deservedly popular and were constantly revised with the latest information in succeeding editions.
In the 1839 edition they showed Lake Zewa or Maravi leaning to the left. In the 1845 edition published by Charles Knight, Lake Maravi disappears and its place is taken by an open-ended lake now named Lake Nyassa or the Sea. The same shape was used by Lowry about the same time and was followed by the geographer Hall about 1840, by Black in 1854 and by Fullarton 1864.
John Arrowsmith in 1857 was one of the first to use the name Lake Tanganyika.
As usual, it was the French who introduced theoretical geography with some of the most curious formations for the inland lakes. Dufour's map of 1860 (above) left) shows one enormous inland sea according to the natives named Ubereww and Schnitzler published in Strassburg in 1861, another map (above right) showing a Lake Oubereve or Victoria Nyanza with a small Lake Maravi beneath and Lake Tanganyi ka to the right.
The discoveries of Speke and Burton, Speke and Grant, Baker and Livingstone, took some time to reach England and even longer before they were engraved, printed and generally diffused.
As usual it was the French who introduced theoretical geography with some of the most curious formations for the inland lakes.
Dufour's map of 1860 shows one enormous inland sea according to the natives, named Ukerewee and Schnitzler, 1860, in Strassburg published another map showing a Lake Oukereve or Victoria Nyanza with a small Lake Maravi beneath and Tanganyika to the right.
Speke's map of 1863 shows a completed Lake Tanganyika, Victoria Nyanza and Little Luta Nzige Lake (Dead Coast lake). Weller's map of about 1860 shows Lake Tanganyika, the southern half of Lake Nyanza, part of Lake Nyassa and Lake Shirwa. A later edition completes Victoria Nyanza and adds an uncertain Albert Nyanza. A similar map was given by Andriveau Goujon in Paris with Albert Nyanza greatly enlarged.
The mapping of the area, or rather printed representations of it, was completed in the 70s.
The discoveries of Speke and Burton, Speke and Grant, Baker and Livingstone, took some time to reach England and even longer before they were engraved, printed and generally diffused. Speke's map of 1863, illustrated above, shows a completed Lake Tanganyika, Victoria Nyanza and Little Lake Luta Nzige (Dead Coast Lake).
COPYRIGHT June 1979 The Map Collector, All rights reserved.
No portion of this article nor the accompanying illustrations can or may be reproduced without the express written permission from the copyright holder.
