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The following maps refer to the Windward Coast and that part of Africa stretching from Senegal to Sierra Leone.They were collected in the 1970s.    

Freetown and Bullom Shore: Maps include:

  • a. Map of Liberated African Villages, c. 1827. Source: CO267, volume 81, item #79, Campbell to Bathurst, 19 November 1827, enclosure.
  • b. This map from 1855 shows major roads/paths and towns along the Rokelle River and Port Loko Creek. Source: CO267, volume 247, item number uncertain, dated 1855.
  • c. Approximate Boundaries of the Territories of Native Tribes. This map from 1878 lists the names of tribal groups and territories, name of towns and rivers, and names of rulers. The map covers the area from the Rio Pongo on the north to Freetown on the south. Source: CO267, volume 334, item 34, Rowe to Secretary, 23 March 1878.
  • d. Sierra Leone Treaties: Map of coast from the River Dubreka north of Conakry to Freetown. It contains the dates of treaties signed between British officials and chiefs, beginning with the treaty of 1818 regarding the Iles de Los and that of 1873 in the Scarcies. The date of this map is uncertain. Source: CO287, volume 11.
  • e. Map of the Countries of the Coast: This map covers the coast from the Rio Pongo to Freetown. It is similar to the preceding map. Source: CO879, volume 11.
  • f. A General Sketch of the Harbour of Sierra Leone,” c.1789. Source: Carl Bernhard Wadstrom, Observations on the Slave Trade, and a description of some part of the coast of Guinea, during a voyage, made in 1787, and 1788 (London: James Phillips, 1789).
  • g. Map of the Freetown settlement, c.1794. Source: Sierra Leone Company, Substance of the Report Delivered by the Court of Directors of the Sierra Leone Company, Delivered to the General Court of Proprietors . . . 27th March, 1794 (London: James Phillips, 1794).
  • h. Ethnic groups near Freetown. Source: unknown. 

Fuuta Jaloo: Maps include:

Gambia: Maps include:

Iles de Los: Maps include:

  • a. This is an English language version of “the Volcanic Islands named Ilhas dos Idolos” by Wm Woodville, c.1777. Source: unknown.
  • b. This is a French version of the above. Source: Bibliothéque nationale de France.
  • c. This map from the Log of the Sandown, closely resembles that drawn by Golberry. Source: National Maritime Museum-Greenwich, Log/M/21, “A Journal of an Intended Voyage, by Gods permission, from London towards Africa from thence to America in the Good Ship Sandown, by Samuel Gamble, Commander.”

Portuguese Guinea: Maps include:

Rio Nunez: Maps include:

Rio Pongo: Maps include:

  • a. Map of the Pongas Country in West Africa, c. 1858. This map shows the stations of the West Indian Mission, names of principal landlords, trade paths, names of towns, land locations of churches. It also gives the names of prominent hills and local names for rivers. Source: unknown.
  • b. This map of the Fuuta Jaloo has a small map of the Rio Pongo. Source: Aimé Olivier, De l’Atlantique au Niger par le Foutah-Djallon (Paris: P. Ducrocq: 1882), end.
  • c. This map includes an insert of the Rio Pongo c.1862 and inserts of the Rio Nunez, Gabon, Casamance. Source: “Les Colonies Francaises,” Revue Maritime et Coloniale 9(1863), p.64.
  • d. Map of the course of the rivers of Salum, Casamance, Cassini, Pongo, Mallecory, c.1860. This shows the factories of major traders in the upper Pongo, and a trade path overland to the Nunez. Source: Bulletin de la Société de Géographie Paris (1860), p.532.
  • e. This map of the mouth of the Rio Pongo, 1876, shows major towns and cross country paths. It comes from “Le Rio-Pongo”, Les Missions Catholiques 8 (1876), 9.
  • f. This map of the Rio Pongo was drawn from information supplied by Rev. Barrow c. 1925, and shows the position of stations of the West Indian Mission. Source: S.H.M. Jones, The Diocese of Gambia and the Rio Pongas 1935-1951 (Banjul), 14.
  • g. This map of the Rio Pongo was drawn from information supplied by Rev. Barrow, and shows the position of stations of the West Indian Mission. Source: A. H. Barrow, Fifty Years in Western Africa (London: SPCK, 1900), frontis.
  • h. Map of the west coast of Africa from Saint Louis to Sierra Leone, by Vallon, 1860. Inset map of the Rio Pongo. Source: Bulletin de la Sociètè de Gèographie Paris , part 1 (1860), p.532R.
  • i. Detail of Rio Pongo, c1860, from h above. Source: Bulletin de la Sociètè de Gèographie Paris , part 1 (1860), p.532R.
  • j. Detail of Rio Pongo. Source: “Operations militaries dans la colonie du Sénégal et Dépendances, pendant les années 1862, 1863 et 1864,” Revue Maritime et Coloniale, 7 (1964), p.758R.
  • k. “Map of the Pongas or Fattalah Country.” Source: unknown.
  • l. This is a detail from “Côte Occidentale d’Afrique: Carte générale des dépendances du Sénégal dites Rivières du Sud.” It is particularly good in showing trade paths joining the Nunez, Pongo, and Dubreka and Labe and Timbo. Source: Ch. Bour, “Les Dépendances du Sénégal: Géographie — Population — Productions — Commerce — Colonisation. Les rivières du sud (26-29). Le Rio-Pongo (29-71). Le rivière Bramaya (71-76). Le rivière Dubréka (76-79). Le Conakry (79-82). Revue Maritime et Coloniale, 85 (1885), 26-82.
  • m. This detail from “Côte Occidentale d’Afrique: Carte du Rio Pongo et de ses affluences” is particularly good for trade paths and names of small towns. Source: Ch. Bour, “Les Dépendances du Sénégal: Géographie — Population — Productions — Commerce — Colonisation. Les rivières du sud (26-29). Le Rio-Pongo (29-71). Le rivière Bramaya (71-76). Le rivière Dubréka (76-79). Le Conakry (79-82). Revue Maritime et Coloniale, 85 (1885), 26-82.

Senegal: Maps include:

Sierra Leone and the S. L. River: Maps include:

Slave Coast: Maps include:

Sumbuya and Moria: Maps include: