Gambia

Eighteenth-century river charts trace the Gambia inland towards Eropina and Barrakunda as a route into the interior, and the...

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Eighteenth-century river charts trace the Gambia inland towards Eropina and Barrakunda as a route into the interior, and they form the backbone of these antique maps. Bellin, Schley and Kitchin connect its course with the Senegal river and the Senegambian country, and plans and views of Fort James, now associated with Kunta Kinteh Island, look closely at a fortified river site. Later maps show Bathurst, now Banjul, at the river's entrance and set the territory within British and French West Africa, while Survey Department mapping, maritime sheets and twentieth-century economic maps add further scales. The prints depict settlements, cotton plantations, an encampment and meetings between local rulers and the colonial governor.

Eighteenth-century river charts trace the Gambia inland towards Eropina and Barrakunda as a route into the interior, and they form the backbone of these antique maps. Bellin, Schley and Kitchin connect its course with the Senegal river and the Senegambian country, and plans and views of Fort James, now associated with Kunta Kinteh Island, look closely at a fortified river site. Later maps show Bathurst, now Banjul, at the river's entrance and set the territory within British and French West Africa, while Survey Department mapping, maritime sheets and twentieth-century economic maps add further scales. The prints depict settlements, cotton plantations, an encampment and meetings between local rulers and the colonial governor.

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