The Metropolitan Museum of Art recently featured one of our maps in an article on their website, titled “The Path They Trod: An Avenue of Mango Trees on the Loango Coast.” The featured map is Regna Congo et Angola published in 1700 by Gerard Valck and Petrus Pieter Schenck.
You can read the article here: http://www.metmuseum.org/exhibitions/listings/2015/kongo/blog/posts/the-path-they-trod
Niger Was Always There
The recent attention given to American activities in the North African country of Niger has prompted us to highlight the land, the people, and the