From Colony to Independence: Mid-19th Century Maps of Liberia
Posted by: Tim St. Onge
Last month, the West African nation of Liberia marked 170 years of independence. The country has a unique and complex history, with a pivotal era of its founding as a colony captured in maps. The Geography and Map Division preserves a collection of twenty maps of Liberia produced in the mid-19th century, covering several decades …
Posted in: 19th century cartography, African History