Maps
The Clements Library Map Division holds several 18th century maps of the Barbary region. Click on a map for further details.
The William Petty Lord Shelburne papers contain a 1766 report entitled Some account of the trade carried on by the Tripoline Moors to the inland parts of Africa, which includes a map of the inland trade of Tripoli: Volume 111, page 243.
Robert McAdams and S. Cock’s 1817 captivity narrative, “The Narrative of Robert Adams, an American Sailor, Who Was Wrecked On the Western Coast of Africa, In the Year 1810…,” features a map of Africa.
Jacques Nicolas Bellin’s 1764 atlas Le Petit Atlas Maritime; Recueil De Cartes Et Plans Des Quatre Parties Du Monde… contains a map of Algiers.
Jacques Nicolas Bellin’s 1764 atlas “Le Petit Atlas Maritime; Recueil De Cartes Et Plans Des Quatre Parties Du Monde…” contains a map of the Barbary Coast.
Jacques Nicolas Bellin’s 1764 atlas “Le Petit Atlas Maritime; Recueil De Cartes Et Plans Des Quatre Parties Du Monde…” contains a map of Tripoli.
Jacques Nicolas Bellin’s 1764 atlas “Le Petit Atlas Maritime; Recueil De Cartes Et Plans Des Quatre Parties Du Monde…” contains a depiction of Tunis.