The Comoros Islands on maps of Africa from 1801 to 1825.

Date
1801 - 1825
Type
Website
Source
University of Alabama
Non-LDS
Hearsay
Secondary
Reference

“Historical Maps of Africa: 1801-1825,” University of Alabama Map Library, 2025, accessed October 22, 2025

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University of Alabama
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University of Alabama
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Transcription
[Map 1, “Iler Comore”]

Main Author: Bory de Saint Vincent, Jean Baptiste

Title/Description: Carte des Mers d'Afrique

Publication Info: Paris: F. Buisson, 1804; from Voyage dans les quartre principales iles des mers d'Afrique

Date: 1804

Scale: 1:66,500,000

Original Source: Courtesy of Geological Survey of Alabama

[Map 2, “Comoro Islands”]

Main Author:

Title/Description: Map of Africa, Exhibiting the Discoveries of the Modern Travelers, Park, Brown, Bruce, Vaillent &c.

Publication Info: Glasgow: W. and D. Brownlie, 1805; from A System of Geography; or A Descriptive, Historical, and Philosophical View of the Seven Quarters of the World

Date: 1805

Scale: 1:44,000,000

Original Source: Courtesy of Murray Hudson, Halls, Tennessee

[Map 3, “Comoro(s?) Islands”]

Main Author: Arrowsmith, Aaron and Samuel Lewis

Title/Description: Africa

Publication Info: Boston: Thomas and Andrews, 1805; from A New and Elegant General Atlas

Date: 1805

Scale: 44,352,000

Original Source: University of Alabama Map Library

[Map 4, “Comoro”]

Main Author:

Title/Description: Africa, from the Latest Authorities

Publication Info: Suffolk: C. Brightly and J. Kinnersley, 1806; from Rev. E. Bloomsfield's Geography, A General View of the World

Date: 1806

Scale: 1:49,750,000

Original Source: Courtesy of Murray Hudson, Halls, Tennessee

[Map 5, “Comoro Is”]

Main Author:

Title/Description: Africa

Publication Info: London: C. Cradock and W. Joy, 1810; from Guy's School Geography

Date: 1810

Scale: 1:84,680,000

Original Source: Courtesy of Murray Hudson, Halls, Tennessee

[Map 6, “Kom(o?)]

Main Author: Carey, Mathew

Title/Description: Africa According to the Best Authorities

Publication Info: Philadelphia: Mathew Carey, 1814

Date: 1814

Scale: 1:26,230,000

Original Source: Courtesy of Murray Hudson, Halls, Tennessee

[Map 7, “Comoro Illands”]

Main Author: Arrowsmith, Aaron

Title/Description: Africa

Publication Info: Philadelphia: Aaron Arrowsmith, 1814

Date: 1814

Scale: 1:43,000,000

Original Source: Courtesy of Murray Hudson, Halls, Tennessee

[Map does not display Comoro Islands. No screenshot included here]

Main Author: Thomson, John

Title/Description: North Africa - South Africa

Publication Info: Edinburgh: John Thomson, 1817; from Thomson's The New General Atlas

Date: 1817

Scale: various scales

Original Source: Courtesy of Murray Hudson, Halls, Tennessee

[Map 8, “Comoro Is.”]

Main Author: Aspin, Jehoshophat

Title/Description: Modern Africa with European Settlements

Publication Info: London: James Barfield, 1818

Date: 1818

Scale: 1:28,000,000

Original Source: Courtesy of Murray Hudson, Halls, Tennessee

[Map 9, “Comoro Islands”]

Main Author: Arrowsmith and Lewis

Title/Description: Africa

Publication Info: Boston: Thomas and Andrews, 1819; from A New and Elegant General Atlas

Date: 1819

Scale: 1:44,000,000

Original Source: Courtesy of Murray Hudson, Halls, Tennessee

[Map 10, “Comoro Is.”]

Main Author: Butler, Samuel

Title/Description: Africa

Publication Info: London: Longman and Company, 1820; from An Atlas of Modern Geography

Date: 1820

Scale: 1:47,520,000

Original Source: Courtesy of Adams Antiques, Northport, Alabama

[Map 11, “Comoro Is.”]

Main Author: Aspin, J.

Title/Description: Geographical and Historical Map of Africa

Publication Info: Philadelphia: Mathew Carey and Son, 1820; from Lavoisne's Genealogical, Historical and Geographical Atlas

Date: 1820

Scale: 1:34,848,000

Original Source: Courtesy of Murray Hudson, Halls, Tennessee

[Map 12, “Comoro”]

Main Author: Morse, Jedidiah

Title/Description: Africa

Publication Info: Boston: Jedidiah Morse, 1822

Date: 1822

Scale: 1:44,750,000

Original Source: Courtesy of Murray Hudson, Halls, Tennessee

[Map 13, “Comoro Is.”]

Main Author: Woodbridge, William C.

Title/Description: Africa

Publication Info: Hartford: Oliver D. Cook and Sons, 1824

Date: 1824

Scale: 1:40,032,000

Original Source: Courtesy of Antique Atlas

[Map 14, “Comoro Is.”]

Main Author: Hewitt, N.R.

Title/Description: Africa

Publication Info: Edinburgh: John Thomason and Company, c.1825; from the Edinburgh School Atlas

Date: 1825

Scale: 1:53,222,000

Original Source: University of Alabama Map Library

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