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Map of Nigeria

Nigeria is a country on the coast of West Africa, bordered in south by the Bight of Benin and the Bight of Biafra (Bight of Bonny), both part of the Gulf of Guinea, by Niger in north, Benin in west, Cameroon in south east, and by Chad in north east by a boundary across Lake Chad. The nation shares maritime borders with Equatorial Guinea, Ghana, and S?o Tom? and Pr?ncipe

Antique map of East Indian Archipelago

Antique map of East Indian Archipelago, including, the Phillippines, Papua New Guinea, Borneo and Java from 1891. With Detail of Batavia (Jakarta)

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Capt Sir William Fraser

Capt Sir William Fraser, Bar F.R.S, (d.1818), one of the Elder Brethren of Trinity House, (1737 - 1818) on left a rolled chart of Papua New Guinea and holding a receipt for clear distance from sun and stars effects. He is know for the first to fix the longitude at sea through lunar observation

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