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Number: 219
Continent: Africa
Region: Central
Place Names: Stanley Pool, Malebo, Mpumbu Nkunda, Nkuna, Congo
Year of Origin: 1889
Title: A Sketch of Stanley Pool by Compass
Sub-Title:
Language: English
Publish Origin: London
Height: 8.6
Width: 13.8
Units: centimeters
Size Class.: Small
Scale: 1 : 236,668
Color Type: No Color
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Cartographer: George May Powell
Engraver:
Publisher: African News, Vineland, New Jersey
Other Contributors: Henry Morton Stanley
 Herbert Probert
Northernmost Latitude: 4.3
Southernmost Latitude: 4.25
Westernmost Longitude: 15.45
Easternmost Longitude: 15.5
Measurement Notes: modern estimates
Notes: Source, verso cover of map#3949 'African News Map of Central Africa.' [see also book#1641 Central d.1889 'Life and Scenes on the Congo' by Herbert Probert]; Recently named The Pool Malebo, formerly Stanley Pool, originally known as Mpumbu, Lake Nkunda or Lake Nkuna by local indigenous people in pre-colonial times.
Last updated: Sep 27, 2021