West African Place Names -- Discussion

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West African Place Names -- Discussion

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In general, if you are looking for place names or for maps and other useful references, you should go to West African Place Names -- Reference.

You can use this topic to search for information that has not yet been added to the Reference topic.

You can also use this topic to ask for help with reading a West African place name or locating the place.
Give us a link to the log page(s) where it is mentioned and tell us approximately where it occurs on the page(s).

Note: Place names include lighthouses.



If you have information about a place name or find a useful reference, please help everyone by contributing it to this topic.

When contributing place names, try to provide as many of the following as possible:
  • Country
  • Name in log
  • Latitude and Longitude (preferably in decimal format with a minimum of one decimal place - two decimal places is the preferred format)
  • Current name (if different)
  • Link to more information
  • Also, in case of problems, a link to the log page(s) where it is mentioned would be helpful
Don't worry if you can't supply all the information. Your link to the page will enable others to search for the missing information.
(You can save us even more work by using the template provided, but that is strictly optional.)

Any kind of geographical information in this topic is always welcome. A Google Map covering a specific ship or area is a good example of a much appreciated contribution. We will collect them in the corresponding Reference topic.
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Absolutely right about Tantamquerry/kweri Point! :D
See this better detailed Hydrographic Office 1915 Admiralty chart: https://collections.lib.uwm.edu/digital ... 765/rec/22

All other places added to db, will appear on reference thread soon... it was quite a while since we added something to West African place names! :D
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Wonderful map!
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Definitely! Its called Jella Koffi on this map: https://collections.lib.uwm.edu/digital ... 8868/rec/8

Added to db, will update reference posts soon. Thanks Randi!
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Saint Anna de Chaves, São Tomé and Príncipe

https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorag ... 09-056.JPG
https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorag ... 08-108.JPG

https://www.davidrumsey.com/luna/servle ... 787~950051 gives Anna de Chaves as an alternate name for St. Thomas.
That seems the most likely in the present case.

https://www.geonames.org/2411293/baia-d ... haves.html shows the Baía de Ana de Chaves

https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id= ... up&seq=228 mentions a Pico de Ana Chaves.
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