Unmapping Africa

In the eighteenth century, European maps of Africa became increasingly empty. Rivers and mountains, kingdoms and towns that had been mapped for centuries disappeared and were replaced by empty, blank spaces. The blanks continued to characterise maps of the continent throughout the nineteenth century, a period of intensified exploration, expansion, evangelisation, and violence in the course of European empire building.

[JcoleMc]

You missed a very important map by Emanuel Bowen titled a New and Accurate Map of Africa

Which goes well with John Ogilby's book : Africa being an accurate description of the regions

[christopherrobin]

how does this not hundreds of thousands of views! I saw the likes and views and was surprised this is a masterpiece!

[mortenclarke]

Will you do other videos on the african kingdoms around 1600 - 1900

[HistoricalWeapons]

History these days, always have to mention Europe, doesn’t matter which continent.
there was a time before the Europeans when maps were being used in Stone Age. People were making maps such as the ancient Babylonians, Egyptians, Phoenicians, Assyrians etc, but this was not even mentioned in this video for a title called unmapping Africa. Sure the scale of these ancient maps were much smaller but a 10 second mention would’ve been great.

[buurmeisje]

Isn't this just making more accurate maps and not filling in the interior with details you don't know like they used to for artistic reasons?

[tomiv]

We miss this white man that could conqer world