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LANGENES,B., Baixos de Iudia., antique map, old maps

LANGENES,B. - Baixos de Iudia.
Amsterdam, Cornelis Claes, 1606, Uncoloured.. 85x124mm. Some minor age-toning of paper. Generally in good condition.
Early miniature view of a shipwreck on the islands located between Madagascar and Mozambique. In the foreground, a kind of big lobsters are catching shipwrecked passengers.

First published in 1598 in his Caert-Thresoor, the plates were executed by the most famous engravers in Amsterdam, i... (Click on title or image to go to item page)

$ 300
Approx. Euro 273

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LANGENES, B. / BERTIUS, P., Insulae & Ars Mosambique., antique map, old maps

LANGENES, B. / BERTIUS, P. - Insulae & Ars Mosambique.
Amsterdam, 1606, Uncoloured.. 85x125mm. In very good condition, lightly age toned, wide margins, dark impression. Latin text to verso. Some show through of verso text.
An very attractive miniature map of the Portuguese island of Mozambique in east Africa, published by Petrus Bertius, in Amsterdam at the beginning of the seventeenth century.
Engraved by Petrus Kaerius. It features a pleasant strap-work title, a pair of ships and men in a row-boat are seen offs... (Click on title or image to go to item page)

$ 125
Approx. Euro 114

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DE BRY, Th., Insulae et arcis Mocambique descriptio ad fines Melinde sita ebano puriss., antique map, old maps

DE BRY, Th. - Insulae et arcis Mocambique descriptio ad fines Melinde sita ebano puriss.
Frankfurt, 1607, Uncoloured.. 250x177mm. In good to mint condition.
Attractive bird's-eye view of Melinde harbor in Mozambique showing the fortifications with numerous ships at anchor in the protected harbor. The map is finely engraved and decorated with a large compass rose, coat of arms and title cartouche with the title in both Latin and Dutch.
From Theodor ... (Click on title or image to go to item page)

$ 300
Approx. Euro 273

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DE BRY, Th., Vera Duorum Indicorum in insula S. Maria., antique map, old maps

DE BRY, Th. - Vera Duorum Indicorum in insula S. Maria.
Frankfurt, 1609, Uncoloured.. 142x173mm. Text sheet with copper plate engraving with letter press in Latin. In very good condition, dark impression.
Showing the village of St. Angela and Spakenburg on Madagascar.

Theodore de Bry, a German engraver and book dealer, began a compilation of early voyages in 1590 and had published six parts at the time of his death in 1598. His widow, two sons, and another family member continued the wor... (Click on title or image to go to item page)

$ 150
Approx. Euro 137

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LODEWYCKSZ, Willem, [Fortress at Praia]., antique map, old maps

LODEWYCKSZ, Willem - [Fortress at Praia].
Amsterdam, Cornille Nicolas, 1609, Uncoloured.. 149x190mm. In good condition, paper lightly toned. Set in German text. Engraving is 149 x 190mm.
Text engravings from "Premier livre de l'histoire de la navigation aux Indes Orientales, par les hollandois, et des choses a eux advenues . . . ", being the classic account of the first Dutch voyage to the East Indies under the command of Cornelis de Houtman. the expedition left in 1595, after Holla... (Click on title or image to go to item page)

$ 80
Approx. Euro 73

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DE BRY, Th., Insula D.Helenae sacra coeli Clementia . . ., antique map, old maps

DE BRY, Th. - Insula D.Helenae sacra coeli Clementia . . .
Frankfurt, 1609, Uncoloured.. 215x285mm. Slightly age-toned. Good margins. A good and dark impression.
A fine perspective view of the Island of St.Helena in the South Atlantic. The location of the Island directly on the navigation route from Europe to the Cape of Good Hope meant that it became an important port of call for V.O.C. and European vessels sailing to and from Asia and Southern Africa in th... (Click on title or image to go to item page)

$ 750
Approx. Euro 683

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COVENS, J. / MORTIER, C., Carte de l'Egypte de la Nubie de L'Abissinie &c.., antique map, old maps

COVENS, J. / MORTIER, C. - Carte de l'Egypte de la Nubie de L'Abissinie &c..
Amsterdam, c. 1745, Original o/l colour.. 492x580mm. Printed on heavy paper, slightly age-toned as usual. Good impression. Excellent condition.
Detailed copper-engraved map of North-East Africa showing Guinea in the southwest through Ethiopia , the Red Sea to the Persian Gulf.
In the northwest, Tunis through Egypt and the Holy Land.
The map is from a Dutch edition of De L'Isle's work entitled, Atlas Nouveau, Contenant Toutes Les Pa... (Click on title or image to go to item page)

$ 500
Approx. Euro 455

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COVENS, J. / MORTIER, C., Carte de l'Egypte de la Nubie de l'Abissinie. . ., antique map, old maps

COVENS, J. / MORTIER, C. - Carte de l'Egypte de la Nubie de l'Abissinie. . .
Amsterdam, 1745, Original o/l colour.. 487x572mm. In very good condition.
Detailed copper-engraved map of North-East Africa showing Guinea in the southwest through Ethiopia , the Red Sea to the Persian Gulf.
In the northwest, Tunis through Egypt and the Holy Land.
The map is from a Dutch edition of De L'Isle's work entitled, Atlas Nouveau, Contenant Toutes Les P... (Click on title or image to go to item page)

$ 300
Approx. Euro 273

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VAN KEULEN, J. - Pas-Kaat vaneen gedeelte van de Aethiopische Zee behelsende de Kusten Zanguebar, Ajan en Abex, en een gedeelte van de Arabische Kust. . .
Amsterdam, 1753, In attractive strong original colours.. 505x890mm. Paper slightly age-toned. Generally very good for such a chart. Two sheets joined.
A finely engraved and detailed chart of most eastern tip of Africa, including Somalia, Djibouti, Yemen, Mauritius, and many other islands in the Indian Ocean.
Very rare: only included in 6th volume (so-called secret atlas) of Van Keulen's.
Latitude scale, compass ro... (Click on title or image to go to item page)

$ 4,500
Approx. Euro 4,095

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L'ISLE, G. de. / DEZAUCHE, Carte de l'Egypte de la Nubie de l'Abissinie.., antique map, old maps

L'ISLE, G. de. / DEZAUCHE - Carte de l'Egypte de la Nubie de l'Abissinie..
Paris, 1780, In original out line colours.. 490x618mm. In good condition.
Map of east Africa showing South Arabia.... (Click on title or image to go to item page)

$ 200
Approx. Euro 182

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ARROWSMITH, John, Nubia & Abyssinia., antique map, old maps

ARROWSMITH, John - Nubia & Abyssinia.
London, 1839, In original o/l colours.. 480x600mm. In very good condition. Tint split to lower centrefold.
A lovely looking steel engraved map of the portion of Africa that lies to the west of the Red sea. Mostly great deserts and the territories of nomadic African tribes are featured. Also engraved is Yemen, and the Arabian lands to the north. River Nile prominent. Many place names and physical features... (Click on title or image to go to item page)

$ 200
Approx. Euro 182

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EŞREF, Mehmet, [Ethiopia / Abyssinia - map with Ottoman script], antique map, old maps

EŞREF, Mehmet - [Ethiopia / Abyssinia - map with Ottoman script]
Istanbul, Şirket-i Mürettibiye ve Karacoğlu Matbaas&#, In printed colours.. 130x92mm. Chromolithography on thick paper. Sheet size : 11 x 15 cm (4.3 x 5.9 inches). Short left margin.
Post card size map in Ottoman script of Ethiopia from Mehmet Eşref’s ‘Küçük Atlas’, a rare portfolio of loose-leaf maps with text in Ottoman Turkish, published in Istanbul in 1909.
This is a fine little Ottoman map of Ethiopia, embracing the entire territory of that proud nation, the... (Click on title or image to go to item page)

$ 150
Approx. Euro 137

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