During their return voyage, the Portuguese were wrecked on a sandbank (the Seychelles?) From the debris they began building a smaller ship in which they hoped to return t...
Publisher: DE BRY, Th. Date: Frankfurt, 1598
Decorative and highly detailed map of Madagascar, including 2 decorative cartouches and other embellishments.The remarkable Vincenzo Coronelli (1650-1718), was a Francisc...
Publisher: CORONELLI, V.M. Date: Venice, 1690
Large and detailed sea of the Cape of Good Hope from Saldahna Bay to False Bay.Engraved by Guillaume-Nicolas Delahaye (1727-1802).Latitude and longitude scales, compass ...
Publisher: D'APRES DE MANNEVILLETTE. Date: Paris, 1745
Large and detailed sea of South Africa.Engraved by Guillaume-Nicolas Delahaye (1727-1802).Latitude and longitude scales, compass rose and system of rhumb lines, sounding...
Fine engraving of Paul and Virginie.Paul et Virginie (or Paul and Virginia) is a novel by Jacques-Henri Bernardin de Saint-Pierre, first published in 1787. The novel's ti...
Publisher: LE GRAND, A. Date: Paris, ca. 1790
Map showing the southern part of Africa with decorative rococo-style cartouche.Left and right box with geographical information for each part of the area. Printed on 2 pa...
Publisher: DESNOS / BRION Date: Paris, 1790
Map of the Catholic Missions in South Africa. Inset map of L'Ile St. Hélène.Published as supplement of the Les Missions Catholiques. To the lower right an inset key to ...
Publisher: LES MISSIONS CATHOLIQUES Date: Paris, Monrocq, 1902