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Egitto nuova tavola.

Fine early map of Egypt and the Nile delta. Extends east to the Upper Red Sea and West to "Deserto De Marmarica". Nice detail in the lower Nile regions. Page ta...

Starting Bid: $80

Publisher: RUSCELLI, Girolamo.
Date: Venice, 1561

Barbariae et Biledulgerid, nova descriptio.

North-West Africa. Koeman speculated: In view of the important trading relationship between Antwerp and Africa, it is not impossible that the original was a manuscript ma...

Highest Bid:: $130 / ≈ €122

Publisher: ORTELIUS, A.
Date: Antwerp, 1587

2 bids

Regnum Monomotapae.

An important and rare map of Southern Africa and Madagascar. Southern Africa is filled with place names and rivers.On Madagascar there are only a few places on the coast ...

Starting Bid: $672

Publisher: METELLUS, J.
Date: Cologne, ca 1598

Plants found in the island of S. Laurenti [Madagascar].

‘ A’ denotes a tree with only a few twigs on the top. From this tree, canoes and boats are made. ‘B’ is a bush that the Dutch frequently encountered and was calle...

Starting Bid: $40

Publisher: DE BRY, Th.
Date: Frankfurt, 1598

Afrika Tabula Nova

Woodcut map of the African continent: Münster second map of Africa, based upon Ortelius' map of 1570, from the German edition of Sebastian Münster's 'Cosmographey: das ...

Highest Bid:: $195 / ≈ €183

Publisher: PETRI, H., after MÜNSTER, S.
Date: Basel, 1598

1 bid

Carthaginensis Sinus.

A beautifully miniature map by Petrus Bertius of the ancient city of Carthage and the more modern town of Tunis, first published in 1598. There are numerous features tha...

Starting Bid: $40

Publisher: LANGENES, B. / BERTIUS, P.
Date: Amsterdam, 1606

Aegyptus.

A fine miniature map of Egypt, published by Petrus Bertius in Amsterdam early in the seventeenth century. The lovely map and has a strap-work title, in the lower left cor...

Starting Bid: $40

Publisher: LANGENES, B. / BERTIUS, P.
Date: Amsterdam, 1606

Barbaria.

A nice miniature map of the north African region known as 'Barbary', published by Petrus Bertius in Amsterdam early in the seventeenth century. This lovely map also depic...

Starting Bid: $40

Publisher: LANGENES, B. / BERTIUS, P.
Date: Amsterdam, 1606

Fessae Regnum.

Charming small map of the northwestern tip of Africa with Fez showing as the principal city. Decorative title cartouche.From a Latin-text edition of Jodocus Hondius' Atla...

Starting Bid: $50

Publisher: MERCATOR, G. / HONDIUS, J.
Date: Amsterdam, 1608

[Lot of 13 maps/ views of Guinea] Guineae Nova Descriptio

[Lot of 13 maps/ views of the area]- Guineae Nova Descriptio. (Hondius) circa 1620- Carte de l'Entree de la Rieviere de Sierra Leona (J. N. Belin) Circa 1750- 't Ko...

Starting Bid: $240

Publisher: Jodocus Hondius
Date: Amsterdam, c, 1610