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.Tabu nova partis Aphri.
Based on Waldseemüller's map. The maps show Northern Africa as it was known to Europeans at the first part of the 16th century. There is great details across north Afric...
Date: Lyons, M. Servetus, 1535
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[West Africa]
Second block. West Africa, from the Tropic of Cancer south to St Thomas. The interior is filled with lions, elephants, monkeys and camels, with a fenced native village. O...
Date: Venice, 1563
Argumentum I. Primus Lufitanorum cum Sogni praefecto congreffus, eiusdemque Baptismus, de quibus lib. 2 cap 2. fit mentio. (The arrival of the Portuguese in the county Sogno)
The arrival of the Portuguese in the county Sogno. When the Portuguese first discovered the county and the inhabitants of Sogno, they were taken for gods and received wit...
- $125 / ≈ €115
Date: Frankfurt, 1598
Argumentum IV. Habitus tam magnatum quam plebeiorum descriptus lib. 2 cap. 7. (How the Congolese men dress)
This shows what the inhabitants of the Congo wore before the Portuguese arrived. The men had small square berets, usually red or yellow, more for decoration than as a pro...
- $90 / ≈ €83
Date: Frankfurt, 1598
Argumentum VI. De modis quibus de loco in locum, feruorum aut conductitiorum humeris transferri Folent. (How the Congolese are transported)
How the Congolese are transported. None of the horses (probably zebras) are tame enough to ride and the people seem incapable of training the oxen to pull wagons for the ...
- $100 / ≈ €92
Date: Frankfurt, 1598
Presbiteri Johannis, sive Abissinorum Imperii descriptio.
Depicting Africa from the Mediterranean to the Mountains of the Moon placed just below Mozambique. Dare to go in Black. All early maps were printed in black and white,...
- $750 / ≈ €690
Date: Antwerp, 1598
Sancta Helena.
An attractive small map of the south Atlantic island of St. Helena. Two years after the publication of Linschoten's Itinerario, the first map of St. Helena appeared in 15...
- $100 / ≈ €92
Date: Amsterdam, 1606
Insulae et arcis Mocambique descriptio ad fines Melinde sita ebano puriss.
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 an...
- $300 / ≈ €276
Date: Frankfurt, 1607
VII. Repraesentatio Processus in Iudiciis Civilibus et Criminalibus Ufitati. (Courts and Administration of Justice)
A depiction of the court and administration of justice. Seven features are identified : (A) the king or chief listening to a case presented to him, (B) the beheading of a...
- $90 / ≈ €83
Date: Frankfurt, 1609
XIX. Repraesentatio Maiestatis, qua rex in Cabo Lopo Gonsalves . . . (How the chief of Cabo Lopo Gonsalues presents himself )
This describes the places they call Cabo Lopo Gonsalues and Rio de Gabon, where the chief receives his visitors. He sits on a chair placed upon a platform with two or thr...
Date: Frankfurt, 1609
XX. Repraesentatio Eorum Quae Praeterea in Cabo Lopo Gonfalues. . . (More inhabitants of Cabo Lopo Gonsalues)
Here we see more figures of Cabo Lopo Gonsalues and Rio de Gabon. A: a distinguished man decked out in his finery and carrying several types of knives in his belt. In his...
- $100 / ≈ €92
Date: Frankfurt, 1609
XI. Repraesentatio Pecorum et animalium in Guinea cicuratorum.
Various animals and birds from Africa. Engraved and published by Theodore de Bry, a German engraver and book dealer, began a compilation of early voyages in 1590 and had ...
- $100 / ≈ €92
Date: Frankfurt, 1609
XIII. Repraesentatio Bestiarum ferarum Omnis Generis, quales in Guinea reperiuntur.
Fine engraving of Elephant and other wild animals. Theodore de Bry, a German engraver and book dealer, began a compilation of early voyages in 1590 and had published six ...
- $100 / ≈ €92
Date: Frankfurt, 1609
XIV. Repraesentatio Agriculturae et Fructuum Variorum exterra nafcentium.
Agriculture. 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...
- $100 / ≈ €92
Date: Frankfurt, 1609
XV. Aedificiorum, et Rei Familiaris Administandae Ratio.
A village-scene in Guinea.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 ...
- $100 / ≈ €92
Date: Frankfurt, 1609
XVI. Delineatio Solennitatis, qua Nobiles Creari Solent.
Fine print of a Ceremony of electing or appointing a Nobleman in Guinea. Text below the engraving with an explanation in Latin : "During this ceremony there is a gre...
- $90 / ≈ €83
Date: Frankfurt, 1609
XXI. Repraesentatio Bellorum, Quae Aethiopes Invicem . . .
A fight between Ethiopian warriors.Theodore de Bry, a German engraver and book dealer, began a compilation of early voyages in 1590 and had published six parts at the tim...
- $75 / ≈ €69
Date: Frankfurt, 1609
Insula D.Helenae sacra coeli Clementia . . .
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...
- $750 / ≈ €690
Date: Frankfurt, 1609
Vera effigies et delineatio Infulce Ascenstio. . . (St. Helena)
Striking view of the Island of Ascuncion (St. Helena).Theodore de Bry, a German engraver and book dealer, began a compilation of early voyages in 1590 and had published s...
- $100 / ≈ €92
Date: Frankfurt, 1609
VIII. Repraesentatio Commerciorum et Negotiationum, Quas Nigritae cum Batauis exercent.
Locals from Gold Coast trying to sell items to the crew of a Dutch vessel. Theodore de Bry, a German engraver and book dealer, began a compilation of early voyages in 159...
- $100 / ≈ €92
Date: Frankfurt, 1609
XXVI. Repraesentatio Capitum Praecipuarum Aliquot Personarum in Benyn.
Different types from Benin, in West Africa.Theodore de Bry, a German engraver and book dealer, began a compilation of early voyages in 1590 and had published six parts at...
- $75 / ≈ €69
Date: Frankfurt, 1609
III. Repraesentatio Mullierum, et vestimentorum, Quibus Utuntur.
Inhabitants of the coast of the Ivory coast in Africa.Theodore de Bry, a German engraver and book dealer, began a compilation of early voyages in 1590 and had published s...
- $75 / ≈ €69
Date: Frankfurt, 1609
Abissinorum Imperium. / Acomath .I. Turcarum Imperator .XIIX. Ex Stirp. Ottomannica.
Map of central Africa. Copperplate engraving on text leaf with letterpress on verso. The engraving depicts a half length oval portrait of "Acomath I".Nicolaes d...
Date: Amsterdam, Cloppenburch, 1621
Congo Regnum Christian. In Africa.
Small map illustrating the western seashores of Central Africa, surrounded by text in Dutch.Nicolaes de Clerck (de Klerc) was active as engraver and publisher in Delft fr...
Date: Amsterdam, Cloppenburch, 1621
Guineae Nova Descriptio.
The map shows the West African coast from Senegal (the 'Rio Senega' is the Senegal River) to Cape Lopez on the Gulf of Guinea just below the equator.The island of St. Tho...
- $700 / ≈ €644
Date: Amsterdam, 1628
Guineae Nova Descriptio.
The map shows the West African coast from Senegal (the 'Rio Senega' is the Senegal River) to Cape Lopez on the Gulf of Guinea just below the equator. The island of St. Th...
- $450 / ≈ €414
Date: Amsterdam, 1630
Guinea.
An attractive map covered with intersecting rhumb lines and decorated with monkeys, lions, elephants and native figures. With a dedication to Dr. Nicolas Tulp.As Willem B...
- $550 / ≈ €506
Date: Amsterdam, 1638
Aethiopia Superior vel Interior vulgo Abissinorum.
An attractive map of Eastern Africa and the fictitious kingdom of Prester John. The map shows a major section of central and eastern Africa including Mozambique north to ...
- $600 / ≈ €552
Date: Amsterdam, 1638
Guinea.
An attractive map covered with intersecting rhumb lines and decorated with monkeys, lions, elephants and native figures. With a dedication to Dr. Nicolas Tulp.
- $750 / ≈ €690
Date: Amsterdam, 1640
Aethiopia Superior vel Interior vulgo Abissinorum.
An attractive map of the Eastern African and the fictitious kingdom of Prester John. The map shows a major section of central and eastern Africa including Mozambique nort...
- $900 / ≈ €828
Date: Amsterdam, 1644
Guinea.
An attractive map covered with intersecting rhumb lines and decorated with monkeys, lions, elephants and native figures. With a dedication to Amsterdam anatomist and phys...
- $1100 / ≈ €1012
Date: Amsterdam, 1644
Guinea.
Samuel Purchas' edition of the Mercator/Hondius Atlas Minor . Map of Guinea published in his famous collection of voyages His Pilgrimes . With descriptive text in English...
Date: London, 1645
Congi regnu.
Samuel Purchas' edition of the Mercator/Hondius Atlas Minor . Early map of Congo published in his famous collection of voyages His Pilgrimes . With descriptive text in En...
- $100 / ≈ €92
Date: London, 1645
Carta particolare che comincia con il c.apo Aldea è Finisce con il capo Degortam. . .
Dudley’s magnificent chart shows the south west coast of Africa. A first edition without the privilege..Engraved by Lucini.Sir Robert Dudley's Dell'Arcano del Mare is t...
- $1250 / ≈ €1150
Date: Florence, 1645
Pas-Caart van Guinea en den Custen daer aen gelegen Van C..
A decorative chart of the southwest coast of Africa, embellished with an elaborate, finely colored title-cartouche, and 2 compass-roses. Pieter Goos (ca. 1616-1675) was o...
- $1000 / ≈ €920
Date: Amsterdam, 1666
Paskaart van Guinea van C.Verde tot R. deGalion.
Rare edition of Doncker's sea chart of Guinea coast. From an atlas printed in 1668, "l'Atlas de MER ou MONDE AQUATIQUE, Remontrant toutes lescôtes de la Mer…"...
- $1000 / ≈ €920
Date: Amsterdam, 1660-1668
Tractus Littorales Guineae a Promontorio Verde usque ad sinum Catenbelae.
Chart of the West coast of Africa from Mauritania up to Angola. In top centre a very decorative title cartouche.
Date: Amsterdam, 1675
Guinea.
A close copy of the map by Blaeu. Covers the Guinea and Benin coast. A very decorative map with a large title cartouche. At bottom right two putti area carrying an elepha...
- $1100 / ≈ €1012
Date: Amsterdam, 1680
Bocche del Fiume Negro et Isole di Capo Verde.
Double-page engraved map of the Cape Verde Islands and part of the coast of Senegal, with large decorative cartouche. One with inset of the island Goree. During three cen...
Date: Venice, 1690
Isola della Guinea. / Isola Gore.
Fine map of Guinea, from Isolario Dell'Atlante Vento.On verso a map of the island Goeree (130x172mm). The sheet dimension is 485x350mm
- $300 / ≈ €276
Date: Venice, 1690
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Loandas St.Paulo [Luanda]
Engraved by Thomas Doesburgh (active between 1683 and 1714) for Carolus Allard's for his Orbis habitabilis oppida et vestitus the print shows a distance view of the Angol...
- $150 / ≈ €138
Date: Amsterdam, c.1685-1690
Carte Des Costes De L Afrique ou est compris une Partie de Guinée, le Royaume De Benin, l Isle de St. Thomas &c. Levée Par Ordre Expres des Roys De Portugal sous qui on en a Fait la Decouverte.
Stunning map of the west coast of Africa with insets: Isle d' Ascencion & Isle de St. Helene. From "Neptunus, de Fransche, of nieuwe atlas van de zeekarten, op...
- $900 / ≈ €828
Date: Amsterdam, 1705
Genehoa Jaloffi et Sierraliones regna.
Decorative and detailed map of the West African Coast, from Senegal to Sierra Leone. In the center the river Gambia to the mouth in the Atlantic. Upper left a dedication ...
Date: Amsterdam, 1670 / 1720
Carte Particuliere d'une Partie d'Asie ou sont Les Isles D'Andemaon, Ceylan, Les Madives . . .
An impressive large sheet chart including the Red Sea, the coasts of Somali, Yemen, east coast of the Arabian peninsula. One of the early maps to focus on this area. Nume...
- $1000 / ≈ €920
Date: Amsterdam, 1720
Vue et description de la Ville de Lovango dans le Royaume du Congo. . .
On top a large view of the fabled city of Lovango, text surrounded by ten vignettes of the people and ceremonies of the Kingdom of Congo.Zacharie Chatelain (d.1723) was t...
- $150 / ≈ €138
Date: Amsterdam, 1720
Carte de la barbarie, Nigritie et de la Guinée avec les pays voisins . . .
This great map of western Africa is based on Guillaume Delisle's map. It covers from the Barbary coast to below the equator. There is a mass of geographic detail and nota...
- $300 / ≈ €276
Date: Amsterdam, 1720
Insulae S. Thomae.
Uncommon map of the Island of St. Thomas located in the Atlantic Ocean near West Africa. From the French reissue of the account of early Dutch voyages first published in ...
- $75 / ≈ €69
Date: Amsterdam, F. Bernard, 1725
La rade d'Annobon.
Fine print of the arrival of the Dutch fleet by Cornelis Matelief de Jonge at Annobon, September 7th 1605. Cornelis Matelief de Jonge made a trip for the V.O.C. to the Ea...
- $100 / ≈ €92
Date: Amsterdam, J.F. Bernard, 1725
Carte de l'Afrique Françoise ou du Senegal. . .
Large map of the African West coast covering present-day Senegal and Gambia. It provides extensive detail along the Senegal River. The outline hand coloring shows the ext...
- $300 / ≈ €276
Date: Amsterdam, c. 1745
Carte de l'Egypte de la Nubie de L'Abissinie &c..
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...
- $500 / ≈ €460
Date: Amsterdam, c. 1745
Carte de la Barbarie de la Nigritie et de la Guinée..
Richly engraved map of North and West Africa, based upon the earlier maps of De L'Isle. Richly annotated throughout and with excellent regional detail. It includes the Ca...
- $350 / ≈ €322
Date: Amsterdam c. 1745
Carte de l'Egypte de la Nubie de l'Abissinie. . .
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...
- $250 / ≈ €230
Date: Amsterdam, 1745
A chart of the coast of Africa from Cape Virde to Cape Bona Esperansa.
Rare and attractive chart of the western part of Africa.
- $800 / ≈ €736
Date: London, 1748
Congo ou Basse Guinée.
Nice small map showing a long stretch of the central Africa west coast and its hinterland. Centered on Luanda.From Atlas Portatif Universel, by Robert de Vaugondy. "...
- $75 / ≈ €69
Date: Paris, later than 1748
Les Isles du Cap-Verd. . .
Charming small map of the archipelago of Cape Verde. From Atlas Portatif Universel, by Robert de Vaugondy.From Atlas Portatif Universel, by Robert de Vaugondy.Page 87 out...
Date: Paris, later than 1748
Selling price: $120
Sold in 2011
Partie Orientale de la Haute Guinée.
Nice small map centered on the Gulf of Guinea. Showing Sao Tomé and Principe. From Atlas Portatif Universel, by Robert de Vaugondy. "80" outside border top rig...
- $75 / ≈ €69
Date: Paris, later than 1749
Nieuwe Paskaert van de Custen Zee Loango en Angoy van C. de Lopo Gonzalves tot R. de Zaire os Congo vertoonende alle desselfs gelegenteden.
Sea-chart of the coast of Gabon, Loango, Angoy and Angola to Zaire (Congo) River. In lower right side title and two coastal profiles. In upper left corner inset charts of...
- $300 / ≈ €276
Date: Amsterdam, ca. 1715 -1751
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[2 sheets] Carte particuliere de la Cote Occidentale de l'Afrique...
A large 2 sheet map of a part of the west coast of Africa that covers The Gambia and Senegal. (When joined the map would measure approx. 1010 x 1400 mm) D'anville's maps ...
- $400 / ≈ €368
Date: Paris, ca. 1751
Pas-Kaat vaneen gedeelte van de Aethiopische Zee behelsende de Kusten Zanguebar, Ajan en Abex, en een gedeelte van de Arabische Kust. . .
A finely engraved and detailed chart of the most eastern tip of Africa, including Somalia, Djibouti, Yemen, Mauritius, and many other islands in the Indian Ocean.Very rar...
Date: Amsterdam, 1753
Map of Senegal with part of the coast of Africa.
Uncommon miniature map of Senegal with part of the coast of Africa, engraved by Thomas Kitching for "A New General and Universal Atlas Containing Forty five Maps by ...
- $40 / ≈ €37
Date: London, 1761-1763
Carte des Iles du Cap-Verd Dressée sur les remarques et les observations les plus exactes des Navigateurs.
French sea chart of the Cap Verde Islands, situated 570 kilometers off the coast of Western Africa.Latitude and longitude scales, compass rose and system of rhumb lines, ...
- $125 / ≈ €115
Date: Paris, Brest, chez Demonville, 1775
Carte de l'Egypte de la Nubie de l'Abissinie..
Map of east Africa showing South Arabia.
- $200 / ≈ €184
Date: Paris, 1780
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[Lot of 3 maps] Le Coste Dell' Alta Guinea… [with] Carta del Basso Egitto [with] Le Coste di Barbaria.
A lot of three maps of nort and eastern Africa. Published by Pazzini, Carli (1707-1769) and prepared by Bartolomeo Borghi (1750-1821). Features decorative title cartouche...
- $300 / ≈ €276
Date: Siena, 1796
Nubia & Abyssinia.
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 ...
- $200 / ≈ €184
Date: London, 1839
Sénégambie et Guinée.
Detailed map of the western part of Africa, prepared by Charles V. Monin (fl.1830-1880) a French cartographer of Caen and Paris. Published in Atlas Universel de Géograph...
- $45 / ≈ €41
Date: Paris, 1845
Colonies Françaises (en Afrique.)
A very decorative 19th century map of western coast of Africa and includes a map of the coast of Madagascar. The map is surrounded by portraits, animals, vegetation, etc....
- $100 / ≈ €92
Date: Paris, 1850
Colonies Françaises (en Afrique). N°91.
Handsome map divided into two sections shows a section of the coast of French West Africa titled 'Senegambie' (Senegal & Gambia) with a drawing of the Senegal River a...
- $120 / ≈ €110
Date: Paris, A. Combette, 1852
Cote d'Ivoire.
Very decorative, informative map of the Ivory coast. The map is filled with buildings, animals, a ship, figures and two locals in their typical dress.In lower left corner...
- $90 / ≈ €83
Date: France, 1943
Niger.
Very decorative, informative map of Nigeria. The map is filled with buildings, animals, figures and two locals. With a large compass rose in upper right corner.In lower l...
- $90 / ≈ €83
Date: France, 1943
Madagascar.
Very decorative, informative map of Madagascar. The map is filled with buildings, animals, figures and two locals in their typical dress.In lower left corner "Imprim...
- $90 / ≈ €83
Date: France, 1943
Madagascar.
Very decorative, informative map of Madagascar. The map is filled with buildings, animals, figures and two locals in their typical dress.In lower left corner "Imprim...
- $90 / ≈ €83
Date: France, 1943
Afrique Occidentale Française AOF.
Beautiful and decorative lithograph pictorial map of Equatorial Africa, showing animals in a beautiful design… Made for Agence de la France d'Outre-Mer. The artist Alai...
- $1100 / ≈ €1012
Date: Imprimerie Raidot, Paris, ca. 1950