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Africa nuova tavola.
Uncommon first edition of this early map of South Africa. Madagascar is called Isola de S. Lorenzo and is oddly shaped.The origin of the Nile conforms to the Ptolemaic co...
- $550 / ≈ €515
Place & Date: Venice, Vincenzo Valgrisi, 1561
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...
- $80 / ≈ €75
Place & Date: Frankfurt, 1598
The Dutch are attacked by giant crabs.
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...
Place & Date: Frankfurt, 1598
[Madagascar].
Two 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...
- $125 / ≈ €117
Place & Date: Amsterdam, Cornille Nicolas, 1609
Aethiopia Inferior vel Exterior.
The standard map of South Africa throughout the 17th century. The lake out of which the 'Zambere' -the Zambesi- flows is probably based on reports of Lake Ngami, undiscov...
- $750 / ≈ €702
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1640
Aethiopia inferior, vel exterior.
The standard map of South Africa throughout the 17th century. The lake out of which the 'Zambere' -the Zambesi- flows is probably based on reports of Lake Ngami, undiscov...
- $1000 / ≈ €936
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1644
Aethiopia inferior, vel exterior.
The standard map of South Africa throughout the 17th century. The lake out of which the 'Zambere' -the Zambesi- flows is probably based on reports of Lake Ngami, undiscov...
- $575 / ≈ €538
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1645
Aethiopia inferior, vel exterior.
The standard map of South Africa throughout the 17th century. The lake out of which the 'Zambere' -the Zambesi- flows is probably based on reports of Lake Ngami, undiscov...
- $575 / ≈ €538
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1645
Aethiopia inferior, vel exterior.
The standard map of South Africa throughout the 17th century. The lake out of which the 'Zambere' -the Zambesi- flows is probably based on reports of Lake Ngami, undiscov...
- $800 / ≈ €749
Place & Date: Amsterdam, ca. 1660
Isle D'Auphine, communement Nommée pae les Europeens Madagascar. . .
One of the most UpToDate maps of Madagascar, also showing the Comoros Islands in the North West and the Reunion Island in the South East.With decorative title cartouche r...
- $900 / ≈ €842
Place & Date: Paris, 1667