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St Helene.
Uncommon small map of St. Helena, with two coastal profile inset maps.From the French reissue of the account of early Dutch voyages first published in 1608 by Commelin. T...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, F. Bernard, 1725
Selling price: $75
Sold in 2019
Isle St. Maurice. Ins. cygnae a Lusit, a nostris Maurity nomine indigitata, sita ad 21um gradum ab Equinoctiali Meridiem versus inventa et detecta Decima-jctava die mensis septembris anno 1598.
A bay at ST. Mauritius, a small island located in the South-West Indian Ocean, off the east coast of Madagascar. Mauritius is well known for the Dodo, the extinct bird. T...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, F. Bernard, 1725
Selling price: $75
Sold in 2019
Isle St. Hélène.
This bird's eye view shows the Island of Saint Helena in the South Atlantic Ocean. With decorative title cartouche, legend / key, compass rose and ships.This plate origin...
Place & Date: Leiden, ca. 1725
Selling price: $75
Sold in 2020
No title: Baya de Saldanha/ Cabo de Boa Esperanca.
Chart of the coast from Saldanha Bay to False Bay, the edge of the land rolled back to show the coast line in silhouette with a scale of miles and compass-rose. Marks Das...
Place & Date: Amsterdam 1726
Selling price: $235
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Geziet van Kaap der Goede Hope als men op de Reede legt.
Decorative panoramic view of the Cape of Good Hope with European vessels in the foreground.François Valentijn (1666-1727), a missionary, worked at Amboina from 1684 to 1...
Place & Date: Amsterdam 1726
Selling price: $240
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Cape of Good Hope [no title]
"Plan of Cape of Good Hope with the Dutch settlements.Françcois Valentijn (1666-1727), a missionary, worked at Amboina from 1684 to 1694 and 1705 to 1713 and travel...
Place & Date: Amsterdam 1726
Selling price: $775
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Nieuwe Kaart van Caap de Goede Hoop in hare rechte jegenwoordige staat...
Two maps of Cape of Good Hope. . Windmills and churches are indicated on the bottom map. With inset identifying the first farm layouts, and who the farms belonged to, i...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1726
Selling price: $1250
Sold in 2008
(Cabo de boa esperanca)
Chart of the Cape of Good Hope coast from Saldanha Bay to False Bay, the edge of the land rolled back to show the coast line in silhouette with a scale of miles and compa...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1726
Selling price: $375
Sold in 2016
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Cape of Good Hope [no title]
Plan of Cape of Good Hope with the Dutch settlements. A lettered key in lower right corner.François Valentijn (1666-1727), a missionary, worked at Amboina from 1684 to 1...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1726
Selling price: $375
Sold in 2015
Kaart van het eyland Mauritius. . .
Fine map depicting the island of Mauritius. Little interior detail is given but the coastlines, settlements and principal coastal features are identified. An attractive e...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1726
Selling price: $800
Sold in 2015
Gezicht van Kaap Der Goede Hope als men op de Reede legt.
Decorative panoramic view of the town of Samboupo on the island of Celebes (Sulawesi) in today's Indonesia. Dutch (V.O.C.) sailing ships and various local craft fill the ...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1726
Selling price: $200
Sold in 2017
Caarte van de beyde afgelegenste colonien Drakensteen en Waveren...
Fine and early map of Colonies of Drakenstein in South Africa, from Kolbe's "Naukeurige en Uitvoerige beschryving van de Kaap de Goede Hoop".
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1727
Selling price: $100
Sold in 2015
Le Cap de Bonne Esperance, suivant les nouvelles observations..
Uncommon edition of this map of the Cape of Good Hope. With decorative title cartouche lower left corner.This example is unusual in having the additional separately engra...
Place & Date: Amsterdam 1728
Selling price: $590
Sold in 2009
Le Cap de Bonne Esperance, suivant les nouvelles observations..
This is a small detailed map of the Cape from Saldanha to False Bay. The attractive title cartouche on the lower left is on a stone pediment surmounted by a lion and lion...
Place & Date: Amsterdam 1728
Selling price: $250
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A New and Correct Chart of the Coast of Africa from Cape Negro to Cape Bona Esperance.
A rare sea chart showing a part of South Africa including the Cape of Good Hope and Table Bay. Extends to locate Tristan da Cunha and St. Helena! Published in the Atlas...
Place & Date: London, 1728
Selling price: $55
Sold in 2016
Vue et Description du Cap de Bonne Espérance.
In top copperplate engraving of the Cape with shipping in the foreground flying the Dutch flag, with engraved descriptive text between the two views, mainly concerning th...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1728
Selling price: $190
Sold in 2017
Coutumes Moeur & Habillemens..du Cap de Bonne Esperance..
In top a small map of Southern Africa (100 x 120 mm.) and 10 engravings of natives and animals of Southern Africa. In top an unusual map of Africa almost identical to tha...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1728
Selling price: $300
Sold in 2018
Le Cap de Bonne Esperance, suivant les nouvelles observations..
This is a small detailed map of the Cape from Saldanha to False Bay. The attractive title cartouche on the lower left is on a stone pediment surmounted by a lion and lion...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1728
Selling price: $200
Sold in 2019
VUE et DESCRIPTION du Cap De BONNE ESPERANCE.
In top copperplate engraving of the Cape with shipping in the foreground flying the Dutch flag, with engraved descriptive text between the two views, mainly concerning th...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1728
Selling price: $60
Sold in 2019
Ile de S. Laurens, ou Madagascar, située dans L'Ocean Ethiopien, sur les Côtes de L'Afrique.
Detailed map of Madagascar and Réunion. Published by Pieter van der Aa in "Galérie agréable du monde", completed in 1729. The Galerie was a sixty-six volume ...
Place & Date: Leiden, 1729
Selling price: $300
Sold in 2013
Aethiopia inferior vel exterior ...
Blaeu's landmark map of Southern Africa, here in the final De Wit edition of 1695 published by Covens and Mortier ca. 1730. Blank on verso. This final print saw an almost...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1730
Selling price: $600
Sold in 2008
Carte du Congo et du Pays des Cafres. . .
Detailed copper-engraved map of southern Africa providing numerous particulars and comments concerning European trade, native kingdoms, and mineral wealth. Includes Madag...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, c. 1730
The Apparel of the Hottentot Men - The Apparel of the Hottentot Women.
An early 1731 engraving depicting the apparel of the Hottentot people of South Africa.James Mynde Engraver, working in City of London on general plates. He had a large st...
Place & Date: London, 1731
Selling price: $30
Sold in 2012
The Present State of the Cape of Good-Hope: or a Particular Account of the Several Nations of the Hottentots...
One of the most important early accounts of South Africa and the Cape of Good Hope! “It contains the earliest list of South African animals … a full account of the go...
Place & Date: London, 1731
Selling price: $800
Sold in 2019
Nieuwe caarte van Kaap de Goede Hoop en't zuyderdeel van Africa. . .
Uncommon map of Africa, south of the Equator, with insets of the Dutch fort at the Cape of Good Hope and Table Bay.Joachim Ottens (1663 - 1719) and his sons Renier and Jo...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1737
Selling price: $900
Sold in 2017
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[2 Maps] Coste Occidentale d'Afrique, Depuis le Xie. Degre. . . / Carte de la Coste Orientale d'Afrique, depuis le Cap de Bonne Esperance. . .
The first map is a detailed map featuring the southwest coast of Africa from “Cap de Bonne Esperance” (Cape of Good Hope), “Hottentots” (modern South Africa) in t...
Place & Date: Paris, ca 1740
Selling price: $80
Sold in 2018
A New & Accurate Map of the Southern Parts of Africa containing Lower Guinea, Monoemugi. . .
A striking map of the Southern half of Africa and Madagascar, complete with a large decorative cartouche and compass rose. Tribal regions and Kingdoms named. Interesting ...
Place & Date: London, ca 1745
Selling price: $150
Sold in 2021
Isle de Madagascar autrement Isle de St. Laurent . . .
Detailed map of the island of Madagascar, from Jacques-Nicolas Bellin (1703-1772) the most important mapmakers of the 18th Century.
Place & Date: Paris, 1747
Selling price: $25
Sold in 2022
Isle de Madagascar Autrement Isle de St. Laurent.
An attractive map of the island of Madagascar marking its settlements and topography, by Bellin from Prevost's "Histoire Generale des Voyages".Jacques Nicolas B...
Place & Date: Paris, 1747
Selling price: $27
Sold in 2020
Gezigt van de Kaap de Goede-Hoop.
A small view of the Cape of Good Hope, and featuring a plan of the fort and map of the bay. There is also a numbered table (1-14) at top. Engraved when the Dutch had a co...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1747
Selling price: $55
Sold in 2019
Carte de la Baye de la Table .. / Cap de Bonne Esperance.
A very nice map of the Cape of Good Hope.From Atlas Portatif pour servir a l'intelligence de l'Histoire Philosophique et Politique des etablissements et du commerce des E...
Place & Date: Amsterdam 1749
Selling price: $200
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Carte de la Baye de la Table .. / Cap de Bonne Esperance.
A very nice map of the Cape of Good Hope.From Atlas Portatif pour servir a l'intelligence de l'Histoire Philosophique et Politique des etablissements et du commerce des E...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1749
Selling price: $450
Sold in 2011
Grundriss von dem Fort und der Stadt auf dem Vorgebirge der Guten Hoffnung
Engraved map of Cape Town in South Africa by Nicolas Bellin. From the German edition of Prévost's "L'Histoire Générale des Voyages" by J. J. Schwabe in Leipz...
Place & Date: Leipzig, 1749
Selling price: $110
Sold in 2008
Karte von der Küste von Angola von dem Flusse Bengo bis an den Fluß Quanza.
Engraved map of the coastal line of Angola in Southwest Africa by Nicolas Bellin. From the German edition of Prévost's "L'Histoire Générale des Voyages" by J...
Place & Date: Leipzig, 1749
Selling price: $90
Sold in 2010
Eyland Madagascar sonst Insel St Laurentius
Engraved map of the Island of Madagascar in the Indian Ocean by Nicolas Bellin. From the German edition of Prévost's L'Histoire Générale des Voyages by J. J. Schwabe i...
Place & Date: Leipzig, 1749
Selling price: $110
Sold in 2009
Carte des Isles de Johanna ou Anjouan Mohilla ou Moaly et Mauote.
Decorative map of the Comoros Islands to the north of Madagascar east of Africa. The map maker was N. Belin and the engraver was J. Van Der Schley.
Place & Date: Paris, 1749
Selling price: $24
Sold in 2016
Coste Occidentale d' Afrique depuis le XIe. Degré jusqu'au Cap de Bonne Esperance.
Jaques Nicolas Bellin (1702-720) was the most important French hydrographer of the 18th century. Sea-atlas 'Hydrographique Français' , 1756-65, atlas to accompany Prévo...
Place & Date: Paris, c. 1750
Selling price: $130
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Carte de la Baye de Saldana ou Saldane.
Jaques Nicolas Bellin (1702-720) was the most important French hydrographer of the 18th century. Sea-atlas 'Hydrographique Français' , 1756-65, atlas to accompany Prévo...
Place & Date: Paris, c. 1750
Selling price: $75
Sold in 2020
Plan de Fort Dauphin.
A striking plan of the Fort of Dauphin on the southeastern point of Madagascar. It was engraved by J. van Schley and has a fancy decorative title cartouche.
Place & Date: Paris, 1750
Selling price: $17
Sold in 2016
Plan du Fort et de la ville du Cap de Bonne Esperance.
Early plan of the city, the fort and Good Hope Cape. Across the top is an extensive list of 22 important sites and locations keyed to the plan with tiny letters and numbe...
Place & Date: Paris, 1750
Selling price: $200
Sold in 2017