Browse Listings in Africa

1684 listings found. Showing results 201 to 240
Tabula Africae IIII.

The third state of Ruscelli's map of The Northern part of Africa, based upon Claudius Ptolemy. Showing Mediterranean, Aethiopia Interior, the Canary Islands, Asia Minor, ...

$95 / ≈ €89
Maker / Publisher: RUSCELLI, G.
Place & Date: Venice, 1598
Selling price: $95
Sold in 2018

 


Delineatio orarum maritimarum, terræ vulgo indigetatæ terræ do Natal, item Sofalæ, Mozambicæ & Melindæ, insulæque Sancti Laurentii. . . / Affbeeldinghe der custen des landts genaempt terra do Natal, item van alle de custen van Coffala, Mozambique. .

A superbly decorative early chart engraved by Arnold van Langren showing the African coastline of the Indian Ocean from the Cape to Natal, Mozambique and Madagascar. Tool...

$4000 / ≈ €3743
Maker / Publisher: VAN LINSCHOTEN, J.H.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1598
Selling price: $4000
Sold in 2020

 


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...

$325 / ≈ €304
Maker / Publisher: ORTELIUS, A.
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1598
Selling price: $325
Sold in 2021

 


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 ...

Maker / Publisher: PETRI, H., after MÜNSTER, S.
Place & Date: Basel, 1598
Selling price: $195
Sold in 2023

 


Imperio Del Preste Gianni - Presbeteri Ioannis Sive Abissinorum Imperii Descriptio.

Charming map of the legendary land of the Christian king, Prester John, inset in Italian text (recto and verso). From "La seconda parte delle relazioni universali&qu...

$130 / ≈ €122
Maker / Publisher: BOTERO, G.
Place & Date: Breschia c. 1599
Selling price: $130
Sold in 2011

 


Edicti Regii, de quo cap. 3 fecundi libri agitur, executio. (How the king of the Congo had all the devilish idols burnt )

How the king of the Congo had all the devilish idols burnt. After the king of the Congo adopted the Christian religion, he told all his noblemen and servants to hand over...

$45 / ≈ €42
Maker / Publisher: DE BRY, Th.
Place & Date: Frankfurt, 1598-1599
Selling price: $45
Sold in 2017

 


Africa.

A woodcut map of the African continent from a French edition of Cosmographia by Sebastian Münster. The map shows most of Africa including the supposed source of the Nile...

$50 / ≈ €47
Maker / Publisher: MÜNSTER,S.
Place & Date: Basle 1600
Selling price: $50
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Abiffinorum Imperium

After A. Ortelius.

$170 / ≈ €159
Maker / Publisher: GALLE, Philip
Place & Date: Antwerp, c. 1600
Selling price: $170
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II. Delineatio Promontorii, qvod Cabo de bona Esperanca vulgo vocatur.

One of the earliest map of Cape of Good Hope region.

$450 / ≈ €421
Maker / Publisher: DE BRY, T.
Place & Date: Frankfurt 1600
Selling price: $450
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Ins. Sti. Thome

Early miniature map of Saint Thomas from the Caert-Thresoor and engraved by the Dutch master-engraver Petrus Kaerius. The first edition was printed in Middelburg by Baren...

$40 / ≈ €37
Maker / Publisher: LANGENES, B. / KAERIUS, P.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1600
Selling price: $40
Sold in 2008

 


AFRICA TERTIA PARS TERRÆ .

This map is one of the later woodcut maps of Africa. As such, the appearance of the map, especially when compared to other maps from this period, is unusual. Like Bünt...

$800 / ≈ €749
Maker / Publisher: BÜNTING, H.
Place & Date: Magdeburg, (1589) 1600
Selling price: $800
Sold in 2013

 


Presbiteri Iohannis, sive, Abissinorum Imperii descriptio.

Famous "Prester John" map of most parts of the African continent, and the Arabian peninsula. With a dedication to King David, and the coat of arms of Preste...

$475 / ≈ €444
Maker / Publisher: ORTELIUS, A.
Place & Date: Antwerp, c1600
Selling price: $475
Sold in 2013

 


The inhabitants of the Cape of Good Hope

This is the first print to show the inhabitants of the Cape together with Europeans, and one of the first large scale prints of the native peoples of the Cape..The plate ...

$100 / ≈ €94
Maker / Publisher: DE BRY,J.T. / ISRAEL,J.
Place & Date: Frankfurt 1601
Selling price: $100
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Africa.

Miniature map of Africa. Strapwork title cartouche. Latin text on verso.

$190 / ≈ €178
Maker / Publisher: ORTELIUS, A. / COIGNET, M.
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1601
Selling price: $190
Sold in 2010

 


Africa.

The miniature map of Africa based on Ortelius' larger map. It comes from the Latin edition of pocket-size atlas "Epitome Theatri Orteliani" engraved by Philip G...

$300 / ≈ €281
Maker / Publisher: ORTELIUS, A.
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1601
Selling price: $300
Sold in 2020

 


Congi Regni Chriffiani in Africa

Based on the geographical data of Philippo Pigafetta

$110 / ≈ €103
Maker / Publisher: BERTIUS, Petrus
Place & Date: Amsterdam, c. 1602
Selling price: $110
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Fessae, et Marocchi Regna Africae Celeberr. describebat Abrah. Ortelius. 1595.

Uncommon map, covering north-western Africa, with the Canaries and Madeira. With an inset of the Congo, after Filippo Pigafetta's famous map of the kingdom.

$320 / ≈ €299
Maker / Publisher: ORTELIUS, A.
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1602
Selling price: $320
Sold in 2017

 


Africae propriae Tabula..

The most beautiful early map of the northern coast of Africa available to the collector. Prepared by Ortelius himself. Ortelius based the map on Gastaldi.

$350 / ≈ €328
Maker / Publisher: ORTELIUS,A.
Place & Date: Antwerp 1603
Selling price: $350
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Africae Tabula Nova

Beautiful hand colored map of the African continent. From the 1603 Latin edition of Theatrum Orbis Terrarum by Abraham Ortelius. Fifth state of the copperplate, still the...

$1800 / ≈ €1684
Maker / Publisher: Ortelius, A.
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1603
Selling price: $1800
Sold in 2009

 


Barbaria Africana, et Biledulgerid. . .

Uncommon map showing the south of Spain, and the northwest of Africa, with Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia. With the Canary Islands in the outer left.

$70 / ≈ €66
Maker / Publisher: QUAD, M.
Place & Date: Cologne, Bussemacher, 1603
Selling price: $70
Sold in 2011

 


Africae Tabula Nova.

Dated 1570. Ortelius' depiction of Africa is based on Gastaldi's rare wall map of 1564, though with modifications such as the more pointed southern tip of the continent. ...

$1550 / ≈ €1450
Maker / Publisher: ORTELIUS, A.
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1603
Selling price: $1550
Sold in 2011

 


Africae propriae Tabula..

The most beautiful early map of the northern coast of Africa available to the collector. Prepared by Ortelius himself. Ortelius based the map on Gastaldi.

$275 / ≈ €257
Maker / Publisher: ORTELIUS, A.
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1603
Selling price: $275
Sold in 2018

 


Die Insul Madagascar, Laurenti Genand.

An attractive miniature copper-engraved map of Madagascar from the German edition of Abraham Ortelius' Epitome, With German title at the top, a ship, two sea-monsters and...

$140 / ≈ €131
Maker / Publisher: ORTELIUS, A. / HULSIUS, L.
Place & Date: Frankfurt, 1604
Selling price: $140
Sold in 2015

 


Nova AFRICAE TABULA Auctore Jodoco Hondio.

The Hondius Africa was based on Mercator but the coastline, particularly of Madagascar, was considerably altered. Jodocus also made improvements in the Cape area.

$655 / ≈ €613
Maker / Publisher: HONDIUS,J.
Place & Date: Amsterdam 1606
Selling price: $655
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GUINEAE Nova Descriptio.

"The map shows the west coast from Senegal (Rio Senego) to Cape Lopez, just below the equator, and includes Guinea, with a portion of the Benin kingdom and of Lybia....

$360 / ≈ €337
Maker / Publisher: HONDIUS, H.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1606
Selling price: $360
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Nova Africae Tabula Auctore Jodoco Hondio.

The Hondius Africa was based on Mercator but the coastline, particularly of Madagascar, was considerably altered. Jodocus also made improvements in the Cape area.Presents...

$800 / ≈ €749
Maker / Publisher: HONDIUS,J.
Place & Date: Amsterdam 1606
Selling price: $800
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Barbaria/ Egypt/ Tunesia.

Upper map showing the Northern African coast, including Cyprus, Greece and Sicily. Lower part maps of Tunis and Nile Delta.

$300 / ≈ €281
Maker / Publisher: MERCATOR,G./ HONDIUS,J.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1606
Selling price: $300
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[Two sheet map of Africa.]

Very rare map of Africa in two separate sheets, when joined 385x373mm, published by Levinus Hulsius. This is the second state with below the scale "C. de lopo Gonsal...

Maker / Publisher: HULSIUS, L.
Place & Date: Nuremberg, (1602)1606
Selling price: $1450
Sold in 2022

 


Baixos de Iudia.

Early miniature view of a shipwreck on the islands located between Madagascar and Mozambique. In the foreground, a kind of big lobsters are catching shipwrecked passenger...

$200 / ≈ €187
Maker / Publisher: LANGENES,B.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, Cornelis Claes, 1606
Selling price: $200
Sold in 2020

 


Descriptio Regni Congi.

An attractive miniature map of the Christian Kingdom of Congo in western Africa, published by Petrus Bertius, in Amsterdam at the beginning of the seventeenth century. It...

$50 / ≈ €47
Maker / Publisher: LANGENES, B. / BERTIUS, P.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1606
Selling price: $50
Sold in 2021

 


Insulae & Ars Mosambique.

An very attractive miniature map of the Portuguese island of Mozambique in east Africa, published by Petrus Bertius, in Amsterdam at the beginning of the seventeenth cent...

Maker / Publisher: LANGENES, B. / BERTIUS, P.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1606
Selling price: $45
Sold in 2023

 


St. Thomas.

A lovely miniature map of the one time Portuguese island of St. Thomas, published by Petrus Bertius, in Amsterdam at the beginning of the seventeenth century. The island ...

Maker / Publisher: LANGENES, B. / BERTIUS, P.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1606
Selling price: $150
Sold in 2023

 


Guinea.

A fine miniature map of the west African region of Guinea, published by Petrus Bertius in Amsterdam early in the seventeenth century. The map and has a strap-work title, ...

$50 / ≈ €47
Maker / Publisher: LANGENES, B. / BERTIUS, P.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1606
Selling price: $50
Sold in 2019

 


Abissinorum Imperium.

A fine miniature map of the "Empire of Abyssinia", home to the mythical Christian king, Prester John, published by Petrus Bertius in Amsterdam early in the seve...

$50 / ≈ €47
Maker / Publisher: LANGENES, B. / BERTIUS, P.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1606
Selling price: $50
Sold in 2019

 


Africae pars meridionalior.

A fine miniature map of central and southern Africa, published by Petrus Bertius in Amsterdam early in the seventeenth century. The lovely map and has a strap-work title,...

$50 / ≈ €47
Maker / Publisher: LANGENES, B. / BERTIUS, P.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1606
Selling price: $50
Sold in 2019

 


I.S. Laurentij. [Madagasgar]

A nice miniature map of the Indian Ocean island of Madagasgar, published by Petrus Bertius in Amsterdam early in the seventeenth century. North is orientated to the left....

$50 / ≈ €47
Maker / Publisher: LANGENES, B. / BERTIUS, P.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1606
Selling price: $50
Sold in 2021

 


Descriptio Insularum Canariarum.

A beautiful miniature map by Bertius shows the Canary islands with Palma, Gomera, Ferro, Tenerifa, Gran Canaria, Forte Ventura and Lanzerote. Decorative, ornamental title...

$50 / ≈ €47
Maker / Publisher: LANGENES, B. / BERTIUS, P.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1606
Selling price: $50
Sold in 2019

 


Insulae Capitis Viridis.

A nice early miniature map by Petrus Bertius of the Cape Verde islands in the Atlantic Ocean, off the coast of Africa. With a decorative, strap-work title cartouche, a g...

$60 / ≈ €56
Maker / Publisher: LANGENES, B. / BERTIUS, P.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1606
Selling price: $60
Sold in 2021

 


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...

$285 / ≈ €267
Maker / Publisher: DE BRY,Th.
Place & Date: Frankfurt 1607
Selling price: $285
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Aegyptus.

Map showing Egypt, centered on the Nile delta. Including cities of Alexandria, Cairo, Suez, etc.

$35 / ≈ €33
Maker / Publisher: MERCATOR, G. / HONDIUS, J.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1607
Selling price: $35
Sold in 2011