Africa
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STEAMERS ON THE NILE / THEWFIKIEH NAVIGATION COMPANY.
Gorgeous Victorian travel poster for the Egyptian Thewfikieh Navigation Company’s Nile Cruises.
Cartographer(s): Stafford & Co.Place/Date: Netherfield / ca. 1899$4,500 Add to cart -
Battle of the Nile, at 10 O’clock at Night, To the Right honorable Admiral Lord Nelson of the Nile…
Robert Dodd’s dramatic aquatint of Nelson’s Battle of the Nile.
Cartographer(s): Robert DoddPlace/Date: London / 1799$1,400 Add to cart -
Cunard R.M.S. Caronia / Great African Cruise 1950
A stunning and extremely rare advertisement for the Cunard Line’s 1950 cruise to Africa, with a stop in the new capital city of Tel Aviv.
Cartographer(s): D.E. BatesPlace/Date: England / 1949$2,800 Add to cart -
[South Africa] Photograph panorama of Cape Town, c. 1870
Panoramic photograph showing Cape Town and the Cape Colony during the heyday of British colonial rule.
Cartographer(s): AnonymousPlace/Date: Not listed / ca. 1870$2,000 Add to cart -
Africa Tertia Pars Terrae
Excellent woodcut map of Africa with Mountains of the Moon and mythical cities.
Cartographer(s): Heinrich BüntingPlace/Date: Leipzig / ca. 1585$1,300 Add to cart -
Novissima et Perfectissima Africae Descriptio
De Wit’s Africa triumph in lovely old color.
Cartographer(s): Frederick de WitPlace/Date: Amsterdam / ca. 1680$1,500 Add to cart -
Africa Divided According to the Extent of Its Principall Parts in Which Are Distinguished One from the Other the Empires, Monarchies, Kingdoms, States, and Peoples…
William Berry’s rare and gorgeous map of the African continent with original 17th-century hand-written annotations in the margin.
Cartographer(s): William BerryPlace/Date: London / 1680$1,400 Add to cart -
Plan de Carthage & de ses ruines
One of the great North African tourist maps to grow out of the Victorian obsession with the Orient.
Cartographer(s): E. Cyrino & A. JacquemoudPlace/Date: Tunis & Paris / 1930$1,100 Add to cart -
[With Extensive Contemporary Annotations] Ordnance Survey of the Peninsula of Sinai Made in 1868-9 By Captains C.W. Wilson, and H.S. Palmer, R.E. Under The Direction of Major-General Sir Henry James, R.E. F.R.S. &c. Director of the Ordnance Survey
The difficult merger between religious belief and scientific thought: an annotated map of the Sinai from the height of the British Empire.
Place/Date: London / 1869$3,500 Add to cart -
Africae nova descriptio.
Excellent old color example of Willem Blaeu’s seminal map of Africa, the most influential depiction of the continent produced in the 17th century, and a cornerstone of any collection focussing on the cartography of Africa.
Cartographer(s): Willem BlaeuPlace/Date: Amsterdam / ca. 1630$3,600 Add to cart -
Tabula Moderna Prime Partis Aphricae
Gorgeous example of famed cartographer Martin Waldessemüller’s double-page woodcut map of North and West Africa.
Cartographer(s): Martin WaldseemüllerPlace/Date: Strasbourg / 1513$7,200 Add to cart -
Occidentalior Tractus Indiarum Orientalium à Promontorio Bonae Spei ad C. Comorin
Stunning Renard sea chart of the Indian Ocean, with East Africa, Arabia, and southern India, from the Atlas de la Navigation.
Cartographer(s): Louis RenardPlace/Date: Amsterdam / 1715$1,400 Add to cart -
L’Afrique Par le Sieur Du Val, Geographe Ord. du Roy
A separately-issued rarity of Africa by Pierre Duval.
Cartographer(s): Pierre du ValPlace/Date: Paris / ca. 1660$2,800 Add to cart -
[Tunisi]
Fascinating 1566 Lafreri bird’s-eye-view of Tunis with the ruins of Carthage.
Cartographer(s): Paolo ForlaniPlace/Date: Venice / 1566$2,000 Add to cart -
João Teixeira Cosmographo. De sua, Magestade. Aféz em Lixboa o Anno de 1649
Rare 17th century portolan-style chart designed for use aboard Portuguese merchant vessels.
Place/Date: Paris / ca. 1672$6,000 Add to cart
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Société de Géographie de Paris AFRIQUE 1895
Jules Hansen’s seminal map of colonial Africa.
Cartographer(s): Jules HansenPlace/Date: Paris / 1895Read more -
Novissima et accuratissima totius Americae descriptio; Accuratissima totius Asiae tabula recens emendata; Totius Africae accuratissima tabula; & Nova et accurata totius Europae descriptio. Per FREDERICUM DE WIT.
A spectacular set of four continental maps, likely colored by Dirk Janz van Santen, the finest cartographic colorist of the Dutch Golden Age.
Place/Date: Amsterdam / ca. 1680Read more -
Algerie
A gorgeous pictorial tourist map of Algeria in the 1960s.
Cartographer(s): Ofalac-AlgerPlace/Date: Algiers/Oran / ca. 1960Read more -
Typus orarum maritimarum Guineae, Manicongo & Angolae ultra Promentorium Bonae spei susq…
Linschoten’s gorgeous 16th-century chart of West Africa and the Southern Atlantic.
Cartographer(s): Jan Huygen van LinschotenPlace/Date: Amsterdam / ca. 1596Read more -
Map of Abyssinia and the adjacent districts laid down partly from original Observations taken in the Country and partly compiled from information collected there by Henry Salt…
Henry Salt’s scarce and important map of Abyssinia.
Cartographer(s): Henry SaltPlace/Date: London / 1814Read more -
Ricordo storico della vittoria folgorante
1936 Italian map of East Africa with stark fascist imagery and language.
Cartographer(s): ViscegliaPlace/Date: Rome/Milan / 1936Read more -
Aegyptus Antiqua Divisa in Nomos Authore P. Duval Abbevilliense Regis Christianissimi Geographo
Attractive 17th-century map of Egypt with ancient place names.
Place/Date: Amsterdam / ca. 1660Read more -
Il Nilo dal Mediterraneo al Sudan
A fantastic bird’s-eye-view of the Nile River, with the Suez Canal, railroads, and pyramids.
Cartographer(s): Antonio Vallardi EditorePlace/Date: Milan / ca. 1875Read more -
Carta Economica dell’Africa Orientale
Interwar Italian pictorial map of East Africa.
Cartographer(s): Luigi PadoanPlace/Date: Milan / 1936Read more -
Algerii Sarace norum urbis fortissimae…
1580 Braun & Hogenberg bird’s-eye-view of Algiers in original colors.
Cartographer(s): Georg Braun & Franz HogenbergPlace/Date: Colonge / 1580Read more -
Congo Belge
An in-depth study for the regional peoples and cultures of Congo as it was.
Cartographer(s): James ThiriarPlace/Date: Courtrai, Belgium / 1958Read more -
Africa Ioanne Baptista Nicolosio S.T.D. Sic Describente
A landmark map for the historical cartography of Africa.
Cartographer(s): Giovanni Battista NicolosiPlace/Date: Rome / [First state] 1660Read more -
Birds Eye View of the Soudan and Surrounding Countries
A marvelous piece of Victorian mapmaking commemorating the famous General Gordon’s exploits at the Siege of Khartoum.
Cartographer(s): London Illustrated News; Maclure & Macdonald Lith.ers to the QueenPlace/Date: London / 1888Read more -
Côte d’Ivoire
1943 pictorial French map of Côte d’Ivoire.
Cartographer(s): JylbertPlace/Date: Paris / 1943Read more -
THE EXPULSION OF AXIS FORCES FROM NORTH AFRICA
Overpowering the Desert Fox: a scarce World War II flow map celebrating victory in North Africa.
Cartographer(s): AnonymousPlace/Date: England(?) / 1943Read more -
[Title in Russian] United Arab Republic
Cold War era Soviet map of the United Arab Republic.
Cartographer(s): General Directorate of Geodesy and Cartography (USSR)Place/Date: Moscow / 1965Read more -
[Map for the Blind] Afrika…Hergestellt im Lehrmittel-Verlag der Marburger Blindenstudienanstalt
World War II German relief map of Africa for the blind, with Arabia and the Middle East.
Cartographer(s): Lehrmittel-Verlag; Marburg Institute for the BlindPlace/Date: Marburg / 1941Read more -
The “Graphic” Map of South-Central Africa Shewing the British and German Possessions
Interesting Victorian-era map of European colonies in sub-equatorial Africa.
Cartographer(s): The GraphicPlace/Date: London / 1890Read more -
Cairo
Large and detailed 1942 Survey of Egypt bilingual map of Cairo and the Nile Delta.
Cartographer(s): Survey of EgyptPlace/Date: Cairo / 1942Read more -
Carte du Dahomey pour suivre les opérations militaires…
The Fall of the Kingdom of Dahomey: an unrecorded theater of war map for French colonial Africa.
Cartographer(s): Garnier FrèresPlace/Date: Paris / 1892Read more -
Colonie Dell’Africa Orientale Italiana e Abissinia
East Africa on the eve of World War II: the Italian gambit.
Cartographer(s): Arti Grafiche Anselmo TavazzaniPlace/Date: Milan / ca. 1937Read more -
Carte de l’Île de Madagascar d’après les documents les plus récents
Rare broadside detailing operations of the Franco-Hova War, with a map of Madagascar.
Cartographer(s): Lèon HayardPlace/Date: Paris / 1894Read more -
Abissinorum Sive Pretiosi Ioannis Imperiu
Hondius map of East Africa with the Kingdom of Prester John and inset of the Congo.
Cartographer(s): Jodocus HondiusPlace/Date: Amsterdam / ca. 1630Read more -
Tourist Map of Kenya
Pictorial map of Kenya published in Nairobi shortly after independence.
Cartographer(s): Survey of KenyaPlace/Date: Nairobi / 1968Read more -
[Cairo Islamic Monuments Map] Kharitat al-Qahira tubayyinu al-athaar al-Islamiyya
Fine large-format city plan of Cairo with Islamic monuments color-coded by era.
Cartographer(s): Survey DepartmentPlace/Date: Cairo / 1948Read more -
Birds Eye View of the Soudan and Surrounding Countries
Marvelous piece of Victorian mapmaking commemorating the General Gordon’s exploits at the Siege of Khartoum
Cartographer(s): London Illustrated News; Maclure & Macdonald Lith.ers to the QueenPlace/Date: London / 1888Read more -
Prima Africae Tabula
Excellent, pre-Columbus 1478 map of Northwest Africa and part of Iberia.
Cartographer(s): Conrad Sweynheym, Arnold BuckinckPlace/Date: Rome / 1478Read more -
Tripoli citta di Barbaria
Rare Lafreri bird’s-eye-view of Tripoli depicting the expedition of King Philip II that never made it
Cartographer(s): Antonio LafreriPlace/Date: Rome / ca. 1559Read more -
Totius Africae tabula, & descriptio universalis, etiam ultra Ptolemaei limites extensa.
Exceptional example of one of the earliest maps to focus on the entire continent of Africa
Cartographer(s): Sebastian MünsterPlace/Date: Basel / ca. 1554Read more -
Pictorial map of the United Arab Republic
1969 map of the short-lived United Arab Republic with pictorial vignettes.
Cartographer(s): K. Kamel; Ministry of Tourism in EgyptPlace/Date: Cairo / 1969Read more -
Aegyptus Antiqua
Stunning full color example of Ortelius’s two-sheet map of Egypt.
Cartographer(s): Abraham OrteliusPlace/Date: Antwerp / 1584Read more -
Fessae, et Marocchi Regna Africae Celeberr.
1595 Ortelius Morocco with inset of Pigaffetta’s Kingdom of Congo.
Cartographer(s): Abraham OrteliusPlace/Date: Antwerp / 1595Read more -
Carte De L’Egypte De La Nubie De L’Abissinie
Original Delisle example of this highly-detailed 1708 map of Egypt and Arabia.
Cartographer(s): The De L'Isle familyPlace/Date: Paris / 1708Read more -
The Nile from Alexandria to Aswan, Illustrated Guide-Map
Colorful 1930s pictorial guide map of the Nile.
Cartographer(s): Lehnert & LandrockPlace/Date: Cairo / 1930Read more -
Maroc. Région Nord
Vivid 1943 pictorial map of Morocco.
Cartographer(s): JylbertPlace/Date: Paris / 1943Read more -
[Title on Verso] Tabula Prima Aphricae Continent Mauritania Tingitanam, & Mauritaniam Caesariensem
Colorful 1541 woodcut map of Morocco with old manuscript notations.
Cartographer(s): Laurent FriesPlace/Date: Vienne / 1541Read more -
[Title on Verso] Tabula IIII Aphricae
1535 Ptolemaic Africa with Prester John
Cartographer(s): Laurent FriesPlace/Date: Lyon / 1535Read more -
Madagascar
French pictorial map of Madagascar
Cartographer(s): JylbertPlace/Date: Paris / 1943Read more -
Carta Particolare del Mare di Ethiopia con l’Isola di S. Elena e Parte della Costa. Carta VIIII
First state of Dudley’s magnificent 1645 sea chart off West Africa
Cartographer(s): Sir Robert DudleyPlace/Date: Florence / 1645Read more -
Africae Nova Tabula
Highly decorative mid-17th century map of Africa
Place/Date: Amsterdam / 1646Read more -
Tabula Nova Partis Africae
1541 Ptolemaic map of West Africa with mythical kings and beasts.
Cartographer(s): Laurent FriesPlace/Date: Vienne / 1541Read more -
Africae Vera Forma, et Situs
Cornelius de Jode’s superb 1593 map of Africa.
Cartographer(s): Gerard & Cornelis de JodePlace/Date: Antwerp / 1593Read more -
Tabula Africae III
16th century map of Egypt and Libya
Cartographer(s): Girolamo RuscelliPlace/Date: Venice / 1564Read more -
Egitto Nuova Tavola
Attractive 1598 Venetian map of Lower Egypt and the Nile Delta.
Place/Date: Venice / 1598Read more -
[Untitled – Africa, Asia, Brazil]
Rare eighteenth century map of Jesuit missionary travel routes.
Cartographer(s): Johann Jacob LidlPlace/Date: Augsburg / ca. 1740Read more -
Africae Tabula Nova
Ortelius’s gorgeous cornerstone map of Africa.
Cartographer(s): Abraham OrteliusPlace/Date: Antwerp / 1570Read more -
Secunda Africae Tabula [Tunisia, Lybia, Sicily and Sardinia]
1511 Sylvanus Ptolemaic North Africa with red type.
Cartographer(s): Bernadus SylvanusPlace/Date: Venice / 1511Read more -
Presbiteri Iohannis, sive, Abissinorum Imperii Descriptio
1598 map of East Africa with the mythical kingdom of Prester John.
Cartographer(s): Abraham OrteliusPlace/Date: Antwerp / 1598Read more -
Carte du Congo et du Pays des Cafres
Exceptionally-detailed map of South Africa and Madagascar.
Place/Date: Amsterdam / 1742Read more -
Africæ Accurata Tabula
17th century Visscher map of Africa
Cartographer(s): Nicolas VisscherPlace/Date: Amsterdam / ca. 1670Read more -
Africa Secundum Legitimas Projectionis Stereographicae regulas et juxta recentissimas relationes et observationes in subsidium vocatis quoque veterum Leonis Africani…
Classic 1737 Dutch map of Africa
Cartographer(s): Homann HeirsPlace/Date: Amsterdam / ca. 1737Read more -
L’Afrique Divisee Suivant l’Estendue de Ses Principales Parties ou sont Distingues les uns des Autres…
Late 17th century Jaillot map of Africa
Cartographer(s): Pierre MortierPlace/Date: Amsterdam / ca. 1695Read more
