MIDDLE EAST & AFRICA

[Arabian Peninsula] Tabula Sexta de Asia.
1482 Berlinghieri map of Arabia, showing the Holy Cities of Mecca and Medina and the first depictions of Qatar and the United Arab Emirates….
$75,000
Cartographer(s): Francesco di Niccolo Berlinghieri
Date: 1482
Place: Florence
[Persia & Mesopotamia] Tabula Quinta de Asia.
One of the oldest maps of Persia and Mesopotamia, the Cradle of Civilizations….
$16,500
Cartographer(s): Francesco di Niccolo Berlinghieri, Niccolò Tedesco
Date: 1503
Place: Florence
Prima Asiae Tabula.Prima Asiae Tabula.
The first printed map of Turkey….
$9,500
Cartographer(s): Claudius Ptolemy, Conrad Sweynheym, Arnold Buckinck
Date: 1478
Place: Rome
[Data Visualization - Early Zionist Movement Atlas] Palästina-Wirtschafts-Atlas.
A scarce 1926 Zionist statistical atlas of Jewish life in Palestine, published in Weimar Germany….
$8,500
Cartographer(s): Davis Trietsch
Date: 1926
Place: Berlin
Secundae Partis Asiae.
De Jode’s extraordinary map of Arabia — among the finest maps of the region on the market….
$7,000
Cartographer(s): Gerard & Cornelis de Jode
Date: 1593
Place: Antwerp
Compagnie universelle du canal maritime de Suez. Carte de l’Isthme.
1866 First Edition Map of the Suez Canal, Printed Before the Canal’s Completion and Later Pirated by the Imperial German Army….
$5,000
Cartographer(s): Imprimerie Lemercier, François Philippe Voisin
Date: 1866
Place: Paris
Africa Ioanne Baptista Nicolosio S.T.D. Sic Describente.
A landmark map for the historical cartography of Africa….
$4,400
Cartographer(s): Giovanni Battista Nicolosi
Date: 1660
Place: Rome
João Teixeira Cosmographo. De sua, Magestade. Aféz em Lixboa o Anno de 1649João 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….
$4,200
Cartographer(s): Joao Teixeira Albernaz I (the Elder), Melchisedec Thevenot
Date: 1672
Place: Paris
ConstantinopoliConstantinopoli
Lafreri-school rendition of Süleyman the Magnificent’s capital….
$4,200
Cartographer(s): Claudio Duchetti
Date: 1570
Place: Rome
Ordnance Survey of Jerusalem By Captain Charles W. Wilson R.E. Under The Direction of Colonel Sir Henry James, R.E. F.R.S. & C. Director of the Ordnance Survey. 1864-5.
1865 British Survey of Jerusalem: the First Scientific Mapping of the City and its Environs….
$3,500
Cartographer(s): Ordinance Survey Office
Date: 1871
Place: New York
STEAMERS ON THE NILE / THEWFIKIEH NAVIGATION COMPANY.STEAMERS ON THE NILE / THEWFIKIEH NAVIGATION COMPANY.
Gorgeous Victorian travel poster for the Egyptian Thewfikieh Navigation Company’s Nile Cruises….
$3,500
Cartographer(s): Stafford & Co.
Date: 1899
Place: Netherfield
Ierusalem, et suburbia eius, sicut tempore Christi floruit…
A magnificent 
High Renaissance plan of Jerusalem in the Second Temple Period….
$3,300
Cartographer(s): Georg Braun & Franz Hogenberg
Date: 1588
Place: Cologne
ОБЩІЙ ВИДЪ СВ. ГРАДА ІЕРУСАЛИМА [General View of the Holy City of Jerusalem].
A brilliantly colored panoramic view of Ottoman Jerusalem, designed for Russian Orthodox pilgrims….
$3,200
Cartographer(s): N.T. Korchak-Novitsky, Athonite Holy Elijah Skete, Aece Hage
Date: 1908
Place: Odessa
L'Africa Divisa nelle sue Parti secondo le piu moderne relationi colle scoperte dell' Origine, e corso del Nilo.
Coronelli’s majestic double-sheet map of Africa….
$3,200
Cartographer(s): Vincenzo Coronelli
Date: 1691
Place: Venice
Byzantium nunc Constantinopolis.
Gorgeous original color 1582 bird’s-eye-view of Istanbul….
$3,200
Cartographer(s): Georg Braun & Franz Hogenberg
Date: 1582
Place: Cologne
[With Extensive Contemporary Annotations] Ordnance Survey of the Peninsula of Sinai Made in 1868-9.[With Extensive Contemporary Annotations] Ordnance Survey of the Peninsula of Sinai Made in 1868-9.
An annotated map of the Sinai from the height of the British Empire….
$2,900
Cartographer(s): Captain H.S. Palmer, Captain Charles William Wilson
Date: 1869
Place: London
World Oil's 1958 Middle East Oil Map
World Oil’s iconic map of the Middle Eastern Petroleum Concessions and Infrastructure….
$2,800
Cartographer(s): World Oil
Date: 1958
Place: Houston
The Turkish Empire. Newly Augmented by John Speed.
The first English map to offer a detailed view of the Ottoman Empire….
$2,700
Cartographer(s): John Speed
Date: 1676
Place: London
Hayastan: hamaynagitakan Hayastan (Armenia: Encyclopedic Armenia)Hayastan: hamaynagitakan Hayastan (Armenia: Encyclopedic Armenia)
A cartographic celebration of Armenia and Armenian culture….
$2,600
Cartographer(s): Hovhannes K. Babessian, Imp. Dufrénoy
Date: 1933
Place: Paris
Abrahami Patriarchae Peregrinatio, Et Vita.
Ortelius’ exquisite map of the Holy Land, showcasing the Journey of Abraham in stunning detail….
$2,600
Cartographer(s): Abraham Ortelius
Date: 1592
Place: Antwerp
Passage System of the Great Pyramid of Giza in the Land of Egypt June - July 1909.
Uncovering the secrets of the Great Pyramid….
$2,500
Cartographer(s): John and Morton Edgar
Date: 1910
Place: Glasgow
British Admiralty Chart No. 3789. Plans in the Persian Gulf.
A British Admiralty map of the Persian Gulf, created at the dawn of Arabia’s emergent oil industry….
$2,400
Cartographer(s): British Admiralty
Date: 1955
Place: London
[Great Game] Map of Aderbeijan compiled principally from personal observations and surveys made in the years 1851-55 by N. Khanikof...
Russian Orientalist Nikolai Khanykov’s map of Greater Azerbaijan….
$2,200
Cartographer(s): Heinrich Kiepert, Nikolai Khanykov
Date: 1862
Place: Berlin
[Unusual Jerusalem engraving / proof]
An extremely rare 17th-century religious engraving with a view of Jerusalem….
$2,200
Cartographer(s): Anonymous
Date: 1650
Place: Not listed
L'Afrique Par le Sieur Du Val, Geographe Ord. du RoyL'Afrique Par le Sieur Du Val, Geographe Ord. du Roy
A separately-issued rarity of Africa by Pierre Duval….
$2,000
Cartographer(s): Pierre du Val
Date: 1660
Place: Paris
Africa Lybia Morenlandt mit Allen Künigreichen so zu unsern zeiten darin gefunden werden.
A Seminal and Influential Early Map of Africa….
$2,000
Cartographer(s): Sebastian Münster
Date: 1567
Place: Basel
Tabula Terre Sanctae.
Fries’ 1535 map of the Holy Land, based on the unobtainable Vesconte manuscript Crusade map….
$1,900
Cartographer(s): Laurent Fries, Marino Sanudo, Pietro Vesconte
Date: 1535
Place: Lyon
Bacon's Bird's-Eye View of the Holy Land.Bacon's Bird's-Eye View of the Holy Land.
George Washington Bacon’s iconic bird’s-eye-view of the Holy Land….
$1,800
Cartographer(s): George Washington Bacon
Date: 1890
Place: London
[Mısır Haritası / Map of Egypt]
Strategic Ottoman map of Lower Egypt….
$1,800
Cartographer(s): Erkân-ı Harbiye-i Umûmiye Matbaası
Date: 1914
Place: Istanbul
Costantinopoli città principale del gran turcho.Costantinopoli città principale del gran turcho.
Lafreri-school 1568 Zenoi reverse-image bird’s-eye-view of Istanbul….
$1,700
Cartographer(s): Domenico Zenoi, Donato Bertelli
Date: 1568
Place: Venice
LA GRAN CITTÀ DEL CAIRO.
One of the earliest printed views of Cairo, with no institutional parallels….
$1,600
Cartographer(s): Ferrando Bertelli
Date: 1568
Place: Venice
[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….
$1,600
Cartographer(s): Anonymous
Date: 1870
Place: Not listed
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...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….
$1,400
Cartographer(s): William Berry
Date: 1680
Place: London
Battle of the Nile, at 10 O'clock at Night, To the Right honorable Admiral Lord Nelson of the Nile...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….
$1,400
Cartographer(s): Robert Dodd
Date: 1799
Place: London
Occidentalior Tractus Indiarum Orientalium à Promontorio Bonae Spei ad C. ComorinOccidentalior 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 ….
$1,400
Cartographer(s): Louis Renard
Date: 1715
Place: Amsterdam
Plan der Stadt Constantinopel nebst deren nächsten Angrenzungen.
A pair of plans of Istanbul made for Ottoman Sultan Abdul Aziz….
$1,200
Cartographer(s): Carl Stolpe
Date: 1917
Place: Istanbul
Erythraei Sive Rubri Maris Periplus, olim ab Arriano descriptus, nunc vero ab Abrah. Orelio ex eodem delineatusErythraei Sive Rubri Maris Periplus, olim ab Arriano descriptus, nunc vero ab Abrah. Orelio ex eodem delineatus
Illustrating a mysterious ancient text: fascinating Ortelius map mixing classical mythology and contemporary exploration….
$1,200
Cartographer(s): Abraham Ortelius
Date: 1624
Place: Antwerp
Palestine in Third Dimension.
A Spectacular World War II-era View of the Holy Land….
$975
Cartographer(s): G. Frederick Owen
Date: 1942
Place: Kansas City
Palestinae delineatio ad geographiae canones revocata.
Briet’s illuminating map of the Holy Land….
$975
Cartographer(s): Philippe Briet, Henri Le Roy, Pierre Mariette
Date: 1641
Place: Paris
Emigranter till det nya Jerusalem, Frälsarens Kungliga Linie [Emigrants to the New Jerusalem, the Savior's Royal Line].
1902 circa Swedish Allegorical Broadside — Emigrants to the New Jerusalem….
$975
Cartographer(s): Anonymous
Date: 1902
Place: Stockholm
Terrae Yemen maxima Pars seu Imperii Imami, Principatus Kaukebân nec non ditionum Haschid u Bekil, Nehhm, Chaulan, Aleu Arisch et Aden TabulaTerrae Yemen maxima Pars seu Imperii Imami, Principatus Kaukebân nec non ditionum Haschid u Bekil, Nehhm, Chaulan, Aleu Arisch et Aden Tabula
Original Copenhagen edition of Niebuhr’s map of Yemen, from the first scientific mission to Arabia….
$900
Cartographer(s): Carsten Niebuhr
Date: 1771
Place: Copenhagen
Map of Central and South Africa.
A marvelous commercial edition of Stanford’s Map of Central and South Africa….
$875
Cartographer(s): Edward Stanford
Date: 1959
Place: London
[3-Sheet Biodiversity Map of Madagascar] Carte Internationale du Tapis Végétal et des Conditions Écologiques.
A three-sheet map of one of Earth’s biodiversity ‘hot spots.’…
$875
Cartographer(s): Henri Humbert, Prasad Process Private Ltd.
Date: 1965
Place: Madras
Pas-Caart van Guinea en de Custen daer aen gelegen Van Cabo verde tot Cabo de Bona Esperanca.
1670s Goos Sea Chart of the West African Coast from Cape Verde to the Cape of Good Hope….
$750
Cartographer(s): Pieter Goos
Date: 1675
Place: Amsterdam