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Antique Maps of Africa
[Early Africa with fictitious detail] Sebastian Munster.
Africa Tabula Nova.
Basle, Sebastian Petri, c.1580. Woodcut, printed area 320 x 360mm. Small hole in margin repaired not affecting map
After 1580 Munster's original map of Africa was replaced by this one, after Ortelius. The map is more recognisable as being Africa, but is still filled with interesting fictitious detail. NORWICH: 14. MUNS0001		 £450
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[Africa] Sebastian Munster.
Africa...
Basle, c.1580. Woodcut, printed area 130 x 160mm, set in a page of Italian text.
Munster's smaller map of Africa. NORWICH: 5. MUNS0026		 £175
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[African Natives] J.van Linschoten.
Æthiopum e Moçambyque...
Amsterdam, c.1596. 250 x 320mm. Coloured. Tape stains in margins.
Depictions of four African natives, from Abyssinia and Ethiopia, engraved by Johannes à Doeticum. The title, written in Latin and Dutch, tells how the Mohametans call the natives 'Caffres', or 'unbelievers'. LINS0001		 £125
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[Fine map of Africa] Gerard Mercator.
Africa Ex magna orbis terre descriptione...
Amsterdam, Jodocus Hondius, 1609. 380 x 470mm. Coloured.
Prepared by Gerard Mercator Junior for the posthumous third volume of his grandfather's atlas, this example comes from the first French edition. The title is within a superb strapwork cartouche. MERC0001		 £1,600
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[Miniature map of Africa niature map Africa] Johannes Cloppenburg.
Africæ nova Tabula. Auct. J.Hondio.
Amsterdam, Johannes Jansson van Waesberge, 1676. 190 x 255mm.
A decorative miniature map of Africa, engraved by Pieter van den Keere. CLOP0001		 £175
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[Map of Africa] Nicolas De Fer.
L'Afrique...
Paris, 1700. 235 x 340mm. Coloured.
Decorative map of Africa by the Geographer to the French Dauphin. DEFE0023		 £340
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[Decorative map of Africa] Jacob von Sandrart.
Accuratissima Totius Africæ Tabula.
Nuremberg, 1700. 490 x 575mm. Original colour. Narrow margin top left.
A most decorative map of Africa. It still bases the course of the Nile on Ptolemy. Interestingly the map was engraved by Johann Baptist Homan, a couple of years before he founded his own publishing firm. NORWICH: 61. SAND0001		 £600
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[Africa] Isaak Tirion.
Kaart van Africa...
Amsterdam, c.1763. 360 x 360mm. Original body colour.
Africa map with fine, bright colour. TIRI0001		 £250
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[Africa with elephant, crocodile and ostrich] Tobias Conrad Lotter.
Africa...
Augsburg, c.1770. 455 x 590mm. Original body colour with later additions to the cartouche. .
Map of Africa with a title cartouche featuring an elephant, crocodile and ostrich. LOTT0001		 £475
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[Decorative map of Africa] Georg Matthaus Seutter.
Africa Iuxta Navigationes et Observationes Recentissimas Aucta...
Augsburg, J.M.Probst, c.1770. 495 x 570mm. Coloured.
A large and decorative map, filled with fictitious detail. The title cartouche, lower left, features a dragon, crocodile, natives and pyramids. TOOLEY: p.110; NORWICH: 80. SEUT0024		 £750
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Antique Maps of North & Central Africa
[Miniature map of Prester John & Abyssinia] Abraham Ortelius.
Presbiteri Johannis sive Abissinorum Imperium.
Antwerp, 1602, French text edition. 85 x 120mm. Coloured.
The kingdom of the mythical Christian king, Prester John. Map was published in Michel Coigent's 'L'Epitome du Theatre de L'Univers d'Abraham Ortelius'. ORTM0001		 £125
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[Map of the Kingdom of Prester John, Abyssinia] Jodocus Hondius.
Abissinorum sive Pretiosi Ioannis Imperiu.
Amsterdam, 1613 Latin edition. 350 x 490mm. Original colour.
An early example of this map of the Kingdom of Prester John. An inset map show the Congo and the West. The kingdom itself is shown atop the Amara Mons. The Nile is shown with its source in the twin lakes of Zaire and Zaflan. Strapwork title and scale of miles cartouches and a bold moiré patterned sea. HOND0001		 £690
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[Decorative map of Abyssinia] Nicholas Sanson.
Haute Ethiopie, ou sont L'Empire des Abissins, La Nubie, et le Zanguebar...
Paris, Pierre Mariette, c.1655. 410 x 505mm. Original outline colour with later additions.
Map of Abyssinia & Nubia, with most of the detail fictitious. SANS0001		 £275
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[Abyssinia] Heinrich Scherer.
Utriusque Nili Albi et Atri Fons et Origo...
Munich, c.1700. 240 x 350mm.
Map of North East & Central Africa, showing the sources of the Nile in the twin lakes of Zaire and Zaflan, with a fine allegorical cartouche. SCHE3002		 £195
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[Map of Abyssinia and Arabia coastline] Rigobert Bonne.
Nubie et Abissinie...
Paris, Lattré, 1771. 305 x 430mm. Coloured.
Also showing the Red Sea, with much detail on the Arabia coastline. BONN0001		 £195
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[Abyssinia] John Thomson.
Abyssinia.
Edinburgh, 1817. 530 x 355mm. Original colour. Trimmed on left, outside printed border, short split reinforced.
Detailed map of Abyssinia with the routes of explorers, including the artist Henry Salt. THOM0023		 £65
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[Miniature map of Algeria] Robert Morden.
A New Map of the Kingdome of Algier.
London, c.1688. 135 x 110mm.
Map of Algeria from Morden's uncommon world atlas 'Geography Rectified...'. MORD0002		 £40
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[Map of Oran, Algeria] Homann Heirs.
Topographica Repræsentatio Barbarici Portus et Urbus Munitæ Oran...
Nuremberg, 1732-. 500 x 580mm. Original colour.
Plan of the environs and a prospect of the Algerian port of Oran. HOMA1016		 £260
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[English map of north Africa] Jodocus Hondius.
Barbaria; [Carthage]; [Nile Delta].
London, Samuel Purchas, 1625. 140 x 180mm, set in a page of English text.
Three maps on one sheet: Hondius' maps of North Africa, Carthage & Egypt from the 'Atlas Minor', here issued in 'Purchas his Pilgrimes'. HOND0015		 £49
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[North Africa] Antonio Zatta.
Le Coste di Barbaria ovvero I Regni di Marocco di Fez de Algeri di Tunisi di Tripoli coi Paesi circonvicini.
Venice, 1784. 420 x 330mm. Original colour.
Map of the Barbary coast of Africa. ZATT0008		 £75
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[Miniature Map of the Barbary Coast] Petrus Bertius.
Barbaria.
Amsterdam, Jodocus Hondius, 1616, First edition. 100 x 135mm. Coloured.
The Barbary coast of Africa, with south west Europe. Hondius engraved new plates for his edition of the Bertius atlas 'Tabularum Geographicarum Contractarum', which he sold alongside the Mercator 'Atlas Minor'. KOEMAN: Lan 11a, 'With the new plates, the work was certainly improved'. BERT0082		 £98
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[Miniature Map of Egypt] Petrus Bertius.
Aegyptus.
Amsterdam, Jodocus Hondius, 1616, First edition. 95 x 135mm. Coloured.
Miniature map of Egypt. Hondius engraved new plates for his edition of the Bertius atlas 'Tabularum Geographicarum Contractarum', which he sold alongside the Mercator 'Atlas Minor'. KOEMAN: Lan 11a, 'With the new plates, the work was certainly improved'. BERT0083		 £98
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[Mount Sinai Monastery, Egypt] Arnold Montanus.
Bergh Sinai of Sint Catryn.
Amsterdam, 1680. 285 x 350mm.
St Catherine's Monastery in Sinai. MONT0011		 £125
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[Miniature map of Egypt] Robert Morden.
Ægypt.
London, c.1688. 135 x 110mm.
Map of Egypt from Morden's uncommon world atlas 'Geography Rectified...'. MORD0008		 £48
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[Detailed map of Egypt] Rigobert Bonne.
Carte de L'Egypte...
Paris, 1762. 470 x 350mm. Original colour.
Detailed map of Egypt with bright colour and decorative title cartouche. BONN0004		 £125
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[Early town plan of Alexandria] Braun & Hogenberg.
Alexandria, vetustissimum Ægypti emporium...
Cologne, 1575-. 370 x 480mm. Coloured.
Townplan of Alexandria, published in the 'Civitates Orbis Terrarum', the first series of printed townplans. BRAU0002		 £580
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[Alexandria, Egypt] Arnold Montanus.
De Stadt Alexandrie of Scanderik. The Citÿ Alexandria or Scanderik.
London, John Ogilby, 1670. 270 x 355mm.
Map-view of Alexandria from the Sea, from Ogilby's English edition of Montanus, with English title and key added. MONT0001		 £150
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[Miniature map of Alexandria] Alain Manesson Mallet.
Alexandrie.
Paris, c.1683. 150 x 110mm. Coloured.
Map-view of Alexandria. MALL0056		 £98
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[Morocco and north west Africa] Giovanni Antonio Magini.
Tabula Aphricae I.
Venice, Heirs of Simon Galignani, 1596. First edition. 140 x 180mm.
Magini's Ptolemaic map of Morocco and north west Africa, engraved by Girolamo Porro. MAGI0002		 £49
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[Miniature map of Morocco] Abraham Ortelius.
Fessæ, et Marocci Regna.
Antwerp, 1602, French text edition. 85 x 120mm. Coloured.
Miniature map of Morocco, published in Michel Coigent's 'L'Epitome du Theatre de L'Univers d'Abraham Ortelius'. ORTM0017		 SOLD
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[Decorative Map of Morocco] Jodocus Hondius.
Fessæ et Marocchi Regna.
Amsterdam, 1628. 360 x 480mm. Original colour.
Decorative map of Morocco, with an inset of Peñón de Vélez de la Gomera, the tiny island just off Morocco conquered by Spain in 1508 in a battle against pirates. It has been under effective Spanish control since 1564, with no other inhabitants other than the garrison. KOEMAN: Me 28a. HOND0088		 £425
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[Morocco based on Ortelius] Johannes Jansson.
Fezzæ et Morocchi Regna Africæ Celeberrima.
Amsterdam, c.1640. 390 x 505mm. Coloured.
Morocco, orientated with north to the right, based on Ortelius. JANS0035		 £225
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[Morocco] Arnold Montanus.
Fezzæ et Marocchi Regna Africæ Celeberrima.
London, John Ogilby, 1670. 270 x 355mm. Coloured.
Map of Morocco, orientated with north to the right, with a decorative title cartouche. MONT0006		 £125
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[Miniature map of Morocco] Robert Morden.
A New Map of the Kingdoms of Fez & Marocco.
London, c.1688. 140 x 125mm.
Map of Marocco from Morden's uncommon world atlas 'Geography Rectified...'. MORD0009		 £50
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[Map of Mozambique with Réunion and Mauritius] Rigobert Bonne.
Partie de la Cote Orientale d'Afrique avec l'Isle de Madagascar...
Paris, Lattré, 1771. 310 x 430. Original colour.
The coasts of Mozambique with Madagascar, with insets of Réunion and Mauritius. BONN0018		 £140
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[Miniature Map of Tunusia] Petrus Bertius.
Tunetanum Regnum.
Amsterdam, Jodocus Hondius, 1616, First edition. 95 x 135mm. Coloured.
Miniature map of Tunusia. Hondius engraved new plates for his edition of the Bertius atlas 'Tabularum Geographicarum Contractarum', which he sold alongside the Mercator 'Atlas Minor'. KOEMAN: Lan 11a, 'With the new plates, the work was certainly improved'. BERT0084		 £98
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[Sea Chart of West Africa] Jansson Heirs.
Guinea.
Amsterdam, c.1640. 390 x 520mm. Coloured.
Sea chart showing from Western Africa from Guinea to Nigeria. With a large title cartouche and a vignette of two putti carrying a tusk, representing the ivory trade. JANS0077		 £325
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[Miniature Map of the Congo and Angola] Petrus Bertius.
Congi Regni Christiani in Africa nova desacriptio Auctore Philippe Pigafetta.
Amsterdam, c.1600. 85 x 120mm. Coloured.
The first plate of the map of the Congo used in the Bertius atlas 'Tabularum Geographicarum Contractarum'. BERT0074		 SOLD
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[North Africa] Nicholas Sanson.
L'Afrique, ou Lybie...
Paris, Pierre Mariette, c.1655. 350 x 555mm. Original outline colour with later additions.
North west Africa, with most interior detail fictitious. SANS0012		 £275
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[Miniature Map of the Congo] Alain Manesson Mallet.
Congo.
Paris, c.1683. 150 x 110mm. Coloured.
Equitorial Africa map. MALL0019		 £75
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[Miniature map of Congo & Angola] Robert Morden.
Congo.
London, c.1688. 105 x 130mm.
Map of the Congo & Angola, from Morden's uncommon world atlas 'Geography Rectified...'. MORD0006		 £75
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[Decorative map of West Africa] Johannes Jansson.
Genehoa, Jaloffi, et Sierraliones Regna.
Amsterdam, Schenk & Valk, c.1700 410 x 500mm. Original wash colour.
Originally published c.1670 by the 'Heirs of Johannes Jansson', this is a sea chart of the West African coast between Senegal and Sierra Leone. An uncommon item. JANS0022		 £290
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[West Africa] Heinrich Scherer.
Archpelagus Atlanticus cum suis Insulis Canariis, Hesperidibus, et Azoribus.
Munich, c.1700. 235 x 355mm.
West Africa map, with the Canary Islands, Azores and Capo Verde Islands. An inset shows Tenerife and Grand Canary Island. SCHE3006		 £225
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[Angola map with mermaid] Anon.
[Part of Angola Alias Dongo Kingdom.]
London, c.1720. 350 x 270mm.
Map of the coasts of Angola, marking Luanda. Of interest is the bizarre depiction of a mermaid. ANON0013		 £79
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[Map of West Africa] Rigobert Bonne.
Carte de la Guinée...
Paris, Lattré, 1771. 450 x 335mm. Original colour.
West Africa from the Cape Verde islands to the Ivory Coast. BONN0019		 £59
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[West Africa] Antonio Zatta.
La Guinea Occidentale che contiene Le Isole di Capo Verde, Il Senegal, La Costa Propriamente detta della Guinea.
Venice, 1784. 420 x 320mm. Original colour.
Map from Senegal south to Ghana, with the Cape Verde Islands ZATT0026		 £95
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[West Africa] F.A. Schræmble.
Guinea Zwischen Sierra-Leone und dem Aequator.
Vienna, 1786. 300 x 650mm Original outline colour. Tiny hole in sea area.
The coasts of Guinea from Sierra Leone map to the Equator, with an inset detail of the Gold Coast. After D'Anville. SCHR0002		 £95
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[Map of West Africa] John Tallis.
Western Africa
The London Printing & Publishing Company, c.1855. Steel-engraving, 250 x 330mm. Original outline colour.
With engraved vignette scenes of Sierra Leone and the old slave posts of Christiansborg, Cape Coast Castle and Bakel. Of particular interest is the early depiction of the Republic of Liberia, founded in 1849 by African Americans who had been freed from slavery. Monrovia, the only foreign capital city named after a U.S. President (James Monroe), is marked. TALL0046		 £175
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Antique Maps of Southern Africa
[South Africa] Girolamo Ruscelli.
Africa Nuova Tavola.
Venice, 1598, Italian text edition. 190 x 260mm. Split in centrefold, some worming in wide margins.
'Modern' Southern Africa map, with a odd decorative sea monster. RUSC0017		 £175
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[Southern Africa] Johannes Jansson.
Æthiopia Inferior, vel Exterior.
Amsterdam, c.1636. 390 x 505mm. Coloured.
Africa south of the equator, with the title on an animal skin held up by two natives. JANS0071		 £490
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[Map of South Africa] Guillaume Sanson.
Pays, et Coste des Caffres: Empires de Monomotapa, Monoemugi &c.
Paris, 1699. 205 x 295mm.
Southern Africa, engraved by Antony de Winter after Sanson. SANS0018		 £250
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[Map of Southern Africa] Heinrich Scherer.
Africæ Pars Australis.
Munich, 1702. 230 x 355mm.
Africa south of the Equator, with the interior filled with much fictitious detail. The allegorical title cartouche alludes to the riches to be had in the area. SCHE3009		 £250
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[Map of Southern Africa] Nicolas De Fer.
Partie Meridionale d'Afrique ou se trouvant la Basse Guinée, La Cafreriem Le Monomotapa, Le Monoemugi, Le Zanguebarm et L'Isle de Madagascar.
Paris, 1705. 260 x 360mm. Coloured.
Southern Africa, engraved for De Fer by Inseln. DEFE0024		 £290
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[Chart of Southern Africa] Jacques Nicolas Bellin.
Coste Occidentale D'Afrique Depuis le Xie Degré de Latitude Meridionale Jusqu'au Cap de Bonne Esperance.
Paris, c.1760. 255 x 270mm. Coloured. Narrow margin bottom left, as trimmed by binder.
From Benguala to the Cape of Good Hope. BELL0068		 £68
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[Chart of South-East Africa] Jacques Nicolas Bellin.
Coste Orientale D'Afrique Depuis le Cap de Bonne Esperance, Jusqu'au Cap del Gada.
Paris, c.1760. 255 x 240mm. Coloured.
From Cape of Good Hope east to Mozambique. BELL0123		 £125
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[South Africa] Isaak Tirion.
Kaart van het Zuidelykste Gedeelte van Africa of het Land der Hottentotten.
Amsterdam, c.1764. 340 x 375mm. Original body colour.
South Africa map , with fine, bright colour. TIRI0011		 £360
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[Map of South Africa, decorative border] Louis Brion de la Tour.
Partie de l'Afrique audelà de l'Equateur, comprenant Le Congo, La Cafrerie &c.
Paris: Desnos, 1766. 355 x 420mm. Original colour. Split in outer platemark.
Africa south of the Equator, within a separately-printed decorative border. BRIO0001		 £125
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[Map of South Africa] Jan Barent Elwe.
Carte de L'Afrique Meridionale ou Pays Entre la Ligne & le Cap de Bonne Esperance, et l'Isle de Madagascar.
Paris, Dezauche, 1780. 515 x 585mm. Coloured.
Africa south of the Equator, with insets of Table Mountain and the Cape of Good Hope. ELWE0003		 £450
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[Map of South Africa] John Barrow.
Charte det Südspize von Africa oder des Hottentotten und Caplands.
Prague, 1811. 310 x 410mm.
An unusal Bohemian edition of John Barrow's map. Accompanying Lord Macartney, who had been sent to Cape Town in 1797 as the first governor of Britain's new colony, Barrow traveled extensively into the interior. His task was to reconcile disputes among the Boers, Hottentots, and Kaffers, who were each striving to graze and hunt over the same territory, and to map the troubled area. His two-volume account in London between 1801 and 1804. BARR0001		 £195
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[Map of Angola] Nicholas Sanson.
Royaume de Congo, &c.
Paris, 1656. 210 x 285mm. Coloured.
Portugal established a base at the river Congo in 1483, and gradually took control of the coastal strip to form the country of Angola. However the Dutch had occupied Luanda from 1641-1648, and the Portuguese had only retaken the area 18 years before this map was published. SANS0019		 £95
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[Map of Angola] Gilles Robert de Vaugondy.
Congo ou Basse Guinée.
Paris, 1749. 175 180mm. Coloured. Paper lightly toned.
Map of Angola, marking Luanda. ROBE0038		 £75
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[Cape of Good Hope] Isaak Tirion.
Nieuwe Kaart van de Kaap de Goede Hoope...
Amsterdam, c.1764. 330 x 230mm. Original body colour.
The Cape of Good Hope map, with fine, bright colour. TIRI0005		 £295
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[South Africa depicting English colonies] John Arrowsmith.
Eastern Frontier of the Colony of the Cape of Good Hope, (and part of Kafirland) From Algoa Bay to the Great Kei River. Chiefly from M.S. Surveys & Sketches communicated by L.t. Col. Michell Surv. Gen.l of the Colony.
London, 1847. 520 x 620mm. Original colour.
Detailed map of the Eastern Cape and South Africa, with an inset general map showing the areas under British control. Issued in the 'London Atlas' by the foremost British cartographer of his generation. ARRO0008		 £160
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[Plan of Cape Town] Jacques Nicolas Bellin.
Ville et Fort du Cape de Bonne Esperance.
Paris, 1764. 230 x 180mm. Coloured.
Detailed townplan of Cape Town and its fort. BELL0090		 £185
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[Townplan of Cape Town] Jacques Nicolas Bellin.
Plan du Fort et Ville du Cape de Bonne Esperance.
Paris, c.1764. 225 x 280mm. Coloured.
Detailed townplan of Cape Town and its fort, with a 13-point key. BELL0110		 £175
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[Map of the British Colonies in South Africa] John Tallis.
Natal and Kaffraria.
London & New York, John Tallis & Co., c.1851. Steel-engraving, 360 x 260mm. Original outline colour. Border trimmed at top, as issued, a common fault.
With engraved vignette scenes of Port Natal and Durban and an illustration of the Seal of Durban. TALL0022		 £69
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[Map of Kilwa Kisiwani in Tanzania] Jacques Nicolas Bellin.
Plan de L'Isle et Ville de Quiloa.
Paris, c.1750. 230 x 160mm.
Formerly an important trading post in East Africa, now a World Heritage Site, noted for its Great Mosque, BELL0122		 £35
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[Early map of the "Empire of Great Zimbabwe"] Jacques Nicolas Bellin.
Empire du Monomotapa et Etats Voisins Tiré de M. Delisle et autres Auteurs.
Paris, 1755. 210 x 290mm. Coloured.
Map of southern Africa covering mainly the modern states of Zimbabwe and Mozambique, the area of the the Empire of Great Zimbabwe (c.1450-1629). Its capital was the 'Great Zimbabwe', marked here as 'Zimbaoe'. The basis of its wealth were the numerous gold mines marked on the map (often believed to be the mines of King Solomon), but when these gave out they turned to slave trading with the Portuguese of the Mozambique ports. BELL0111		 £175
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Antique Maps of African Islands
[Chart of the Azores] Pierre Du Val.
Les Isles Terçeres..
Paris, Pierre Mariette, c.1670. 330 x 450mm. Original colour.
Chart of the Azores, with an inset enlargement of Tercera. DUVA0003		 £350
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[Miniature map of the Azores] Robert Morden.
The Isles of Azores.
London, c.1688. 115 x 130mm.
Map of the Azores, from Morden's uncommon world atlas 'Geography Rectified...', with the title on the sail of a ship. MORD0004		 SOLD
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[Chart of the Canary Islands] Pieter van der Aa.
Canaries, ou Iles Fortunées...
Leiden, c.1710. 260 x 340mm.
With a decorative title cartouche. AAAA0012		 £295
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[Miniature map of Canary Islands] Didier Robert de Vaugondy.
Les Isles Canaries; Isles de Madere et Port-Santo.
Paris, c.1750. 175 x 200mm. Coloured.
Map of the Canary Islands with an inset of Madeira. ROBE0006		 £78
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[Chart of the Canaries] Jacques Nicolas Bellin.
Carte des Isles Canaries.
Paris, c.1760. 220 x 295mm. Coloured.
BELL0014		 £140
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[Miniature Map of the Cape Verde Islands] Petrus Bertius.
Insulæ Capitis Viridis.
Amsterdam, Jodocus Hondius, 1616, First edition. 100 x 135mm. Coloured.
Hondius engraved new plates for his edition of the Bertius atlas 'Tabularum Geographicarum Contractarum', which he sold alongside the Mercator 'Atlas Minor'. KOEMAN: Lan 11a, 'With the new plates, the work was certainly improved'. BERT0063		 £90
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[Miniature map of Cape Verde Islands] Robert Morden.
Cape Verde Islands.
London, c.1688. 120 x 130mm.
Map of Cape Verde Islands from Morden's uncommon world atlas 'Geography Rectified...', with the title on the sail of a ship. MORD0005		 £75
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[Chart of the Cape Verde Islands] Jacques Nicolas Bellin.
Carte des Isles du Cap Verd.
Paris, 1746. 230 x 295mm. Coloured.
The Cape Verde Islands were uninhabited until the Portuguese arrived in 1460, making them a watering station and establishing sugar cane plantation. After the discovery of America they became a major hub of the trans-atlantic slave trade. BELL0124		 £59
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[Miniature Map of Madagascar] Petrus Bertius.
I.S. Lauretii sive Madagascar.
Amsterdam, Jodocus Hondius, 1616, First edition. 100 x 135mm. Coloured.
Hondius engraved new plates for his edition of the Bertius atlas 'Tabularum Geographicarum Contractarum', which he sold alongside the Mercator 'Atlas Minor'. KOEMAN: Lan 11a, 'With the new plates, the work was certainly improved'. BERT0067		 £90
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[Madagascar with Mauritius and the Seychelles] Robert Morden.
Madagascar or St. Laurance.
London, c.1688. 115 x 135mm.
Map of Madagascar, with Mauritius and the Seychelles, from Morden's uncommon world atlas 'Geography Rectified...'. MORD0014		 £120
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[Map of Madagascar.] Jacques Nicolas Bellin.
Isle de Madagascar autrement Isle de St Laurent.
Paris, 1747. 300 x 240mm. Coloured.
BELL0041		 £98
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[Miniature Map of Mauritius] Alain Manesson Mallet.
Isle Maurice.
Paris, c.1686. 145 x 105mm. Coloured.
A view of Europeans on the shore of Mauritius. Two sit astride a giant tortoise, while others club birds on the ground. MALL0032		 £140
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Victor Levasseur.
Ile de la Réunion.
Paris, c.1850. Steel engraving, printed area 310 x 435mm. Original body colour.
With ornate vignette borders containing scenes of mining, rounding up wild horses and a jaguar. LEVA0010		 £75
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[Miniature Map of Sao Tomé] Petrus Bertius.
Insula St. Thomæ.
Amsterdam, Jodocus Hondius, 1616, First edition. 100 x 135mm. Coloured.
Hondius engraved new plates for his edition of the Bertius atlas 'Tabularum Geographicarum Contractarum', which he sold alongside the Mercator 'Atlas Minor'. KOEMAN: Lan 11a, 'With the new plates, the work was certainly improved'. BERT0064		 £90
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[Map of Seychelles] Guillaume Delahaye.
Plan des Isles Mahé.
Paris, Depot de la Marine, c.1775. 355 x 525mm.
Chart of the Seychelles with an engraved French description. DELA1001		 £625
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[Early map of St Helena] Petrus Bertius.
Sancta Helena.
Amsterdam, Jodocus Hondius, 1616, Latin text edition. 100 x 140mm. Coloured.
St Helena, with a decorative title cartouche, a galleon and sea-monster. BERT0024		 £150
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[Charts of St Helena and Saldanha Bay] Herman Moll.
St. Helena, This Island belongs to ye English East India Company...; The Bay of Agoa de Saldanha...
London, 1730. 280 x 210mm. Some colour.
The Island of St Helena and Agoa de Saldanha in South Africa. MOLL0013		 £95
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[View of the Harbour of St Helena] Anon.
2eme Vue de L'Isle de S.te Helene.
London, Palmer, c.1820.` Coloured engraving. 200 x 270mm.
The harbour of St Helena, as fortified by the British during the exile of Napoleon Boneparte. PALM0001		 £98
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[St Helena] Storer.
St. Helena.
London: Fisher & Son, 1833. 175 x 235mm.
View of Jamestown, St. Helena from the sea, with a 5-point key. STOR0001		 £68
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[Map of Teneriffe] Jacques Nicolas Bellin.
Carte de L'Isle de Teneriffe...
Paris, c.1760. 225 x 160mm. Coloured.
BELL0081		 £79
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