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652 Africae Tabula Nova Africa Abraham Ortelius 1570 B+   $1,500.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 19.8 x 14.7 inches) This striking map is one of the cornerstone maps of Africa and remained the standard map of Africa well into the seventeenth century. It was designed by Ortelius from elements of contemporary maps by Gastaldi, Mercator, and Forlani and used several recent sources: Ramusio in Navigationi et Viaggi (1550), Joao de Barros in Decadas da Asia (1552), and Leo Africanus in Histor...

653 Africae Litora Priscis Navigata Africa Claude Bartholemy Morisot 1643 B+   $700.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 6.5 x 5.2 inches) This rare map of Africa appeared in the first comprehensive book on naval and maritime history. The map is printed on a sheet (8.3" x 14") with Latin text on the above and below the map and full page of text on the verso. The map extends only to central Africa to the Mountains of the Moon. The source of the River Nile is located adjacent to the Montes Lunae, just south of the equator. Embellis...

654 Totius Africae Accuratissima Tabula Africa Frederick de Wit 1680 A   $850.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 22.8 x 19.3 inches) The information contained in this beautiful map of the African continent is typical of the late 17th Century. The Nile appears according to the ancient pattern of Ptolemy, arising from the two lakes of Zaire and Zafflan. De Wit's depiction of the southeastern coast includes numerous deep inlets and several rivers and lakes at the southern tip not seen on other maps of the period. ...

655 Totius Africae Nova Repraesentatio qua praeter diversos in ea Status et Regiones, etiam Origo Nili ex veris RRPP Missionariorum Relationibus ostenditur Africa Johann Baptist Homann 1715 A   $650.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 22.5 x 19.3 inches) Handsome, large map of the continent with the typical inaccuracies of eighteenth century cartography. The map conforms to the twin lake configuration for the source of the Nile and a lengthy paragraph on the map purports to provide evidence of the accuracy of this theory based on the work of Heinrich Scherer. The geographical features are identical to the map that Johann engraved for Jacob von S...

656 [Lot of 9 - Africa] Africa Jacques Nicolas Bellin 1739-60 A   $300.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 0 x 0 inches) This is a nice lot of region maps, each providing a great deal of information, particularly the minute coastal detail for which Bellin is renowned. His long career as hydrographer to the Depot des la Marine resulted in the completion of hundreds of high quality nautical charts. Many were reduced for publication in Prevost's popular history of voyages. 1) Le Pays des Hottentots ...

657 [Lot of 2] De l'Afrique [and] Isles, Caps et Ports de Mer de l'Afrique Africa Jean Baptiste Louis Clouet 1767 A+   $80.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 21.5 x 12.4 inches) An interesting pair of continental maps. They are both presented in the style that gained great popularity in France at the end of the 18th century, where the map is flanked by lengthy text panels. de l'Afrique includes interior features, although they are sparse. The Nile originates well north of the equator in two small lakes in the Montagnes de la Lune. The map measures 13.4 x...

658 Tingis, Lusitanis, Tangiaria / Tzaffin / Septa / Arzilla / Sala Northern Africa Braun & Hogenberg 1572 A   $220.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 18.4 x 12.7 inches) A handsome sheet with views of five Moroccan seaports under Portuguese rule during the 16th century. Included are Tingis (Tangiers), Tzaffin (Safi), Septa (Ceuta), Arzilla (Asilah), and Sala (Sale).

659 Barbariae et Biledulgerid, Nova Descriptio Northern Africa Abraham Ortelius 1584 A   $275.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 19.8 x 13 inches) Handsome map of the famed Barbary coast based on Gastaldi's Africa. The map extends from Morocco to Libya and the western Mediterranean showing the proximity of the Balearic Islands, Corsica, Sardinia, southern Italy and Sicily. Richly engraved with place names, mountains, and numerous spurious lakes in the Sahara Desert. The title is contained in a strapwork panel across the top. Two fantasti...

660 Partie de la Barbarie, ou est le Royaume d'Alger divise en ses Provinces. Partie du Biledulgerid, ou sont Tegorarin, Zeb, &c. Northern Africa - Algeria N. Sanson/Mariette 1655 A passed Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 21.2 x 15.2 inches) Nice map covering the region of present-day northern Algeria. The topography is shown to be quite mountainous with numerous oases located and shown in the European manner of forests. The title is engraved on a drape-style cartouche. Engraved by Joannes Some and published in Paris by Pierre Mariette.

661 Africae Propriae Tabula. In qua, Punica Regna Vides, Tyrios, et Agenoris Urbem Northern Africa Jan Jansson 1655 A passed Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 20 x 14.5 inches) Decorative map of the coastline covering present-day Tunisia and Libya. It is based on Ortelius' map of the same title, which in turn was based on Gastaldi's great map of Africa and the ancient texts of Diodorus, Siculus, Plinius, Virgilius, Appianus, Halicarnasseus, Athenaeus and Herodotus. The map extends to include Sicily and Malta. Richly embellished with a fine title cartouche, a compass r...

662 Royaume et Desert de Barca, et l'Aegypte divisee en ses Principales Parties Northern Africa Nicolas Sanson 1683 A passed Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 10.8 x 6.5 inches) This attractive map, covering northern Africa from Tripoli to the Red Sea, is from a Dutch edition of Sanson's pocket atlas. The topography is mostly spurious with numerous mountain ranges and oases prominently located. The map is embellished with a bold title cartouche festooned with fruit symbolizing the fertility of the Nile valley. Engraved by A. d'Winter.

663 [Lot of 2] Partie de Barbarie ou Sont les Royaumes de Tunis, et Tripoli' [and]] Partie de Barbarie ou est le Royaume d' Alger divise en ses Provinces' Northern Africa Nicolas Sanson 1683 A   $80.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 11 x 7.3 inches) This matched pair of maps from a Dutch edition of Sanson's pocket atlas covers the northern coast of Africa including Tunisia, Libya and Algeria. The maps are fully engraved with mountains and oasis, and decorated with strapwork title cartouches.

664 [Lot of 2] Royaume de Fez divise en sept Provinces' [and] Royaume de Maroc divise en sept Provinces &c. Morocco Nicolas Sanson 1683 A   $130.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 10.3 x 8 inches) This matched pair of maps from a Dutch edition of Sanson's pocket atlas covers present-day Morocco, then the kingdoms of Fez and Morocco. The maps are filled with mountain ranges, oases, cities and villages and are ornamented with decorative cartouches.

665 Cairus, quae olim Babylon; Aegypti Maxima urbs Egypt Braun & Hogenberg 1572 A   $1,200.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 19 x 13 inches) This striking bird's-eye view of Cairo and the surrounding countryside includes depictions of the pyramids and the Sphinx. Several people are illustrated in the foreground including a cavalry engaged in exercises, travelers on the roads, veiled women and a man picking dates. Boats and crocodiles fill the Nile River. A legend describing the view is enclosed in a strapwork cartouche at bottom rig...

666 Vue de la Ville du Grand Caire, et de ses Environs Egypt Henry Abraham Chatelain 1710 A   $110.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 16.8 x 14.4 inches) This attractive sheet features four great views of Cairo with its architecture and the busy Nile River. The views are flanked with extensive French text describing the vicinity, commerce and history of the region.

667 [Lot of 16 - Egypt] Egypt Various 1820-1880   $150.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 0 x 0 inches) This is a diverse lot of maps and prints having to do with Egypt. It includes some very detailed maps of the Nile, including Sidney Hall's Egypt, as well one of the continent that includes a large inset of Egypt. There are 2 prints. Size varies from 5.5 x 7.2" to 16.5 x 20". Sold with out reserve and not subject to return.

668 Typus Orarum Maritimarum Guineae, Manicongo, & Angolae ultra Promontorium Bonae Spei' Western Africa John Wolfe 1598 A   $2,500.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 20.4 x 15 inches) This splendid map, from the English edition of Jan Huygen van Linschoten's Itinerario, is one of the most richly ornamented maps in early cartography. It was originally designed by Arnold Floris van Langren and was re-engraved for this edition by Robert Beckit. The map covers the southwestern coast of Africa from the Gulf of Guinea to just beyond the Cape of Good Hope with excellent detai...

669 Guinea Western Africa Hondius/Purchas 1625 A   $130.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 7.3 x 5.8 inches) A beautiful small map of the west coast of Africa covering the coast from Sierra Leone to Gabon with a large decorative inset of I. S. Thomae. Further embellished with a sea monster and strapwork title cartouche. This edition is on a full page (8" x 12.2") with English text below the map and on the verso. This map is from Samuel Purchas' publication which is one of the largest and most i...

670 Guinea Western Africa Jan Jansson 1640 B+   $260.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 20.5 x 15 inches) This is one of the most graphic and beautiful maps covering the coast from Sierra Leone to Gabon. The land is filed with animals and the sea is decorated with ships, sea monsters and compass roses. The large title cartouche features a native couple and three apes, one of which strongly resembles a human. To the left of the title, two child-like sea creatures are carrying a large elephant tusk, re...

671 Guineae Nova Descriptio Western Africa Direk Cornelissen Swardt 1690 A   $130.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 9.8 x 7.3 inches) Miniature map based on Hondius' folio map of the same title. The map shows the West African coast from Senegal to Cape Lopez on the Gulf of Guinea just below the equator. The island of Sao Tome is shown in detail in the small inset bottom left. The map was engraved by Direk Cornelissen Swardt and is nearly identical to the one he engraved for Cloppenburgh's edition of the Mercator Atlas Mino...

672 Carte Particuliere de la Coste d'Or pour Servir aux Vaisseaux Francais' Western Africa Depot de la Marine 1750 B+ passed Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 23.5 x 16.5 inches) This is one of the earliest precise charts of the Gold Coast, present-day Ghana, from the River Ancobar in the west to the Volta in the east. The chart was produced for the French vessels competing with other European powers for the trade in gold. The coast is divided among several small African kingdoms. Numerous depth soundings along the coast are shown, as are coastal towns and forts includi...

673 Carte de la Cote d'Afrique, depuis Cap Blanc jusqu'a la Riviere de Gambie Western Africa Jean B.N.D. d' Apres de Mannevillette 1769 A   $100.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 26 x 19 inches) A handsome sea chart draws the coastline of Senegal and Gambia. The coastline is carefully delineated to illustrate the sandbars, rocks, and soundings. The mouths of the Senegal and Gambia rivers are shown in great detail. Several villages are located along the coastline and rivers.

674 Carte de la Barbarie le la Nigritie et de la Guinee Western Africa Delisle/Elwe 1792 B+   $190.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 22.5 x 19.3 inches) Deftly engraved 18th century map of western Africa from Barbary, Nigeria and Guinea to below the equator. There is a mass of geographic detail and notations in the interior with information on the rivers and lakes. Numerous tent encampments are depicted throughout the Sahara Desert. This map first appeared in Delisle's Atlas de Geographie (1700-1712) and was here re-issued by Jan Elwe wi...

675 Presbiteri Iohannis, sive Abissinorum Imperii Descriptio Central Africa Abraham Ortelius 1584 B+   $1,300.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 17.2 x 14.6 inches) This famous map depicts the central African kingdom of the mythical Christian king, Prester John, who, according to legend, provided a stronghold against Barbarians and was an ally to the Crusaders. Ortelius designed this map himself using geographical information including Gastaldi's 1564 map of Africa. The mythical twin lakes of Zaire and Zaflan are shown as the origin of the Ni...

676 Partie de la Haute Aethiopie ou sont l'Empire des Abissins et la Nubie &c. Central Africa Nicolas Sanson 1683 A   $150.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 8.3 x 11.6 inches) This uncommon map focuses on the fictitious Ptolemaic twin lakes of Zaire and Zaflan. The large lakes, purported to be the source of the Nile were thought to be located at the foot of the mythical Lunae Montes, or Mountains of the Moon, often identified as the Ruwenzori Mountains in Uganda. The map is filled with fictitious place names and topography, all meticulously detail...

677 Africa Nuova Tavola Southern Africa Ruscelli 1562 B+   $500.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 9.8 x 7 inches) This "new" map of the southern part of Africa includes some unusual cartography. It is based on Gastaldi's map of 1548. The continent is very broad and the source of the Nile is shown in three lakes, instead of the normal two. Madagascar, Isola de S. Lorenzo, is oddly shaped and surround by smaller islands. It is engraved in the typical Italian style with stippled sea, wide rivers and a...

678 South Africa Southern Africa John Bartholomew 1876 B+   $100.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 22.3 x 16.5 inches) An interesting and detailed map of the southern tip of Africa with an inset titled "Continuation of Map on a reduced Scale showing Dr. Livingstone's Travel between the Years 1849 & 1856." The regions still dominated by indigenous nations are noted with the various Bantu tribes and Great Bushman Land. The coastal territories of the Portuguese and British colonies are packed with informatio...

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