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Lot#		Title		Subject/Creator		Date/Cond		Sold for:

750 Africae Tabula Nova Africa Abraham Ortelius 1570 A+   $2,400.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 19.7 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...

751 Africa Lybia Moerenlandt mit allen Konigreichen' Africa Sebastian Munster 1578 A   $950.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 13.5 x 10 inches) This is one of the first modern maps of the whole African continent. The Ptolemaic geography, with large rivers and convoluted mountains, is augmented from Portuguese and Arabic sources. From the Portuguese come Caput Bonespei (Cape of Good Hope) and a small group of islands off the eastern coast named Zaphala Aurifodina that were supposedly the region from which King Solomon impor...

752 Nova descriptio Africae Africa Matthaus Merian 1638 A   $1,900.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 14 x 10.5 inches) Fine decorative map of the continent based on the cartography of Blaeu. The map is richly embellished with numerous ships, sea monsters (including a great sea-horse), a compass rose and exotic animals wandering all over the continent. The Nile is depicted according to Ptolemy with its sources in two large lakes below the equator, as well as other fictitious details.

753 A New Mapp of Africa Divided into Kingdoms and Provinces Africa Lea & Overton 1690 C+   $600.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 22 x 19 inches) This is an uncommon map of the continent based on the popular map of Frederick de Wit. The Nile appears according to the ancient pattern of Ptolemy, arising from the two lakes of Zaire and Zafflan. The kingdom of Monomotapa extends as far south as the Rio de Infante and there are few names in the interior of the Cape. The fictitious N. I. de Sta. Helena appears in th...

754 Novissima et Perfectissima Africae Descriptio Africa Justus Danckerts 1699 A   $900.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 22.5 x 19 inches) An uncommon map of the continent based on De Wit's map of 1680, retaining both the geography (with all its fictitious details) and decorative cartouche. Gone, though, are the other decorative elements (wildlife, ships and sea monsters), reflecting the newer style of the eighteenth century. New place names appear along the western and southern coasts. The colorful cartouche includes Moorish trad...

755 Afrique Africa Victor Levasseur 1850 A   $75.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 17.2 x 11.3 inches) A decorative 19th century map of the continent colored to show the colonial possessions and major tribal kingdoms. The interior is mostly void of detail. The map is surrounded by steel-engraved scenes including the pyramids, wild animals, natives, the French army in Africa and vignettes of Alexandria, Cairo, and Algiers.

756 Carthaginis Celeberrimi Sinus Typus Northern Africa Ortelius/Vrients 1609 A+   $55.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 4.7 x 3.2 inches) Miniature map showing Tunis and its surroundings decorated with a ship and strapwork title cartouche. The map depicts the ancient site of Carthage with its strategic harbor that controlled trade in the Mediterranean. It was engraved by the brothers Ambrose and Ferdinand Arsenius who had been assistants to Frans Hogenburg and co-engravers of Ortelius' folio Theatrum. This series of maps was acco...

757 Barbaria, et Bilevulgerid Northern Africa Ortelius/Vrients 1609 A+ passed Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 4.7 x 3.1 inches) Miniature map of the infamous Barbary coast engraved by the brothers Ambrose and Ferdinand Arsenius who had been assistants to Frans Hogenburg and co-engravers of Ortelius' folio Theatrum. Beautifully engraved with stippled seas and a strapwork title cartouche. This series of maps was accompanied by text by Michel Coignet and was published by Jan B. Vrients. Latin text on verso.

758 Barbaria Northern Africa Mercator/Cloppenburgh 1630 A+ passed Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 10 x 7.5 inches) Charming small map of the Mediterranean coast of Africa, home to the infamous Barbary pirates. The top map shows the entire coast and much of the Mediterranean. The map in the lower right features the delta of the Nile River and shows settlements and other details including the pyramids. The map in the lower left illustrates what is present-day Tunisia with the ancient city and fort of Carthage...

759 Africae pars Borealis Northern Africa Scherer 1699 A passed Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 13.7 x 9.2 inches) This decorative map covers the northern half of the continent. It is full of the spurious geography of the period with inaccurately located large lakes, rivers and mountains. The title cartouche incorporates African wildlife and sailing ships add further interest to the map.

760 Antiquorum Africae Episcopatuum Geographica Descriptio Nova Northern Africa Vander Aa 1719 A passed Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 20 x 14.5 inches) Beautifully engraved map with a pictorial title cartouche taking in the entire bottom third of the chart. The map covers the Barbary Coast from present day Morocco through the Tripoli region of Libya. Good detail as it locates numerous cities, villages and mountain ranges. Sicily, and parts of Spain and Sardinia are visible in the Mediterranean. The monument-style title cartouche features a vas...

761 Aegyptus Egypt Ortelius/Vrients 1609 A+ passed Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 4.6 x 3.2 inches) Miniature map showing the Nile valley in great detail with numerous place names. It was engraved by the brothers Ambrose and Ferdinand Arsenius who had been assistants to Frans Hogenburg and co-engravers of Ortelius' folio Theatrum. This series of maps was accompanied by text by Michel Coignet and was published by Jan B. Vrients. Latin text on verso.

762 Aegyptus Inferior sive Delta Egypt Christoph Weigel 1720 A passed Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 15.5 x 12 inches) This map shows detail of the Nile delta in classical times. Major cities are shown along with an extensive network of roads. Prominent are the pyramids at Memphis. Many historic place names are found on the map, and some mountains and lakes are also named. In the lower left corner, there is an attractive cartouche depicting Egyptian coins and medallions.

763 Carte de l'Egypte Ancienne et Moderne' Egypt & Nile Valley Rigobert Bonne 1762 B+ passed Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 12 x 17.3 inches) Finely executed and engraved map of Egypt and the Nile Valley. The map extends south to the Tropic of Cancer with the main focus on the course of the Nile River. It details the cities, villages and political divisions including the domains of numerous sheiks. Calls attention to mountains and oases, locates the Nubia Desert, Mines d'Emeraudes, Font. De Moyse, and more. Decorated with a large ti...

764 Fessae, et Marocci Regna Northwestern Africa Ortelius/Vrients 1609 B+ passed Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 4.6 x 3.2 inches) Charming small map of the northwest tip of Africa with Fez showing as the principal city. It was engraved by the brothers Ambrose and Ferdinand Arsenius who had been assistants to Frans Hogenburg and co-engravers of Ortelius' folio Theatrum. This series of maps was accompanied by text by Michel Coignet and was published by Jan B. Vrients. Latin text on verso.

765 Fezzae et Marocchi Regna Africae Celeberrima, describebat Abrah: Ortelius Northwestern Africa Jan Jansson 1642 B+ passed Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 20 x 15.3 inches) Highly decorative map of Morocco oriented with north on the right and including the Strait of Gibraltar. It is based on the cartography of Abraham Ortelius, who is credited in the cartouche. The Atlantic is filled with five sailing ships, including two engaged in battle. Two dancing satyrs brandishing their javelins flank the large title cartouche. Dutch text on verso.

766 De Cust van Barbaria, Gualata, Arguyn, en Geneheo, van Capo S. Vincente tot Capo Verde Northwestern Africa Pieter Goos 1685 C+ passed Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 20.6 x 16.8 inches) This finely engraved sea chart covers from Lisbon, Portugal to Cape Verde, Africa. It also features important Atlantic islands including the Azores, Cape Verde, Canary and Madeira Islands. A fine compass rose orients the map with north to the left. The handsome chart is adorned with a large title cartouche flanked by a lion and a leopard.

767 Royaume de Fez divise en sept Provinces' Northwestern Africa Nicolas Sanson 1700 A+   $90.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 10.4 x 8 inches) Charming map of the Kingdom of Fez in Morocco filled with mountain ranges, oases and cities. The map is ornamented with a striking, strapwork cartouche.

768 Tab. I. Africae, in qua Mauritania Tingitana et Caesariensis' Northwestern Africa Ptolemy/Mercator 1730 B   $100.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 18 x 12.6 inches) Mercator's fine engraving style is evident on this attractive Ptolemaic map of northwestern Africa. The interior portrays mountain ranges, rivers and cities, as well as lions, a leopard and an elephant. The map includes the Straits of Gibraltar and is decorated with two sailing ships, compass rose and a fine strapwork title cartouche with two chubby child-like creatures with wings and fishtails....

769 Guinea Western Africa Jan Jansson 1640 B+   $350.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 20.3 x 15 inches) 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, representi...

770 A Chart of the Grain Ivory & Quaqua Coasts in Guinea, from Cape St. Anne to Teen Pequene Western Africa Mount & Page 1715 B+ passed Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 20.5 x 16.8 inches) This is an uncommon English coastal chart engraved by Francis Lamb. It covers the coast from Malegete (Sierra Leone) to the Ivory or Tooth Coast (Cote d'Ivoire). An inset map at upper right continues the coverage with the Band and Quaqua Coast (Gold Coast, Ghana). The handsome map has a strapwork title cartouche, two compass roses and rhumb lines.

771 Abissinorum, sive Pretiosi Ioannis Imperium Central Africa Mercator/Cloppenburgh 1630 A passed Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 10 x 7.2 inches) Charming map of the legendary land of the Christian king, Prester John. The Nile is shown with its source in the twin lakes of Zaire and Zaflan. A large strap work title cartouche decorates. French text on verso.

772 Abissinorum sive Pretiosi Ioannis Imperiu Central Africa Mercator/Hondius 1630 A+   $350.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 19.5 x 13.5 inches) Impressive map of central Africa showing the legendary kingdom of the Christian Prester John. It is cartographically similar to Ortelius' map, based on the travels of the Portuguese explorer, Francisco Alveres, who searched for the mythical kingdom in 1520. The kingdom itself is shown atop the Amara Mons in the region that Alveres encountered the Coptic Christian ruler David II. The lar...

773 Aethiopie of Abissine, in't gemeen 't Land van Preste Ian Genoemd Central Africa Pieter van der Aa 1707 A passed Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 9 x 6 inches) This small map of eastern and central Africa depicts the legendary Christian Kingdom of Prester John. The map is neatly engraved with mountains, rivers, lakes, forests and cities. It is decorated with a compass rose and a pictorial cartouche featuring the Portuguese explorer Diego Lopez de Sequeira, who, like other Portuguese explorers, was charged with the task of locating the legendary kingdo...

774 Pas-Kaarte van de Zuyd-west-Kust van Africa; van Cabo Negro tot Beoosten Cabo de Bona Esperanca Southern Africa Pieter Goos 1666 A passed Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 20.8 x 11.6 inches) This scarce, elegantly engraved sea chart of the South African coast extends from Cape Negro to the Cape of Good Hope. A large inset provides an overview of the Cape of Good Hope including Table Mount, and a smaller inset describes Vlees Bay. A compass rose orients the map with north to the left, and a pair of Dutch and English ships sail the seas. The map appears to be based on a very rare cha...

775 Cap de Bonne Esperance Southern Africa Nicholas de Fer 1705 A+   $220.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 14 x 9.8 inches) This handsome sheet presents a coastal view of Table Bay at top with bird's-eye plans of Table Bay and the Dutch Fort at the bottom. All is enclosed in very decorative borders and the engraving is embellished with sailing ships.

776 Carte du Congo et du Pays des Cafres Southern Africa Delisle/Covens & Mortier 1733 B+   $325.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 23.8 x 18.6 inches) This meticulously detailed map is emblematic of all Delisle's works, distinguished by his scientific approach to cartography. His work was the basis of most African maps made in the 18th century. The map is filled with information concerning European trade, native kingdoms, and mineral wealth. It covers Africa south of the Equator and includes Madagascar and several islands in the Indian Ocean....

777 Carte de la Baye de la Table et Rade du Cap de Bonne Esperance Southern Africa Bellin/Van Schley 1773 A+ passed Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 6.5 x 8 inches) Great little map showing the Dutch settlement at Table Bay with Robben Island, Blue Mountains, Cow Mountains, the Gardens and Cultivated Land of the Company, Hottentot Village, the Mill, Fort and Batteries. Dutch title at bottom: Kaart der Tafelbaai en Ree van Kaap de Goede Hoop.

778 Vera Duorum Indicorum in Insula S. Maria Madagascar Theodore de Bry 1599 B+ passed Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 7 x 5.5 inches) This is a view of the settlements of Spakenbourch and S. Angero on Saint Marie island off the coast of Madagascar. This illustration was made during the first journey of Cornelis de Houtman when he made landfall here for water and food. Illustrations of coral are included, as the protected lagoon is endowed with significant coralline growth and is presently a major scuba diving destination.

779 Insula S. Laurentii, Vulgo Madagascar Madagascar Olivier Dapper 1668 A+ passed Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 14.5 x 11 inches) Lovely map of the island of Madagascar and coastline of Mozambique. The interior is largely filled with mountains, and place names are relegated to the coasts and rivers. The map is richly embellished with two compass roses, four sailing ships and a large title cartouche featuring Poseidon and his sea nymphs.

780 De Eilanden Maldives of Voormuur van Indien met der selver tussen-gelegen Zeen Indian Ocean Pieter van der Aa 1707 A   $170.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 11 x 6 inches) This finely engraved map illustrates the region Diego Lopez de Sequeira visited in 1518 when he became the governor of the Portuguese possessions in India. The map covers the Maldives, Sri Lanka, the Nicobars Islands, and northern Sumatra. Embellished with a pictorial title cartouche.

781 Carte des Costes de Perse, Guzarat et Malabar' Indian Ocean Bellin/Van Schley 1773 A passed Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 7.7 x 9.5 inches) A Dutch edition of this charming map of the Arabian Sea with the coasts of Arabia, Iran, Pakistan and India from C. Jaskes to C. Komorin. Includes a good depiction of the Maldives and the Laquedives. The very large title cartouche features a fanciful seahorse and a merman, with dragonfly-winged wind heads above.

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