Scarce map of central Africa, illustrating the region to the south of Lake Chad, focusing on the explorations of Gerhard Rohlfs. The map identifies the routes of a number of explorers, including: Gerhard Rohlfs -- 1866 Major Denham -- 1824 Dr. M....
Rare map of East Africa, published by the Gazette Geographique in Paris. The map details the routes of 4 explorers in East Africa, along with the area in conflict between the English and the Portuguese. The explorer routes shown include: Henry...
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Rare map of the region around Timbuktu, published by the French Geographical Society in April, 1895. Finely detailed map of the lake region of Faguibine and Tele, near Timbuktu, formed by the branching off of the Niger River. This rich and...
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Jubaland and Tanaland Provicinces Finely detailed map of Kenya, along with western Somalia and southern Ethiopia. The map extends from Lake Rudolph (Lake Turkana) to Lake Baringo and Afmadow in Somalia. Details include: Railroads completed and in...
Rare Ordinance Survey Map of Northern Somalia and Eastern Ethiopia, published by the British Ordnance Survey in 1906. The map provides an overview of roads, topography and coastal details, along with the Anglo-Ethiopian Treaty boundary of July 28,...
The Survey of Kenya's First Map of Nairobi Royal National Park The first map of Kenya’s first national park, Nairobi Royal National Park, documenting wildlife, topography, and roads. It was compiled and drawn in 1956, just ten years after the park...
Spectacular birds-eye view of the island of Santa Helena, engraved by Baptista van Deutecum in Amsterdam, for Linschoten's Itinerario. Linschoten served 6 years as the bookkeeper for the Archbishop of Goa (1583-89). While in Goa, as a result of his...
Early image of Sao Tome and Principe, off the coast of West Africa, from the De Bry edition of Olivier Van Noort's Description du Penible Voyage Faict entour de l'Univers ou Globe Terrestre, published by Cornelis Claes in 1602. Van Noort's map,...
Gorgeous map of the West African Coast from Rio Senego (Senegal) to Cape Lopez, just below the equator, and includes Guinea with parts of Benin and Lybia. Detailed inset of St. Thomas. The map reflects the Portuguese exploration and mapping of the...
Detailed regional map, extending from Bramas to Angola and extending inland to Sierras de Cristobal and Salnitre. From the 1625-26 edition of Purchas His Pilgrims, one of the seminal early 17th Century English Language travel works. On a 13 x 9 inch...
Fine Map of the Guinea Coast Included in Blaeu’s Famous Atlas and Including the Famous Apes of Dr. Tulp Detailed map of Guinea, showing the length of a coast important to African-European trade, including the slave trade. Originally drawn by Willem...
Finely colored example of Doncker's sea chart of West Africa, which appeared in his De Zee-Atlas of Water-Waerelt, published in Amsterdam, circa 1665. The map extends from the Cape Verde Islands, Dakar and the area just north of the Gambia River in...
Striking old color example of the first edition of De Wit's sea chart of West Africa, from his Orbis Maritimus ofte Zee Atlas. The map extends from Senegal in the north to Angola in the south, centered on the Bay of Guinea. There is a wealth of...
Detailed sea chart of a portion of the coast of west Africa, covering the Ghanaian Gold Coast, published by Johannes Van Keulen in Amsterdam. The detail in the interior is spotty at best. The allegorical cartouche is suggestive of the English trading...
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The Black Kingdom Nice example of this decorative late 17th Century map of a part of West Africa, from the region surrounding the Senegal River to Angola. Nigritarum is the feminine plural work in Latin for the word negritis, meaning black. Richly...
Detailed engraved antique map of the West African coast showing present-day Senegal, Gambia, and Cape Verde. An inset map shows Île de Gorée (here called "Isola Goree"), which is a large island in the harbor of Dakar, Senegal. The island played an...
