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Antique rare maps of Africa





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1690 - Genehoa, Jaloffi, et Sierraliones Regna

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Nice old color example of this detailed sea chart of the West African Coast, from Senegal to Sierra Leone. Decorative cartouches, rhumblines, sailing ships and other decorative features embellish the map.


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1695 - Guinea

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Decorative map of West Africa, published by Valk & Schenk in Amsterdam. The map includes numerous animals in the interior, sailing ships and several elegant cartouches. The sea is show with Rhumb lines. The first state of this fascinating map,...


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1702 - A Chart of the Gold Coast in Guinea From the River St. John to the River Volta

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Rare English sea chart of the Gold Coast, published by Samuel Thornton. The chart includes 2 sections of the West African Coastline, along the Cape Coast of Ghana. A number of Western settlements are noted, including: Dutch Factory at Fort St. Jago...


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1714 - De Kusten van Guinea door een Brandeburgs Edelman, met twee vorstelyke Fregatten bezogt int Jaar 1682

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Sriking map of western Africa based upon the 1682 desciptions of Otho Frederic vander Greuben. Includes nice detail along the coast and in the interior, 4 ships (one capsized) and other decorative features.


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1717 - Guinee Grand Pays de L'Afrique…

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Striking map of West Africa, including extensive notes in the interior and nice topographical details. Vander Aa's decorative maps were some of the best engraved and most interesting maps of the early 18th Century.


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1732 - [West Coast Africa: Sierra Leone, Liberia and Guinea]

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Fine Map of the West African Coastline From a Celebrated Voyage Collection Detailed, striking map of the coasts of Sierra Leone, Liberia, and Guinea, from the Churchills' famous voyage collection, published in London in 1732. It is based on the voyage...


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1732 - A Chart of the Gold Coast of Guinea from Rio da Costa to Rio da Volta [with a view of Cape Santa Appollonia]

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Detailed Map of the Gold Coast From a Celebrated Voyage Collection Finely-wrought map of the coast of Ghana, from the voyage account of Jean Barbot in the Churchill brothers’ renowned voyage collection, published in London in 1732. The maps of the...


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1740 - Tractus Littorales Guineae a Promontorio Verde usque ad Sinum Catenbelae . . .

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Nice old color example of the Ottens sea chart of West Africa. The map extends from Senegal in the north to Angola in the south, centered on the Bay of Guinea. There is a wealth of navigational information including sandbanks and shoals. The chart is...


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1743 - Guinea Propria, Nec Non Nigritiae Vel Terrae Nigorum . . . Aethiopia Inferior . . . 1743

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Strikingly-Illustrated Eighteenth-Century Atlas Map of West Africa Dynamic example of this highly decorative and detailed antique map of West Africa, published by the Homann Heirs in 1743. This is one of the best atlas maps of the region made during...


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1743 - A New & Correct Map of the Coast of Africa, from Cape Blanco, to the Coast of Angola: Exhibiting all the European Forts and Settlements.

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Detailed map of the of the West African Coastline, with a large inset of the Gold Coast, from an early edition of the Universal Magazine. These early Universal Magazine maps are quite rare on the market.


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1745 - Carte De L'Afrique Francoise ou Du Senegal . . . 1726

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Fine example of Philppe Buache's edition of De L'Isle's highly detailed map of part of the West Coast of Africa, from Cap Blanc to the Pays des Mallus, centered on the Gambia River and Senegal River. Extraordinary detail along the two rivers, tracking...


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1749 - Partie Orientale de la Haute Guinee . . . 1749

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Detailed map of the Gulf of Guinea, published in Paris in 1749 Includes all or part of the modern countries of Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, Cameroon, Equatorial Ginea and Gabon, which at the time was primarily the "Kingdom of Benin."


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1757 - Carte de la Rade de Benguella et Riviere de Cantonbelle . . .

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Detailed regional map of the region between Benguela, Angola and the Cantonbelle (Catumbela) River, from J.N. Bellin, the map maker to the King of France. The map includes Fort. Kabuto, which Bellin notes as having been identifed by the English and De...


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1760 - Karte von denen an dem Flusse Sanaga und Gabra liege den Laendern in Affrica

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Scarce map of the coast of West Africa, centered on the Gambia Rive and Senegal River, from Heiden's Americanische urquelle derer innerlichen kriege des bedrängten Teutschlands.


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1801 - Charte von Nieder Guinea und den angrenzenden Ländern Süd-Afrika's nach den neuesten und besten Hülfsmitteln gezeichnet von I. C. M. Reinecke.

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Fascinating German hand-colored engraved map of western central Africa, encompassing the Congo River Basin south to Angola. Congolese peoples are labelled and divided with hand-color into regions, with little detail shown outside of the coast. In the...