Chicago: A. J. Nystrom and Co., 1914. Printed map with manuscript nomenclature. Hand colored with crayon. Sheet measures 10.5 x 14.25". This is a lovely 1914 manuscript map of Africa created by a schoolgirl or schoolboy. The map offers a unique perspective of the ethnographic distribution of people across the continent. Country borders are absent anywhere on the map. Color coded with a key in the lower left quadrant, it identifies the diverse ethnic groups spread across Africa and Madagascar..... More

Amsterdam: Willem Blaeu. Map. Copper plate engraving with hand coloring. Decorative title cartouche. Image measures 15" x 19.5". Sheet measures 20.75 x 24.5". Striking map of south Africa from Congo and Mozambique to the Cape of Good Hope. Dates to circa 1636. Part of Madagascar included. Identifies the mythical Mountains of the Moon or 'Lunae Montes'. The source of the Zambesi River (Zachaf Lacus) is also identified. The map includes beautiful illustrations of wildlife, including elephants and monkeys, four ships..... More

Amsterdam: Jacques & Gasper Anthoine, 1669. Sea chart. Uncolored copperplate engraving. Image measures 17 1/4" x 21 1/4". This rare sea chart by Pieter Goos shows the Spanish territory of the Canary Islands off the coast of northwest Africa. It encompasses, from left to right, El Hierro, La Palma, La Gomera, Tenerife, Gran Canaria, Fuerteventura, Isla de Lobos, Lanzarote, La Graciosa, Montaña Clara, and Alegranza. In addition to ports, the map includes soundings, sand bars, fishing banks and navigational hazards..... More

Nuremberg: 1743. Map. Engraving with original coloring. In good condition with light foxing. 20 x 21 3/4 inches. Haunting map of West Africa with a focus on Guinea and Senegal. The interior is not thoroughly mapped but port cities are listed and labelled carefully. The Niger River (in Mali) is noted but its course was not yet known to reach the Atlantic by European map makers. Letters indicate which country controls which port: Dutch (H), English (A), Danish (D), and..... More

Paris: Denys Thierry, 1683. Miniature map. Uncolored copper plate engraving. Image measures 5 3/4" x 4". Sheet measures 8 1/4" x 5 1/2". This miniature map of northern Ethiopia published in 1683 is from the original French edition of Manesson-Mallet's "Description de L'Univers." The map shows the part of the Abyssinian Empire known as Nubia, which encompassed the region west of the Red Sea around the Nubia and Nile Rivers, below the Tropic of Cancer. Decorative title cartouche at upper..... More

London: Morden, Robert. Miniature map. Uncolored engraving. Sheet measures 7.75" x 6.25". Beautiful miniature map of the Barbary Coast in northern Africa dating to circa 1687. Divided in two sections, the top section features a map of West Barbary including the coast of Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia. The bottom section features a map of East Barbary and covers from Libya to Egypt and the Nile Delta. Beautifully details the Barbary Coast which was at the time known for the Barbary..... More

London: Mount & Davidson, Tower-Hill, 1794. Map. Uncolored engraving. Image measures 22.75" x 19.5", page including text measures 26.5" x 27 7/8". Beautiful and rare chart of the Atlantic including South America and parts of North America, Europe and Africa. Features lines of magnetic variation, or how much the compass deviates from true north. As explained in the two columns of pasted text, these observations are based upon the work of Dr. Edmond Halley in 1700 with additions in 1744..... More

London: Philip and Son, 1950. Map. Lithograph. Linen backed. Measures 43 1/4 x 35 14". Bold, colorful large-scale map of Africa that highlights trade routes, imports and exports of different regions. Color delineates various habitats, how "developed" they are, and the productivity of their industries. Includes trade information and routes along western Asia and the European Mediterranean countries, extending as far north as the Caspian Sea. Published as a part of "Philips' Series of Comparative Wall Atlases in 1950" in..... More

London: J. Seller. Miniature map. Copper plate engraving with hand coloring. Image measures 4 3/4" x 5 3/4". This charming miniature map of the Kingdoms of Tesset, Darha and Segelomess covers the northwestern part of Africa includes Morocco and parts of modern day Western Sudan, Algeria and Mauritania. Depicts part of the Barbary Coast including the Canary Islands. Incredibly detailed, the map notes several important cities, towns, waterways and beautifully rendered topography. During this time, the Barbary Pirates operated in..... More

Amsterdam: 1681. Sea chart. Copper plate engraving with modern hand coloring. Image measures 20" x 22 7/8". Beautifully rendered sea chart with north oriented to the left. Shows the southwestern coast of Morocco and part of Western Saraha, from Cape Cantin to Cape Bajador, including the eastern most Canary Islands. An inset shows ports on the Island of Lanzerota. Features rhumb lines, a compass rose, depths, nicely detailed banks and a decorative ship. An ornate vignette cartouche shows three mythical..... More

Brussels: Vandermaelen, Phillippe Marie, 1827. Map. Large format lithograph of West Africa with original hand coloring. Image measures 18.5" x 22.25". Includes Nigeria and Cameroon. Double page with centerfold. From Vandermaelen's 6 volume "Atlas universel de geographie physique, politique, statistique et mineralogique, sur l'echelle de 1/16411836". Can be combined as gores to form an immense globe. The atlas was the first to map the world on a uniform scale. More