Africa

Gerard Mercator (1512-1594) Africa Ex Magna Orbis terre Descriptione Gerardi Mercatoris Published 1590 Copperplate engraving with original hand coloring Plate mark: 15 1/8 x 18 3/8" Paper size: 18 ½...

Girolamo Ruscelli (Italian, ca. 1504- 1566) Africa Minor Nuova Tavola [North Africa] From: Le Geografia de Claudio Tolome… [Claudius Ptolemy] Published, Vincenzio Valgrisi, Venice, ca. 1562 Verso: Italian text, 10...

Guillaume de L’Isle (1675-1726) Carte de la Turquie, de l’Arabie et de la Perse... From: Atlas de Geographie...Published, Paris, 1702Engraving by Herman van Loon, with original outline coloringPaper size 20...

Guillaume de L’Isle (1675-1726) Theatrum Historicum ad annum Christi quadringtesimu…[Illustrating the European and North African portion of the Roman Empire] Published, Paris, ca. 1705 Paper size 20 ½ x 27”...

Heinrich Bunting (1545-1606) Reisen der Kinder von Israel aus Egypten; pages 29, 30 From: Itinerarium Sacrae Scriptura... Published Magdeburg, 1581. Woodcut Paper size:  11 13/16 x 15 3/8"

Homann Heirs (1664–1724) Guinea propria, nec non Nigritiae… Published, Nuremburg, ca. 1760 Engraving with original hand coloring Paper size: 21 ½ x 29 ½” P.m. 20 ¼ x 23”

Jean Janvier (fl. 1746-1776)L’Afrique diviseeen ses principaux Etats... [ with two inset views: Carte Particuliere de L’Isle de France & du Cap]From: Atlas GeographiePublished,  J. Lattre, Paris, 1769Engraving with original...

John Arrowsmith (1790-1873) Orbis Veteribus Notus, [Europe & Africa] From: The London Atlas of Universal Geography Published, J. Arrowsmith, London, 1842 Engraving with original outline hand-coloring. Paper size 21 ¾...

Matthaeus Seutter (1678-1757)Africa Juxta Navigationes et Observationes Recentissimas...From: Atlas Novus...Published, Augsburg, ca. 1730Engraving with original hand-coloringPaper size 20 3/8 x 23 5/8”p.m. 19 5/8 x 22 3/4”

Ottens, R. (Reinier),1698-1750; Ottens, J. (Josua), 1704-1765 Nieuwe Caarte van Kaap de Goede Hoop en't Zuyderdeel van Africa with two inset views of the fortifications and bay of Good HopePublished,...

The British Admiralty/ United Kingdom Hydrographic Office Algoa Bay - Port Elizabeth…[South Africa] Published, The Admiralty, under the Superintendence of Capt. G.H. Richards, London, 1869, updated to 1905 Engraving bt...

Willem Janszoon Blaeu (Dutch, 1571- 1638) Aethiopia Superior vel Interior vulgo Abissinorum sive Presbiteri Joannis Imperium. [Ethiopia, Eritrea and Somalia] Published, Amsterdam, ca. 1635, French text on verso, Pl. #85...

Willem Janszoon Blaeu (Dutch, 1571-1638) Aethioipia Superior Vel Interior Vulgo Abissinorium From: Atlas Major Published: Amsterdam, ca. 1662 Engraving with original hand-coloring Paper size: 20 ½ x 23 2/8” P.m....