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AF105 - R. Bonne “Carte De La Haute Et De La Basse Guinee depuis la Riviere de Sierra Leone, jusqu'au Cap Negro” Paris. 1780. B/W.8½X12½.Chart shows Africa's west coast from Sierra Leone down to Cap Negro (Pointe Noire) on the coast of Congo below Gabon. Includes the coast of Guinea, the Gold, Ivory and Grain Coasts; and depicts many harbors including Accra and many rivers flowing to the coast. Wind vectors appear in the Gulf of Guinea in from the Atlantic and islands appear offshore in the Gulf regions. Excellent detail. 

AF106 - J. N. Bellin “Coste Occidentale D'Afrique Depuis le Detroit De Gibraltar” Paris 1738. Colored. 9½X8.Chart depicts Africa's northwest coast from C. Ste Marie & Cap Verd & Senegal to Tangiers and the Moroccan coast to the Straits of Gibraltar. Shows the Cape Verde and Canary Islands offshore and locates many harbors & capes along the Senegal and Moroccan coasts. Includes a very decorative title cartouche surrounded by leaf and scroll motifs & the date 1738 engraved within it. A colorful compass rose appears in the Ocean and the island of Madeira and port of Funchal is shown above it, & north of the Canary Isles. 

AF108 - P. Mortier “Carte Particuliere des Costes de L'Afrique qui comprend le Royaume de Maroc etc.. Levee par ordre Expres des Roys de Portugal”, Paris 1693. B/W. 24X33. Very handsome early chart of the coast of Morocco to Tangier. Many depth soundings appear along the coast. Locates anchorages, ports and includes a compass & rhumb lines. A scarce very early chart in excellent condition. 

AF119 - N. de FER “Partie Meridionale D'Afrique ou se trouvent La Basse Guinee, La Cafrerie, Le Monomotapa, Le Monoemugi, Le Zanguebar et L'Isle De Madagascar.” Paris 1705-1715. Colored. 18¼X12¼. Very attractive map depicts Southern Africa from Mombasa on the east coast south to the Cape, and from Isle St. Thomas on the west side, at the Equator southward to approximately 35° S. Lat. Includes the island of Madagascar. Rivers, deserts & settlements inland & harbors around the coasts. Title in lower right is in a decorative cartouche with waves breaking over it, half hiding a sailing vessel with a sea creature in the foreground with water spouting out of its head. A note at the base of the map refers to Bartholomew Diaz's discovery of the Cape in 1486 and the construction of a Dutch Fort. (de Fer was a prolific engraver & publisher of maps in Paris & geographer to the French King.( Ref. Norwich., Africa. #167) 

AF120 - J. JANSSON “Aethioppia Superior vel Interior vulgo Abissinorum Sive Presbiteriioannis Imperium” Amstd. 1646. Colored. 15X19½. Very striking map of Africa from the Tropic of Cancer south to Mozambique on the east coast (just below 15 degrees south) and across to present day Angola on the west coast. Includes a portion of the Red Sea to Aden and a region of Arabia. The map is decorated with elephants, a monkey and long legged birds. From the year 1150, it was rumoured that a powerful Christian emperor named Presbyter Johannes had founded the Kingdom of Kara Khitai somewhere in Asia. The mysterious Priest-King became a symbol of hope in the Christian world beset by the Mongols. However, though travelers, including Marco polo, searched the Orient for Prester John, he was never found, but early cartographers persisted in drawing maps showing Prester John's kingdom, firstly in lower Sythia within Europe; then in India and then in Central Asia, it finally ended up in Abyssinia in Central Africa. This beautiful map by Jansson has the title drawn on a stone plinth, surrounded by natives with the sun as a golden ball, shining above them. A small native boy with calipers sits atop the mileage scale in lower left. (From: Ionnis Ianssonii Novus Atlas Sive Theatrum Orbis Terrarum.) 

Madagascar

AF126 - T. PORCACCHI “Descrittione Dell' Isola Di San Lorenzo (Madagascar)” Venice 1686. 4X6 on a descriptive sheet of text 10X6 inches, with continuting text on verso (back.) Very attractive small early map of Madagascar called San Lorenzo showing harbors & rivers around the coast and mountains inland. Decorated with a compass rose & sea serpents. Ornamental title cartouche in top right shows two cherubs holding scroll and banner with crosses on either side. (From 'L Isole Piv Famose Del Mondo' & published by A Brigonci. Venice 1686.) A colorful and decorative chart.

AF130 - J. N. BELLIN “Isle De Madagascar autrement Isle De. St. Laurent” Paris 1747. Colored. 11½X9. Attractive map of the island of Madagascar showing harbors around the coast and Isle De St. Marie offshore. Depicts mountains inland and includes compass rose & rhumb lines. Finely drawn & engraved. 

AF132 - J. VAN SCHLEY “Carte Des Isles De Comore Johanna ou Anjouan, Mohilla ou Moaly et Mayote Dressée sur les Remarques des Navigateurs. Par N. Bellin Ingr. de la Marine.” La Haye. c. 1747. Colored. 9X9½. Very attractive chart of the Comores Islands off the northwest coast of Madagascar. Large compass rose in center with rhumb lines radiating across the chart & includes very decorative title cartouche with scroll, shell and leaf motifs. 

AF134 - JOHN MALHAM “A Correct Chart of the West Coast of Africa Engraved for Malham's Naval Gazetteer.” Boston. 1804. Colored. 9X7¼. Attractive chart from Malham's original London edition of 1795.Finely detailed chart shows Africa's west coast from southern Spain and the Straits of Gibraltar to Morocco & the Barbary coast and thence southward to Cape Blanco, the Grain, Gold & Slave coasts to the Gulf of Guinea. Includes Madeira, & the Canary and Cape Verde Islands & a decorative compass rose with fleur de lys & radiating rhumb lines in the Ocean offshore. An attractive chart.

AF135 - BALDWIN & CRADOCK “North Africa or Barbary, Algier.” London. 1834. Colored. 12X15. Excellent map shows Algeria's Mediterranean coast from Ras Hadid & the Tunisian border. Inset chart shows Algeria's western border with Morocco at the Gulf of Melillah to Jebel Iddis. Inland map shows deserts, tribal regions, rivers, & elevations & lines indicating tracks as no real roads existed at this time. A good map of the Barbary coast.

AF136 - J. N. BELLIN “Carte De La Coste Orientale D'Afrique Depuis le XIII Dégré de Latitude Septentrionale. Tirée de la Carte de l'Océan Oriental Publiée par Ordre de Mgr le Comte De Maurepas en 1740.” Paris 1740. Colored. 10X8. Finely engraved chart shows the northeast coast of Africa from the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden down to Zanzibar & Mombasa locating the Comores Islands offshore. Includes an ornamental title cartouche with scroll motifs and a decorative compass rose in sea area. (Included in De La Harpe's Voyages of 1780.) 

AF137 - J. N. BELLIN “Carte De La Coste Orientale D'Afrique, depuis le Cap de Bonne Esperance, Jusqu'au Cap del Gada Tirée de la Carte Francoise de lOcéan Oriental Publiéee Par Ordre de Mgr le Comte De Maurepas en 1740.” Paris 1740. Colored. 9½X9. Very decorative chart of the southeast coast of Africa from Cape del Gada & Mozambique south to the Baye de Natal and the Baye d'Algoa and the Cape of Good Hope. Includes an ornamental title cartouche with leaf & scroll motifs and a colorful compass rose in sea area. A finely engraved chart. (Included in De La Harpe's Voyages in 1780.)

AF138 - J. N. BELLIN “Carte De La Coste Occidentale D'Afrique Depuis le XII Dégré de Latitude Septentrionale Jusqu'au XI Dégré de Latitude Meridionale. Tirée la Carte Francoise de lOcéan Occidental.....Publiée Par Ordre de Mgr le Comte De Maurepas en 1739.” Paris 1740. Colored. 8X10. Very detailed chart of Africa's western coast from Sierra Leone across to the Grain, Ivory, Gold and Slave coasts & Nigeria & the Gulf of Guinea. >From thence the coast runs southward to French Equatorial Africa & the Congo down to Cape Ledo. Little Ascension Island is drawn in the South Atlantic far out to sea off the coast. Chart includes a very decorative title cartouche with leaf & scroll motifs, and a colorful compass rose. ( Included in De Le Harpe's Voyages in 1780.)

AF139 - J. N. BELLIN “Coste Occidentale D'Afrique Depuis le XI Dégré De Latitude Méridionale, Jusqu'au Cap de Bonne Espérance. Tirée de la Carte de l'Océan Méridionale Publiée Par Ordre de Mgr.le Comte De Maurepas en 1739.” Paris 1740. Colored. 10X10¼. Finely engraved chart of Africa's southwest coast from Benguela on the coast of Angola down to Cape Negro to Cape Frio, Cape de Siera, Cape das Voltas, Cape St. Martin & ending at the Cape of Good Hope & Table Bay on Africa's southernmost coast. Includes a very decorative title cartouche in a rococo design of leaves & scrolls and a colorful compass rose in sea area. The island of St. Helena appears out at sea, off the coast, in the Atlantic. (Included in De La Harpe's Voyages in 1780.) 

AF141 - V. LEVASSEUR “Colonies Francaises (en Afrique.)” Paris. 1854. Partial outline color. 12X16½. Handsome map divided into two sections shows a section of the coast of French West Africa titled 'Senegambie' (Senegal & Gambia,) with a drawing of the Senegal River; and a second chart of the island of Madagascar with an enlargement of it's west coast region bordering on the Indian Ocean. Map is surrounded by highly decorative engravings of palm trees, an elephant, a horse, birds & boatmen rowing ashore with crates & bags of produce from the regiion An excellent map by a prominent French cartographer working in Paris in the 19th century. 

AF144 - BALDWIN & CRADOCK “North Africa or Barbary. III. Tunis and part of Tripoli.” London. 1836. Colored. 12½X15½. Detailed coastal survey from Al Kalal & an area of French Coral Fishery to Bizerta and thence to Ras Addar & Jerbah in Tunisia & the Tripoli coast from Albiban to Tripoli and over to the Gulf of Sidra. Includes notes on tribes, ancient ruins, aqueduct, plains & the 'usual tracks' in place of roads. 

AF145 - BALDWIN & CRADOCK “North Africa or Barbary IV Tripoli.” London 1837. Colored. 12X15½. Fine depiction of the coast of Tripoli from Misratah to Dernah (ancient Cyrenaica) & the harbor of Al Halal. Inland areas are noted as being tribal regions & desert. No roads are indicated, only the 'usual tracks.' A fine map of Tripoli as surveyed in 1837. 

AF146 - BALDWIN & CRADOCK “North Africa or Barbary V. Parts of Tripoli and Egypt.” London. 1837. Colored. 12½X15½. Fine map shows Tripoli's coast from Dernah & the Gulf of Bombah over to Egypt's boundary at Marsa Labeit, & continuing into Egypt to Araba Bay & Alexandria. Inland areas are depicted as primarily tribal regions & desert. Note: Many name changes have taken place since 1837 when this map was published 

AF148 - J & C. WALKER “West Africa II.” London. 1839. Outline color. 12X15½.Clearly delineated map shows Nigeria & the River Niger flowing down to join the River Quorra & its entrance at Cape Formba, east of the Bight of Benin. Includes the Cross River, Brass & the River Colabar. Many settlements are noted along the rivers & the map includes the Sudan in the north, Dahomey in the west and Lake Tchad in the Bornou Region in the northeast. The map was published by the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge, & contains historical & informational notes about the Rivers Niger & Yeou & Lake Tchad. 

AF149 - British Admiralty- “Africa-East Coast. Zanzibar Island, Zanzibar Harbor.” London 1954 (Corrected to 1968). 26½”x38¾” B/W #3211.

AF150 - British Admiralty- “South Africa-Chile. Estrecho De Magallanes, Paso Del Mar and Canal Smyth Southern Part.” London 1961 (Corrected to 1970). From the Chilean Government charts to 1955. 39½”x26” B/W #631.

AF161 - J. THOMSON “North Africa” and “South Africa”. Edin. 1816. Colored. 23X20. Very handsome map divided into two sections on one sheet. The upper sheet shows North Africa's Mediterranean coast from the Straits of Gibraltar to Suez and the Red Sea & part of Arabia. Includes Morocco, Algieria, Tripoli, Libya & Egypt and vast areas of the Sahara and Libyan deserts. Locates the Guinea coast and the Mountains of the Moon, tribal regions and coastal harbors. The lower sheet shows South Africa with its harbors & settlements. Locates Table Bay, Cape Town, False Bay, the Cape of Good Hope & the Districts of Zwellingdan, Graaff Reynet & Stellenbusch. An interesting feature of the map is a “Reference to Routes”, showing the Caravan routes and the tracks of Messrs Browne, Hornemans, Bruce and Parks as they traversed the continent during their travels of exploration and discovery. This is a striking two part map in fine color and with excellent topographical features. 

AF164 - A. H. PETERMANN “Originalkarte Der Portuciesischen Reisin in Inner-Africa seit 1798. Nach den Portugiesischen Quellenwerken Zusammengestellt.Nebst Skizze von Livingstone's Reisse 1866-1869. Von A. Petermann.” Gotha. 1870. Colored. 10X12. This finely detailed map of Central Africa encompasses Tanganyika, the southern Congo and Rhodesia and shows the track of David Livingstone through the region in 1866-69. Livingstone was a famous Scottish explorer and missionary whose discoveries in Africa included the course of the River Zambesi, the Victoria Falls and Lake Nyassa. While in Africa he stirred the public conscience to the horrors of the slave trade, and in 1870 when he disappeared from view it was thought he was lost, until found by Henry Morton Stanley, another English explorer whose famous words when he discovered Livingstone living at Ujifi on the shore of Lake Tanganyika in 1871, was “Dr. Livingstone, I presume!.” This fine map was published in Petermann's “Geographische Mittheilungun” in 1870.

AF165 - T. KITCHIN “A Map of the Empire of Morocco Comprehending the Kingdoms of Fez, Morocco, Etc. By T. Kitchin. Geogr.” London. 1760. Colored. 4¼X7. Beautiful small map shows the Kingdoms of Morocco and Fez, Tafilet and Segelmese depicting towns, harbors and settlements. Locates the Straits of Gibraltar and the Mediterranean Sea and the southern coasts of Spain and Portugal. Includes a colorful compass rose and a decorative title cartouche with leaves, flowers, and scrolls in bottom right. Published in the London Magazine in 1760 it was engraved by Thomas Kitchin one of London's premier engravers.

AF166 - SIR JOHN BARROW “Colony of the Cape of Good Hope.” London. 1800 (1812). B/W. 8X10. This finely engraved chart was taken from Sir John Barrow's “An Account of Travels into the Interior of Southern Africa” published by Cadell and Davis in London in 1800, and republished by Arrowsmith & Lewis in their atlas “A New & Elegant General Atlas” in Philadelphia in 1812. The chart was engraved by Francis Shallus (1723-1821) a well known Philadelphia engraver at the beginning of the 19th century. The chart is intensely detailed and shows Boundaries, Districts, mountain ranges, rivers, towns and harbors. The Cape of Good Hope and False Bay are clearly delineated. 

AF168 - BRITISH ADMIRALTY “Africa East Coast. Zanzibar Island. Zanzibar Harbour.” London. 1955 (1968.) Grey/white coloration. 26¼X38½. Very striking and detailed chart shows the harbour and coastal contours and both topographical and hydrographical details overall. Includes hundreds of depth soundings in fathoms,& buoys and beacons. Depicts French Pass and small islands and shoals and includes navigational notes on courses and tides. Surveyed by Lieut. Commander D. W. Haslam R.N. in H. M. S. Dalrymple. 1953. A fine chart. No. 3211.

AF169 - R. BONNE “Carte Des Royaumes De Fez, D'Alger, De Tunis Et De Tripoli. Par. M. Bonne Ingenr Hydrographe de la Marine. Fevrier 1781. Avec Priv. du Roi.” Paris 1783. Outline color. 8½X14. Fine chart of North Africa shows coastal contours from the Straits of Gibraltar over to Tripoli. Depicts the islands of Sardinia, Malta and Sicily and includes the southern coasts of Spain and Italy. The map shows only coastal settlements in North Africa, but many cities, towns and harbors in Spain and Italy. From “Recueil des Cartes Sur la Geographie Ancienne” published in Paris in 1783 by Rigobert Bonne (1727-1795) the head of the Dept. de la Marine with Nicolas Demarest..

AF170 - MERCATOR-HONDIUS “Abissinorum Sive Pretosi Ioannis Imperium. Petrus Kaerrius Ciela vit.” Amstd. 1606 (1628). Colored. 5½7½. This very early map of Abyssinia in northeast Africa is known as one of the Prester John maps. From 1150 AD and for the next 400 years rumours spread throughout Europe that somewhere in Asia there was a powerful and very rich Christian Emperor named Presbyter Johannes who had founded a Kingdom called Kara Khitai. The mysterious Priest-King became a symbol of hope in the Christian world beset by Mongol hordes, and Pope Alexander III resolved to make contact with him, but a letter he sent via messenger was never returned. Following that Ambassadors of Peace, and Dominican and Franciscan Missionaries traveled back and forth between the Pope, the King of France and the Mongol Khan, but all came back without a sight of Prester John and they began to think the story was a myth. Nevertheless, cartographers and scholars perpetuated the myth by transferring the Kingdom from Asia to India and finally to Abyssinia in eastern Africa, which was a largely unknown area at the time and a likely place for a mythical Kingdom to exist. This charming little map was drawn and engraved by Petrus Kaerrius (Peter van Den Keere,) 1571-1646 and portrays Abyssinia where the Kingdom of Prester John was thought to be and includes a collection of offshore islands between the east African coast and Madagascar. Includes Latin text on verso, the map was published in Gerard Mercator's “Atlas Cosmographica” in 1606 with update to 1628. (Rer. Norwich's Maps of Africa. Pages 16/17. )

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