Antique Maps and Atlases by the Chicago antique map dealer Mapcarte offering views of Africa.
Africa

Africa
Item Number:
 753
Cartographer:
 Archer, Joshua
Year:
 1834
Origin:
 London
Size:
 10" x 7.5"
Condition:
 G minor stains in margins
Price:
 $150.00
Description:
Unique "white-line" engraving from William Pinnock's "Guide to Knowledge". This may be the only series printed in this fashion.


Africae Accurata Tabula ex Officina
Item Number:
 480
Cartographer:
 Visscher, Nicolas
Year:
 1680
Origin:
 Amsterdam
Size:
 17" x 21.3"
Condition:
 F professionally repaired
Price:
 $1,250.00
Description:
Seventeenth century mythical source of Nile in two lakes. Numerous animals in the interior and ships at sea. Dedication cartouche - Gerardo Schaep.


Africa Ex Magna Orbis Terre Descriptione
Item Number:
 1082
Cartographer:
 Gerard Mercator
Year:
 1607
Origin:
 Duisberg
Size:
 15" x 18.5"
Condition:
 VG+ original unique Mercator color palate, repaired lower centerfold
Price:
 $1,650.00
Description:
Drawn by grandson of Gerard Mercator in 1595. Ptolemy's geography, Waldseemuller's Haf lac and Prestor John grace this decorative masterwork.


Totius Africae Nova Repraesentatio qua practer diversos in ea Status et Regiones, etiam Origo Nili et veris RRPP Missionariorum Relationibus ostenditu
Item Number:
 347
Cartographer:
 Johan Baptist Homann
Year:
 1715
Origin:
 Nuremberg
Size:
 19.5"x23"
Condition:
 VG - stain top margin, spot Egypt
Price:
 $1,500.00
Description:
Classic Homann with a very fine cartouche native figures and imaginary Nile source


Africa/Lybia/Morenlandt
Item Number:
 149
Cartographer:
 Sebastian Munster
Year:
 1598
Origin:
 Basel
Size:
 13" x 15"
Condition:
 VG - centerfold stain from verso
Price:
 $700.00
Description:
Woodcut map, with some old hand writing in the margins


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