This is an imaginative and decorative revision of Martin Waldseemüller’s (1470-1521) 1513 map, which was the first separately printed map of southern Africa.
This is the earliest obtainable map of the whole continent of Africa from Munster’s very popular works - Geographia (1540-1552) and Cosmographia (1544-1628).
In his map of southern Africa, the Venetian editor and cartographer Girolamo Ruscelli removes all symbols and figures and returns to a simple depiction of the geography of the land.
In his map of southern Africa, the Venetian editor and cartographer Girolamo Ruscelli removes all symbols and figures and returns to a simple depiction of the geography of the land.
This map of Africa was made by Abraham Ortelius (1527-1598), and its copperplate was published in Ortelius’s Theatrum orbis terrarium in Antwerp, 1603.
Willem Blaeu Africa Map dated 1635. This is the standard map of southern Africa throughout the 17th century. It was made by Willem Janszoon Blaeu (1571-1638) in Amsterdam, 1635.
Willem Blaeu Africa Map dated 1644. This is one of the most decorative and popular of all early maps of Africa, from the “golden age” of Dutch mapmaking.
Olfert Dapper Africa map dated 1670. This map of northern Africa is divided into four main horizontal sections labeled in large type: Barbaria, Biledulgrid/Numidia, Libya, and Nigritarum.
Map of Guinea “Guineae Nova Descriptio” was made by Jodocus Hondius in Amsterdam, 1606. One of the most decorative maps of the region, in gorgeous original colour.
Willem Blaeu Guinea map dated 1635. First issued in 1635, the map was reprinted in 1662, made by Willem Janszoon Blaeu (1571-1638) and included to his atlases.
Striking full color example of Ortelius' map of the Kingdoms of Fez and Morocco, from Ortelius' Theatrum Orbis Terrarum, the first modern atlas of the world.
This map is a gorgeous example of Jan Huygen van Linschoten (1563-1611) maps. It saved the original color, which is highly unusual for Linschoten maps.
This copperplate map was created by Ioannes van Keulen in Amsterdam, 1753. It depicts Cape Verde located in the Macaronesia ecoregion of the North Atlantic Ocean, off the western coast of Africa.