Maps

Latest Maps/Africa/South

Beautiful and rare map from 'L'Isole Piu Famose Del Mondo ' by Tomaso Porcacchi,Porcacchi's famous and beautiful isolario, containing maps of the islands of the world.The map is one of the earliest copper engraved maps one can find.This is from the 1575 (second edition and a copy of the dated colophon will be included) and the maps are a very strong impression.Set in a page of text.Cartouche, sea monsters,compass rose.Mint condition.

Rare Langenes map from Tabularum Geographicarum Contractarum Libri.Map also titled Descriptio Aethiopiae Inferioris Latin text,1600:Pg 557; Nn 4 (ref. Stewart).Sea Monster.Very detailed.Excellent hand colour..V.good condition

Very attractive map of southern Africa depicts the area just prior to the settlement of the Cape Province by the Dutch. The area shown is from the Congo River baisn around the Cape of Good Hope and up the east coast as far as northern present-day Mozambique. A good number of coastal names are given, including Mozambique Island which was an importaqnt re-supply point for ships sailing to India and points east. To the north, one of the Ptolemaic lakes thought to be the source of the Nile is shown. Information on the interior is sparse, reflecting the lack of knowledge the Europeans had about the interior of Africa. Unlike many other maps which are filled in with fanciful or fictitious information, this map more accurately portrays actual knowledge.ORIGINAL COLOUR.Very good condition

Very attractive map of southern Africa.This map is an exact reduced version of the Bleau map of 1635.The area shown is from the Congo River basin southward around the Cape of Good Hope to northern present-day Mozambique.Printed before the Dutch settlement at Cape Town.Decorated with animals and ships & cartouche.Pleasant age toning.V.good condition.

Very Rare map printed 1741 by Vaugondy from Sanson's 1650's plate.Engraved by I.Somer Pruthenus.Interesting,attractive and detailed map of Southern Africa.Manty early place names both real and fictitious.Original outline colour.Excellent condition.

Superb example of Richard Blome's scarce map, the earliest folio sized map of the region to be engraved in England. While Speed's atlas was published prior to Blome, the plates were engraved and printed in Amsterdam. The map demonstrates the naïve engraving style characteristic of 17th Century English engravers, and features an elaborate heraldic cartouche and a dedication to Robert Viner offLondon, Alderman Knight & Baronet. Several sailing ships and sea monsters. Blome's maps, because of their rarity and importance in the history of English Cartography, are essential items for regional collectors. Blome first began engraving maps for his Geographical Description Of The Four Parts Of The World in 1667. The completed volume was in small folio, and contained 24 maps (plus one duplicated), engraved by Francis Lamb, Thomas Burnford and Wenceslas Hollar. Blome's principal handicap in the production of the atlas was the lack of a domestic mapmaking environment comparable with that in Europe. Also, to finance his work, he undertook subscribers, in exchange for a promise to add their coat of arms to certain maps. Uncoloured as issued.Very good condition.

Superb example of Richard Blome's scarce map, the earliest folio sized map of the region to be engraved in England. While Speed's atlas was published prior to Blome, the plates were engraved and printed in Amsterdam. The map demonstrates the naïve engraving style characteristic of 17th Century English engravers, and features an elaborate heraldic cartouche and a dedication to Robert Viner offLondon, Alderman Knight & Baronet. Several sailing ships and sea monsters. Blome's maps, because of their rarity and importance in the history of English Cartography, are essential items for regional collectors. Blome first began engraving maps for his Geographical Description Of The Four Parts Of The World in 1667. The completed volume was in small folio, and contained 24 maps (plus one duplicated), engraved by Francis Lamb, Thomas Burnford and Wenceslas Hollar. Blome's principal handicap in the production of the atlas was the lack of a domestic mapmaking environment comparable with that in Europe. Also, to finance his work, he undertook subscribers, in exchange for a promise to add their coat of arms to certain maps. Uncoloured as issued.Very good condition.

Attractive antique map of Fort Dauphin Mozambique from Mallets Description De L'Univers.Banner title.Hand colour.Good condition.

Attractive 17thC map of Southern Africa.Ships Cartouche.Good impression,uncoloured as issued.Very good condition.

This map contains a well known view of the Cape of Good Hope and Table Mountain from the sea. The sheet also contains a map of Table Bay & Robin Island on the bottom left and a map of the Dutch Fort at Cape Town on the bottom right. The view of the Cape of Good Hope labels each mountain peak and contains a legend to identify important points in the town. Dutch flags fly atop one mountain and at the Fort. Ships sailing between Europe and the East Indies are in the harbor. This map comes from de Fer's Atlas Curieux (Norwich). Tooley calls de Fer "a geographer, engraver, and published of considerable creative ability". Very good condition. Reference: Norwich map #211. Tooley, Map Collector's Guide to Africa, p. 45.

This decorative map reaches from Cape of Good Hope and the land of the Hottentots in the south to northern Mozambique. To the east is a bit of Madagascar and surrounding islands to be seen.Rococo cartouche.Good hand colour.Good margins.V.good condition.

Attractive map of South East Africa.Covers area from Cape of Good Hope to the Comoros Islands.Cartouche.Very good hand colour.Very good condition.

Atractive map of the west coast from Cape Town to present day Angola.Detailed.Compass rose.Cartouche.Original outline colour.Mint condition.SOLD

Attractive map of Cape Colony in the mid Eighteenth century.The map has an interesting history that can be seen from Roger Stewart's article in Imcos Journal 119.This map is an early English version of Abbe Nicolas-Louis De La Caille's map.One can see the triangulation for measuring the arc of the meridian at Cape Town.Cartouche.Good hand colour.Very good condition.RARE

Rare.Decorative map of the Bay and Robben Island.Shows the town and fort.Hand colour.Left hand margion reinforced otherwise good condition

Very attractive map of the Cape from False Bay to St Heleens Bay,including the towns of Fransche Hoek and Stellenbosch.Good original colour.Very good condition.

Detailed Dutch map with superb original colour'Compass rose.Mint condition.SOLD

Rare map of the southern part of South Africa.Engraved for Jacksons edition of Paynes Universal Geography.very detailed for the period.Compass rose.Good condition.

Attractive map of the southern part of South Africa.Depicts todays Eastern and Western Cape areas.Detailed with settlements,roads even agricultural products etc.Original colour. Very good condition.SOLD

A fine detailed map from an early edition of Steilers Atlas engraved by Gotha.Interesting interior.Colour coded to show European possessions.Original outline colour.Printed on heavy paper.V.good condition.