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

Totius Africae Accuratissima
Item Number:
 21
Cartographer:
 De Wit, Frederick
Year:
 1680
Origin:
 Amsterdam
Size:
 19"x22.5"
Condition:
 VG+ cleaned, deacidified,extended margins for framing
Price:
 $1,100.00
Description:
First state, Nile origin based on Ptolemy (87-150AD), with many errors typical of the 17th century base of knowledge.


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


Africae Tabula Nova
Item Number:
 671
Cartographer:
 Abraham Ortelius
Year:
 1570
Origin:
 Antwerp
Size:
 14.6" x 19.5"
Condition:
 VG
Price:
 $3,550.00
Description:
Based on Gastaldi's rare wall map of 1564. Ptolemy's image of two lakes as source of Nile maintained. Stipple work engraved sea.


Africa Vetus
Item Number:
 42
Cartographer:
 Nicolas Sanson
Year:
 1690
Origin:
 Paris
Size:
 18" x 24"
Condition:
 F - strong paper, some age toning
Price:
 $900.00
Description:
Ptolemy based Nile sources, Blaeu and Mercator topographical details plus imaginary mountains and blank interior


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