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subject : Africa--Maps--Early works to 1800
A new map of Africk shewing its present general divisions, cheif [sic] cities or towns, rivers, mountains &c. : dedicated to His Highness William, Duke of Gloucester
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Prime meridian: London; Relief shown pictorially.; Shows drainage, etc.
Printed by T.W. for R Bonwicke, J. Walthoe, R. Wilkin, and T. Ward (publisher)
Wells, Edward, 1667-1727. (creator)
Spofforth, R., (contributor)
1719
Subjects
Africa Tertia Pars Terrae.
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Scale and coordinates indeterminable.; Pictorial woodcut with inserted type.; Shows major cities, rivers, mountains.; The sea is engraved in narrow wavy lines, with a galleon, a merman and above him a sea-bird; Top left "20" & "21" top right.; On verso: text in German; top left "22" & "19" top right.; Norwich #17.
H. Bunting (publisher)
Bünting, Heinrich, 1545-1606. (creator)
1592
Subjects
Prima tavola [Africa].
Image
Relief shown pictorially.; Oriented with north to the bottom.; Has watermark.; Two halves of map are separated by a blank channel.; Sea is portrayed by wavy lines and Includes illustrations of ships, sea monsters, etc.
Nella stamperia de Givnti (publisher)
Gastaldi, Giacomo, approximately 1500-approximately 1565. (creator)
Ramusio, Giovanni Battista, 1485-1557. (contributor)
1563
Subjects
Africae tabula nova.
map
Relief shown pictorially.; Text with col. ill. on verso; p. 25, headed, "4 Africa."; Decorative cartouche; fish and ships on ocean.
[Ortelius?] (publisher)
Ortelius, Abraham, 1527-1598. (creator)
1570
Subjects
Africae Tabvla Nova.
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Scale and coordinates indeterminable.; Relief shown pictorially.; Verso: German text; All states of this map priot to 1592 were woodcuts; all 1592 and later were copperplate.
Henricpetri (publisher)
Münster, Sebastian, 1489-1552. (creator)
Henricpetri, Sebastian, 1547-1627. (contributor)
1588
Subjects
Africae tabula nova.
Image
Relief shown pictorially.; Prime meridian: Ferro.; Verso: Africa (text) 4; Decorative cartouche; fish and ships on ocean.
[Ortelius] (publisher)
Ortelius, Abraham, 1527-1598. (creator)
1570
Subjects
L' Afrique : Dressée Selon les dernieres Relat. et Suivant les Nouvelles decouvertes dont les Points Principaux Sont placez Sur les Observations de Mrs. de l'Academie Royale des Sciences : [gewidmet] Nosseigneurs Les Enfans de France ; Avec Privil. du Roy
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Maßstab in graph. Form (Degr., grande Lieües de france). - Nullmeridian: Ferro. Relief shown pictorially. Prime meridian: Ferro
Chez l'Auteur (publisher)
Fer, Nicolas de. (contributor)
1700
Subjects
L'Afrique divisée en ses principaux etats : assujettie aux observations astronomique
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Relief shown pictorially.; Prime meridian: Ferro.; P. II 39.; Shows Africa and the Middle East.; Includes 2 insets: Carte particuliere du Cap de Boñ Esperance et de ses environs -- Carte particuliere de l'Isle de France.
Francois Santini; Chez Mr. Remondini (publisher)
Janvier, Jean. (creator)
La Caille, Nicolas Louis de, 1713-1762.; Remondini, Giuseppe Antonio, 1747-1811. (contributor)
[1784]
Subjects
L'Afrique divisée suivant l'estendue de ses principales parties ou sont distingués les vns des autres les empires, monarchies, royaumes, estats, et peuples qui partagent aujourd'huy l'Afrique.
Image
Relief shown pictorially.
chez H.Jaillot (publisher)
Sanson, Nicolas, 1600-1667. (creator)
Jaillot, Alexis Hubert, 1632?-1712. (contributor)
1696
Subjects
L'Afrique Divisée en ses Empires, Royaumes, Et Estats : à l'Usage de Monseigneur Le Duc De Bourgogne
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Prime meridian: Ferro; Scale estimated from latitude spacing.; Relief shown pictorially.; Shows rivers, towns and cities, political divisions, and portions of lands surrounding Mediterranean.; Decorative cartouche in upper right corner surrounds title statement.; Decorative cartouche in lower left corner surrounds various scales.
[Nicolas De Fer] (publisher)
Jaillot, Alexis Hubert. (contributor)
1694
Subjects
Carte d'Afrique : dressée pour l'usage du Roi
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Prime meridians: Paris and L'Isle de Fer; Relief shown pictorially.; Includes "Avertissement" concerning map scale.
Chez l'Auteur Rue des Noyers (publisher)
L'Isle, Guillaume de, 1675-1726. (creator)
1787
Subjects
L'Afrique : dressée selon les dernières relat. et suivant les nouvelles decouvertes dont les points principaux sont placez sur les observations de Mrs. de l'Academie Royale des Sciences.
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Pictorial relief.; "10."
Fer (publisher)
Fer, Nicolas de, 1646-1720. (creator)
1717
Subjects
Mavritania nvova tavola.
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Relief shown pictorially.; Shows West and North Africa.; Taken from Girolamo Ruscelli's Italian translation from the Greek of Ptolemy's Geographia.; Upper left margin, "Defcrittione dell' Africa"; upper right, "Libro Secondo." and 98.; The third state of this map, the only one having a sea monster.; Verso: (text) "Delle Mavritanie nvova tavola di Africa"
Appresso gli heredi di Melchior Sessa (publisher)
Ptolemy, active 2nd century. (creator)
Ruscelli, Girolamo, -approximately 1565. (contributor)
1598
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