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19th Century Maps of Africa

Colorful and detailed maps of Africa and surrounding regions, highlighting geographic features and historical boundaries from the 19th century.

MAP OF THE WORLD, 1899

Central and South Africa , Africa, Maps Norman B. Leventhal Map Center Collection

Cartography in the Netherlands, map of Africa. Map of Africa, yellow edge, stained, scale l.o. In Italian, French, German and Spanish miles and hours, and days of M. P. G. everyone. Inscription; L.b.: L'Afrique / Divisée and Ses Principales Paries / Où / Les Empires Les Monarchies, / Les Royaumes Les Etats, / et Les Purples, / Sont Distingues Lesons des des autres. Signed; L.b.: Sanson.

Afrique 1899 , Africa, Maps Norman B. Leventhal Map Center Collection

cartography maps South Africa colour lithograph ""Allgemeiner Handatlas"" by Richard Andree Velhagen and Klasing publischer Bielefeld and Leipzig 1887,

Afrique 1899. Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. Prime meridians: Greenwich and Paris. "Carte dressee en 1895, mise a jour en 1897 et en 1899."... , Africa Africa

Karten-ideal zur elementaren darstellung der topischen verhältnisse von wasser und land auf dem erdboden, nebst der Oestl. & Westl. erdhälfte, zur erläuterung mathemat. eintheilung u. physisch-geograph. verhältnisse , Children's maps, Germany, Relief models, Specimens, Imaginary places, Maps Norman B. Leventhal Map Center Collection

Asia , Asia, Maps, Eurasia, Maps Norman B. Leventhal Map Center Collection

Turkey , Turkey, Maps Norman B. Leventhal Map Center Collection

Route chart showing routes to and from northwestern Europe , North Atlantic Ocean, Maps, Shipping, North Atlantic Ocean, Maps, Trade routes, North Atlantic Ocean, Maps, Steamboat lines, Ireland, Maps, Shipping, Ireland, Maps Norman B. Leventhal Map Center Collection

Map of South Europe with the most important cities and rivers Map of South Europe with the most important cities and rivers Copyright: xZoonar.com/RainerxLesniewskix 22291595

1870 Johnson Map of Australia, the East Indies, and Southeast Asia

A series of statistical charts illustrating the condition of the descendants of former African slaves now in residence in the United States of America Negro population of the United States compared with the total population of other countries / African American Photographs Assembled for 1900 Paris Exposition.

Karten-ideal zur elementaren darstellung der topischen verhältnisse von wasser und land auf dem erdboden, nebst der Oestl. & Westl. erdhälfte, zur erläuterung mathemat. eintheilung u. physisch-geograph. verhältnisse , Children's maps, Germany, Relief models, Specimens, Imaginary places, Maps Norman B. Leventhal Map Center Collection

American Radiator Company trade card , World maps Norman B. Leventhal Map Center Collection

Map of the Arctic Circle with details of explorationsDate: circa 1880

South America , South America, Maps Norman B. Leventhal Map Center Collection

Anefo photo collection. The Kuiper for Africa. 8 June 1952. Africa

Australia, vintage engraved illustration. Dictionary of words and things - Larive and Fleury - 1895.

Map of the world on Mercator's projection, to show the populations and actual areas occupied by the various states represented in plate I , World maps, Population, Maps, Population density, Maps Norman B. Leventhal Map Center Collection

Japanese Map from 1914. A satirical Atlas of the World, Anonymous

Entente intervention in Russia, Anonymous

1895 Meiji 28 Japanese Map of Imperial Japan with Taiwan

5/8/1953 Propaganda Posters Distributed in Asia, ca. 1950s - World Map (Lao language)

1930 Pictorial Map of North America and South America

Map showing the distribution of the Eared-Pheasants Beebe, William (1877-1962). Cartographic. Maps. 1918 - 1922. General Research Division. Pheasants

cartography maps Southern and Central Africa colour lithograph ""Meyers Geographischer Handatlas"" Bibliographical Institute Leipzig 1912 private collection,

Collection Dutch Heidematschappij. Freshwater fishing, eel, Dutch East Indies, Indonesia. undated. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies

Photographs Relating to the Minor Nuremberg Trials

East Asia , East Asia, Maps Norman B. Leventhal Map Center Collection

Soviet Russian map of Western Europe in 1924-1939.

Middle East, oil and gas : Middle East , Oil fields, Middle East, Maps, Gas fields, Middle East, Maps, Petroleum pipelines, Middle East, Maps, Gas pipelines, Middle East, Maps, Petroleum shipping terminals, Middle East, Maps, Petroleum refineries, Middle East, Maps, Middle East, Maps Norman B. Leventhal Map Center Collection

Asia , Asia, Maps, Eurasia, Maps Norman B. Leventhal Map Center Collection

Asia. Shipping list no.: 93-0225-P. "802015 (B01265) 7-92."... , Asia Eurasia ,area Asia

'General Map of British South Africa', 1900. From "South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. I", by Louis Creswicke. T. C. & E. C. Jack, Edinburgh, 1900

China , China, Maps Norman B. Leventhal Map Center Collection

Magnetic variation chart for the year 1882 , Magnetic declination, Maps, World maps Norman B. Leventhal Map Center Collection

Africa Map - Continent Overview Detailed map of Africa highlighting the continent s countries and significant geographical features. A clear depiction of Africa s landmass. Copyright: xolenadesignx

N.N., Japan (without dat.): Floor plan 1: 800000. Print colored on paper, 111 x 77.4 cm (including scan edges) N.N. : Japan

1853 Andrews Map of the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Basin

View of a vintage map of Russia and surrounding regions hangs on a distressed yellow wall, its peeling paint contrasting with the map's detailed geography, Pyramiden, Svalbard and Jan Mayen.

Central Africa , Africa, Central, Maps Norman B. Leventhal Map Center Collection

Map of China Political map of China with the several provinces. Copyright: xZoonar.com/SteffenxHammerx 2975384

Karte von Nordamerika auf altem Leinen - Map of North America on old linen Karte von Nordamerika auf altem Leinen - Map of North America on old linen Copyright: xZoonar.com/lantapixx 11625308

The map of Greece with explanation of signs on map.

Newsmap : week of December 16 to December 22, 224th week of the war, 106th week of U.S. Participation. Monday, December 27, 1943 , World War, 1939-1945, Campaigns, Maps, World War, 1939-1945, Occupied territories, Maps, World War, 1939-1945, Campaigns, Eastern Front, Maps, World War, 1939-1945, Malay Archipelago, Occupied territories, Maps, World War, 1939-1945, Pacific Ocean, Occupied territories, Aerial views, World War, 1939-1945, Papua New Guinea, West New Britain Province, Maps, World War, 1939-1945, Southeast Asia, Occupied territories, Aerial views, Europe, Eastern, Maps, Malay Archipelago, Maps, Pacific Ocean, Aerial views, Southeast Asia, Aerial views, West New Britain Province Papua New Guinea, Maps, Aerial views, Military maps, Japan, Territories and possessions, Maps Norman B. Leventhal Map Center Collection

Nord-u. Mittel-Amerika , Children's maps, Germany, Relief models, Specimens, North America, Maps, Central America, Maps Norman B. Leventhal Map Center Collection

Little colorful model globe with maps on it

Map of the Philippine islands (Spanish colonial period). Mindanao Island, Visayan Islands and Letye Island. Engraving. Crónica General de España, Historia Ilustrada y Descriptiva de sus Provincias (General Chronicle of Spain, Illustrated and Descriptive History of its Provinces), Philippines, 1871.

By 1900 China had signed a number of treaties with the Western Powers (Britain, France, United States, Russia, and also Japan). Unequal treaty is the name given by the Chinese to these series of treaties signed with Western Powers during the 19th and early 20th centuries by Qing dynasty China after military attacks or military threats by foreign powers. The term was also applied to treaties signed with Tokugawa Japan and to treaties imposed on Joseon Korea by the post-Meiji Restoration Empire of Japan.

Square map of all the countries on the globe ca. 1853.

Map showing Australia,Tasmania, New Zealand andneighbouring islandsDate: circa 1890

1827 Finley Map of India

China , China, Maps Norman B. Leventhal Map Center Collection

Map of the voyages of Christopher Columbus

China , China, Maps Norman B. Leventhal Map Center Collection

China. Relief shown by spot heights. Depths shown by bathymetric tints. "Base 504301 12-79 (544061)." Exhibited in Faces and Places, at the Boston Public Library, Boston, MA, October 2003 - September 2004.. The Central Intelligence Agency is known for publishing high quality and detailed general reference maps. This map of China, made during the height of the Cold War, is no exception. In addition to the detailed representation of settlements, topographical features, waterways, and provincial boundaries, the alphabetical gazetteer on the back locates, with precision, some 2,500 Chinese cities and towns... , China

Africa,' published in 1701 by Timothy Childe in London

Map of South Africa in 1880 and 1899

Danube to India. Outline map covering from Eastern Europe (Serbia, Romania, and Bulgaria) eastward to Central Asia (Chinese Turkistan, and India), and from the Black Sea & Caspian Sea southward to the Arabian Sea. Shows political boundaries, geographical regions, lakes and waterways, and major cities.... , Middle East ,area

South America , South America, Maps Norman B. Leventhal Map Center Collection

England, Cornwall, Porthcurno, The Telegraph Museum, Map Showing Early International Communication Cable Network

A map depicting Soviet global power projection. Country: Unknown

Airways of the world on Mercator's projection , Airways, Maps, World maps Norman B. Leventhal Map Center Collection

Age of the Caliphs , Iraq, Maps, Mediterranean Region, Maps, Middle East, Historical geography, Maps

1855 Colton Map of Southern Africa

Australien und Polynesien. In a set of 8 raised relief maps for schoolchildren, titled "Plastischer schul-atlas fur die erste stufe des unterrichts in der erdkunde".... , Australia Polynesia ,area

Map of Brazil. Political map of Brazil with the several states.

The League of Nations, 1925 , Administrative and political divisions, Maps, League of Nations Norman B. Leventhal Map Center Collection

Middle East. Shows the area eastward from Sudan to Kazakhstan, and southward from Russia to Ethiopia. Shipping list no.: 97-0048-S. "802475 (R02107) 1-97."... , Middle East ,area

French Indochina (French: Indochine française; Vietnamese: Đông Dương thuộc Pháp, frequently abbreviated to Đông Pháp) was part of the French colonial empire in southeast Asia. A federation of the three Vietnamese regions, Tonkin (North), Annam (Central), and Cochinchina (South), as well as Cambodia, was formed in 1887. Laos was added in 1893 and Guangzhouwan (Kouang-Tchéou-Wan) in 1900. The capital was moved from Saigon (in Cochinchina) to Hanoi (Tonkin) in 1902.

Landkarte von Afrika mit allen Ländern und Regionen - Map of Africa with all countries and regions Landkarte von Afrika mit allen Ländern und Regionen - Map of Africa with all countries and regions ,model released, Symbolfoto Copyright: xZoonar.com/lantapixx 16846011 ,model released, Symbolfoto ,property released

Map of the Major Mideast Oil Producing Nations. In 1973 the US produced 81% of its crude oil and imported only 4.8% from the Middle East. Even with these small quantities, the American economy was susceptible to 'Oil Shock.' Map was published during the Yom Kipper war, fought from October 6 to 25, 1973. NOTE: Also called the 1973 Arab-Israeli War and the Fourth Arab-Israeli War)

1862 Johnson Map of Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay and Argentina

Middle East , Middle East, Maps

Chart of the world, on Mercator's projection : illustrative of the impolicy of slavery , Slavery, Maps, Sugar growing, Maps, World maps Norman B. Leventhal Map Center Collection

Map of India showing places of tourist interest

China , China, Maps, China, Maps, Physical Norman B. Leventhal Map Center Collection

Map Africa 1529, Nubia, Alexandria, Tunis, Berber, Sahara, Cape Good Hope, historical illustration 1885, 16th century, Olfred Dapper, Red Sea, coasts, Nile sources, Tripoli, Atlas Mountains, Senegal, Africa

Map of Sweden Political map of Sweden with the several provinces. Copyright: xZoonar.com/SteffenxHammerx 2953858

Close-up of a map of South America

Map showing the movements of 'HMS Ark Royal', 1939-1941, (1942). Map of the Atlantic Ocean, western Europe and Africa, indicating journeys and principal engagements of the British Royal Navy aircraft carrier 'Ark Royal' during the Second World War: Hunting of the 'Graf Spee', October-December 1939; Guarding Sierra Leone Convoys, 1941; Trapping the 'Bismarck', May 1941; Covering British Landings, April 1940; Attacking 'Scharnhorst', June 1940; Covering Evacuation, May 1940; Narvik Operations, May 1940; North Sea Patrol, September 1939; Action at Oran, July 1940; Mediterranean Convoys, Air Attac

Map of Sweden. Political map of Sweden with the several provinces.

Africa, ethnolinguistic groups , Ethnology, Africa, Maps, Africa, Languages, Maps

Chart of the world, on Mercator's projection : illustrative of the impolicy of slavery. Date of publication estimated from "J. Whatman" watermark. Includes explanatory text below map.. Map showing sugar producing areas where slave labor is used, contrasted with sugar producing areas with which trade is restricted or prohibited because of high duties which protect the sugar of the slave economy. Produced by James Cropper, as an economic argument for the abolition of slavery in the British Empire. Originally published in the Liverpool Mercury in 1823, and published in various other publications through 1828... , World

Africa Map - Flat Blue Style A simple, flat blue map of the African continent, clearly displaying national borders and country names. Ideal for educational or informational purposes. Copyright: xpytyczechx

A map of the Soviet Union showing the locations of naval fleet headquarters. Country: Unknown

mapa arqueologico de Menorca, acrilico sobre tela, Museo Militar de Menorca, antiguo cuartel de Cala Corb, plaza central de Es Castell, construido por...

Map of The Oman, Sur, Oman.

Dominion of Canada , Canada, Maps, Greenland, Maps Norman B. Leventhal Map Center Collection

Vinyl globe

Japanese map

Middle East , Middle East, Maps

Map of China Political map of China with the several provinces. Copyright: xZoonar.com/SteffenxHammerx 3587562

South Korea Map of Provinces Detailed map showcasing the administrative divisions of South Korea, highlighting its provincial structure. This map presents a clear visual representation of the country s geographical organization. Copyright: xVolinax

The area already had a sinister reputation even before the 'triangle' was invented - wrecks were thought to end up in the Sargasso Sea Date: 1925

Vintage map depicting Christopher Columbus' voyages with illustrations and notes on exploration.

Map of Hindostan from Pinkerton's Modern Atlas, mid-19th century.

Great Britain / World: 'All Red Line'. The All Red Line was an informal name for the system of electrical telegraphs that linked much of the British Empire. It was inaugurated on 31 October 1902. The name derives from the common practice of colouring the territory of the British Empire red or pink on political maps.

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