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Antique Maps of Africa and America

Early maps depicting Africa and the Americas, featuring detailed geographical outlines and historical annotations. Vintage aesthetic.

Map Africa, 19th century engraving

Afrique , Africa, Maps, Early works to 1800 Norman B. Leventhal Map Center Collection

1862 Stieler Map of Africa

L'Amerique meridionale divisee en ses principaux etats. Relief shown pictorially. In upper right margin: "No. 33." Cataloging, conservation, and digitization made possible in part by The National Endowment for the Humanities: Exploring the human endeavor.... , South America South America

A new general map of America , Western Hemisphere, Maps, Early works to 1800, America, Maps, Early works to 1800 Norman B. Leventhal Map Center Collection

A new general map of America. Relief shown pictorially. "No. 51" in lower margin.... , North and Central America South America Mesoamerica ,area North America ,area South America America

Africa according to the best authorities , Africa, Maps Norman B. Leventhal Map Center Collection

Africa according to the best authorities , Africa, Maps Norman B. Leventhal Map Center Collection

1747 Bowen Map of North America and South America ( Western Hemisphere)

Map Africa, 19th century engraving

Chart of the world according to Mercators projection, shewing the tracks & discoveries of Captn. Cook , World maps, Early works to 1800, Cook, James, 1728-1779 Norman B. Leventhal Map Center Collection

Chart of the world according to Mercators projection, shewing the tracks & discoveries of Captn. Cook. Relief shown pictorially. Engraved for Guthrie's new system of geography.... , World

Chart of the world according to Mercators projection, shewing the tracks & discoveries of Captn. Cook , World maps, Early works to 1800, Cook, James, 1728-1779 Norman B. Leventhal Map Center Collection

America meridionalis , South America, Maps, Early works to 1800 Norman B. Leventhal Map Center Collection

America meridionalis. Relief shown pictorially. Inset: Cusco metropolis Peru. Text on verso in French; p. 705-708, 8R. Cataloging, conservation, and digitization made possible in part by The National Endowment for the Humanities: Exploring the human endeavor.... , South America South America

1780 Raynal and Bonne Map of Africa

1855 Spruner Map of Africa from the 8th to the 14th century

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

1806 Cary Map of the Western Hemisphere ( North America and South America )

Africa : corrected from the observations of the Royal Society of London and Paris. Relief shown pictorially. Shows boundaries, rivers, forests and principal settlements, with tents symbolising areas inhabited by nomads, and notes. London meridian. "Drawn & Engrav'd by I. Senex." Dedicated to Sr. Isaac Newton.... , Africa Africa

Map of Africa, Carel Allard, c. 1690 Map of Africa, Red Omrand, Areas colored. Compass rose bottom left the cartouche with title and allegorical figures, the female personification of Africa and African animals and vegetation. On the left next to the map in handwriting the parallels extra numbered. Amsterdam paper. watercolor (paint). ink etching / engraving / pen maps of separate countries or regions. Africa represented allegorically; 'Africa' (Ripa). Africans Africa

Map of Africa

1725 English map of Africa identifying kingdoms and within the large regions Barbary, Sahara Desert, Negroland, and Guinea in northwest Africa. Southern Africa lands are names after tribal groups such as the Hottentots. Arabia is shown on the upper right.

Map of Africa, 1669 - 1733 Map of Africa. At the top right is the title of the map on a canvas, tense between two trees. In addition, four elephants and a man who controls a crocodile by sitting on his back and putting a stick between his jaws. In addition, a man on horseback and a walking bird. Bottom right: e. The print is part of an album. Leiden paper etching Africa Map of Africa. At the top right is the title of the map on a canvas, tense between two trees. In addition, four elephants and a man who controls a crocodile by sitting on his back and putting a stick between his jaws. In addition, a man on horseback and a walking bird. Bottom right: e. The print is part of an album. Leiden paper etching Africa

Africa Cartographic. Maps. 1917. Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Jean Blackwell Hutson Research and Reference Division. Muslims, Missions , Africa

L'Afrique, colle tracce degli antichi e recenti viaggi si marittimi che terrestri degli Europei in essa. Relief shown pictorially. Appears in Le Sage's Atlas Historique. Exhibited in Faces and Places, at the Boston Public Library, Boston, MA, October 2003 - September 2004. MB (BRL). This fascinating map of Africa comes from a revised Italian edition of Le Sage's "Atlas Historique", first published in London in 1802. This atlas was also published for several decades in foreign editions, one of which was Italian, by Girolamo Tasso in 1830. The map includes historical comments about early European exploration of Africa, with mention of the 15th-century Portuguese voyages to the Canary and Cape Verde Islands and along the west coast of the continent. There are also comments about the voyages of Vasco de Gama in 1497 and 1498 around the Cape of Good Hope and Marco Polo's voyage to Madagascar. Shown in red are the inland routes taken by 18th century explorers such as Frederick Horneman (from

Map of the world , World maps Norman B. Leventhal Map Center Collection

Eslam or the countries which have professed the faith of Mahomet , Islamic countries, Maps, Africa, Maps, Asia, Maps, Europe, Maps Norman B. Leventhal Map Center Collection

Eslam or the countries which have professed the faith of Mahomet. Includes text on history of Islam, and list of principal Islamic sovereignties. Prime meridian: Greenwich. Includes index.... , Europe Africa Asia Europe Africa Asia

Map of Africa.

Africa secondo le ultime osservazioni dell'Academia Reale delle Scienze de Parigi Cartographic. Maps. 1737. Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Jean Blackwell Hutson Research and Reference Division

L'Amerique suivant le R.P. Charlevoix Jte, Mr. de La Condamine et plusieurs autres nouvle. observations

Map Eastern Hemisphere, 19th century engraving

Map Of Africa C.1690 Museumsstiftung Post und Telekommunikation, Berlin, Germany

Antique map of Africa.From Atlas by Fitch & Fairchild, 1850

Map of the world. Title supplied by cataloger. Map of the world in Japanese. Wood block print.... , World

Africa, including the Mediterranean. Map of Africa and southern Europe. Prime meridian: Greenwich. Appears in Wilkinson's general atlas of the world. London.... , Africa Africa

L'Amerique meridionale. Appears in La Feuille's Les tablettes guerrieres, ou Cartes choises pour la commodite des officiers ... Amsterdam: Daniel de La Feuille, 1708. Cataloging, conservation, and digitization made possible in part by The National Endowment for the Humanities: Exploring the human endeavor. Cataloging, conservation, and digitization made possible in part by The National Endowment for the Humanities: Exploring the human endeavor.... , South America South America

Colonizability of Africa Johnston, Harry Hamilton, Sir, 1858-1927. Cartographic. Maps. 1899. Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Jean Blackwell Hutson Research and Reference Division. Africa , Colonization, Africa , Discovery and exploration, Africa

1762 Janvier Map of Africa

Africa Map, atlas by Th. von Liechtenstern and Henry Lange, antique map 1869

Carte de voies de communication du Brésil , Transportation, Brazil, Maps, Steamboat lines, Brazil, Maps, Railroads, Brazil, Maps, Brazil, Commerce, Brazil, Maps Norman B. Leventhal Map Center Collection

L'Amerique meridionale , South America, Maps, Early works to 1800 Norman B. Leventhal Map Center Collection

America , Western Hemisphere, Maps Norman B. Leventhal Map Center Collection

Approach to Ta-Tong River, west coast Corea. Latitude and longitude scales incorrect. Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by soundings.... , North Korea , South Hwanghae ,province Kangjŏng-chŏn

1855 Spruner Map of Africa up to the Arab conquests in the 7th century

Asia Florente Persarum Imperio , Asia, Maps Norman B. Leventhal Map Center Collection

Amerika , Western Hemisphere, Maps Norman B. Leventhal Map Center Collection

The World Cartographic. Atlases, Maps. 1880. Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division. Erie County (N.Y.), Real property , New York (State) , Erie County

Amérique Méridionale Divisée en Ses Principales Parties ...; Beauin, Jean (1696-1772); 1763 (1763-00-00-1763-00-00);

A General Chart : Exhibiting the discoveries made by Capt.n James Cook in this and his preceeding Voyages : with the tracks of the Ships under his Command. Plate 1. From the book: Folio of Plates to Captain Cook's Voyages, 1784, by Lieutenant Henry Roberts RN, W Palmer, Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty. Gift of Charles Rooking Carter.

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

Map of Africa, Guillaume Sanson, c. 1740 Colored map of Africa, scale in the bottom left of Italian, French, German and Spanish miles and hours, and days of M.P.G. At the top left a cartouche with the title. Amsterdam paper etching / engraving maps of separate countries or regions Africa

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

L'Amerique Meridionale : dressee sur les observations de Mrs. de L'Academie Royale des Sciences & quelques autres, & sur les memoires les plus recens. Dated in line with R.V. Tooley. Prime meridian: Ferro. Relief shown pictorially. Includes cities, rivers, sea routes and mountain ranges. Appeared in G. de L'Isle's "Atlas Nouveau" 1730 by J. Covens and C. Mortier. Includes decorative title cartouche engraved by N. Guerard depicting Neptune and an Indian. Shows the tracks and dates of Drake, Olivier, Mendana, Le Maire, Magellan and Sarmiento. Map in French. Additional title in Latin above map... America Meridionalis in suas praecipuas partes divisa, ad usum Serenissimi Burgundiae Ducis. America Meridionalis in suas praecipuas partes divisa, ad usum Serenissimi Burgundiae Ducis, South America South America

Map of Malaspina's voyage. Expedition around the world led by the Italian sailor Alejandro Malaspina (1754-1809), between 1789 and 1794. It was financed by Spanish King Charles III. Map by the draftsman of the Spanish Naval Museum Juan Carlos Martinez Alonso in 1988.

Africa January rainfall -- Africa July rainfall. Appears on page 15 in the author's A literary & historical atlas of Africa and Australasia. London : J.M. Dent & Sons ; New York : E.P. Dutton & Co., 1913.... , Africa Africa

Map showing the slave trade in Africa and destinations of those captured. After a map created by Sir Harry Hamilton Johnston and engraved by John Bartholomew. It was published in Cambridge in 1899.

1862 Johnson Map of the World on Mercator Projection

A new map of South America : shewing it's general divisions, chief cities & towns, rivers, mountains &c , South America, Maps, Early works to 1800 Norman B. Leventhal Map Center Collection

Map of Africa Date: 1763

L'Amérique divisée en ses principaux états , America, Maps Norman B. Leventhal Map Center Collection

Guadaloupe, one of the Caribbee Islands subject to France in the West Indies. Relief shown pictorially and by hachures. Prime meridian: Ferro. 2nd state. Appears in Jefferys' General topography of North America and the West Indies. London: Printed for Robert Sayer, ... and Thomas Jefferys, 1768.... , Guadeloupe ,territory

A map of South America according to the best authorities , South America, Maps Norman B. Leventhal Map Center Collection

South America Map, atlas by Th. von Liechtenstern and Henry Lange, antique map 1869

Racial and Linguistic Map of Africa Cartographic. Illustrations. 1900. Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Jean Blackwell Hutson Research and Reference Division. Africa, West , History, Africa

Rand, McNally & Co.'s indexed atlas of the world map of South America , South America, Maps Norman B. Leventhal Map Center Collection

Historical map around 1875, South Africa, Africa

Vintage Map of Africa, showing the separation of regions by colonial Empires and states. Produced by Guillaume Sanson , printer Hendrik de Leth, c 1790

Map of South Africa and Madagascar, Guillaume Delisle, c. 1745 print Map of South Africa and Madagascar, Borders colored. Bottom right scale in nakes (1: 9 million) Amsterdam paper etching / engraving maps of separate countries or regions South Africa. Madagascar

Map of Africa, 1902. Creator: Unknown.

1730 Covens and Mortier Map of Southern Africa

L'Amerique Meridionale divisee en ses principales parties. Relief shown pictorially. Cartouche title. 8 different scales shown in cartouche. Latin title in upper margin. Cataloging, conservation, and digitization made possible in part by The National Endowment for the Humanities: Exploring the human endeavor.... , South America South America

Map of Portuguese Navigators and Navigations

MAP OF INDIA

Nova Africa , Africa, Maps, Early works to 1800 Norman B. Leventhal Map Center Collection

Africa 1826

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

Map of Bombay, Berar, and part of Central India, 1902. Creator: Unknown.

A new mapp of America devided according to the best and latest observations and discoveries wherein are described by thear proper names the seaverall countries that belonge to ye English which are wholly left out in all Dutch and French maps viz New Scotland, Long Iland, N. York N. Jarsey, Mary Land, Pensilvania, Carrolina & , America, Maps, Early works to 1800, Western Hemisphere, Maps, Early works to 1800 Norman B. Leventhal Map Center Collection

1795 D'Anville Wall Map of South America

Map of Africa, Theatro D'el Orbe La Tierra - Ortelius

Maps of the Far East, illustrating Russo-Japanese War , Russo-Japanese War, 1904-1905, Maps, East Asia, Maps Norman B. Leventhal Map Center Collection

Maps of the Far East, illustrating Russo-Japanese War. First map extends from Russia, Turkey and Egypt in the west to Japan and the Caroline Islands in the east, including Siberia; 2nd map extends from eastern Mongolia and China to Japan. Maps show railways, shipping routes, treaty ports, political boundaries. Relief shown by spot heights. Insets (2nd map): Environs of Nagasaki -- Environs of Tokyo -- Environs of Port Arthur -- Environs of Hong Kong... Strand war map of the Far East, Japan, Korea, China and the Russian Empire. Strand war map of the Far East, Japan, Korea, China and the Russian Empire, East Asia ,area

Nieuwe kaart van America uitgegeven te Amsterdam. Relief shown pictorially. Appears in both Salmon's Hedendaagsche historie of tegenwoordige staat van Amerika, v.1 p.1, and Tirion's Nieuwe en beknopte hand atlas. Cf. Phillips, Maps of America, p.109, and Phillips, no. 600. Prime meridian: Isle de Fer.... , North and Central America South America Mesoamerica ,area North America ,area South America America

Map of South America in 1880, Historic, digitally restored reproduction of an original 19th century artwork, exact original date unknown

1866 Johnson Map of the World in Hemispheres

Map of Asia circa 1810. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Andrea Bernieri from Giulio Ferrario's Ancient and Modern Costumes of all the Peoples of the World, Florence, Italy, 1843.

MAP OF SOUTH AMERICA, 1899

Map of Africa, Anonymous, 1774 print Germany paper etching (map of) Africa Africa

Africae nova descriptio , Africa, Maps, Early works to 1800 Norman B. Leventhal Map Center Collection

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

MAP OF THE DISCOVERIES OF EUROPEAN SEAFARERS IN THE 15TH AND 16TH CENTURIES

Chart of the world on Mercator's Projection, illustrating the impolicy of slavery, issued in 1829 in Birmingham, England. It includes elements related to slavery and features charts and diagrams

The territory over possession of which France and England are disputing , France, Territories and possessions, Maps, Great Britain, Territories and possessions, Maps, Africa, Maps Norman B. Leventhal Map Center Collection

MAP OF AFRICA

1855 Spruner Map of South America - Overview of Discovery, Conquest and Colonization

Americae pars meridionalis , South America, Maps, Early works to 1800 Norman B. Leventhal Map Center Collection

1850 Mitchell Map of Persia, Arabia and Afghanistan

Map of Asia from 1880, Historic, digitally restored reproduction of an original 19th century original, exact original date unknown

1850 Mitchell Map of Arabia, Persia, Afghanistan

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