David Rumsey Historical Map Collection - Selected African Holdings

David Rumsey Historical Map Collection - Selected African Holdings

Cartography Associates

Selected items with African Origination


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Cartography Associates · 1575 English

In this last edition of Volume I, van der Krogt 41:1.1 (1640), the preliminary section is reduced to Braun's forward and the Hittorp letter. The London map/view is not present …


Cartography Associates · 1572 English

Two maps on facing pages, Algiers city and Egypt. "The Cosmographia ("Cosmography") from 1544 by Sebastian Münster (1488–1552) is the earliest German-language description of the world It had numerous editions …


Cartography Associates · 1572 English

"The Cosmographia ("Cosmography") from 1544 by Sebastian Münster (1488–1552) is the earliest German-language description of the world It had numerous editions in different languages including Latin, French (translated by François …


Cartography Associates · 1572 English

"The Cosmographia ("Cosmography") from 1544 by Sebastian Münster (1488–1552) is the earliest German-language description of the world It had numerous editions in different languages including Latin, French (translated by François …


Cartography Associates · 1570 English

First edition of the first atlas of the world. From Koeman: "The unique position held by Ortelius' Theatrum in the history of cartography is to be attributed primarily to its …


Cartography Associates · 1570 English

First edition of the first atlas of the world. From Koeman: "The unique position held by Ortelius' Theatrum in the history of cartography is to be attributed primarily to its …


Cartography Associates · 1570

First edition of the first atlas of the world. From Koeman: "The unique position held by Ortelius' Theatrum in the history of cartography is to be attributed primarily to its …


Cartography Associates · 1570 English

Map shows the wandering of the Jews from Egypt through the Sinai Desert and finally to the River Jordan. Each number on the route is one year. First edition of …


Cartography Associates · 1566 English

Woodcut map of Egypt, featuring the Nile River. Relief shown pictorially. Decorative cartouche. Map 26 x 34 cm, on sheet 29 x 37 cm. Generally regarded as the first modern …


Cartography Associates · 1561 English

Engraved map of Northeastern Africa. Relief shown pictorially. The first edition of Girolamo Ruscelli's translation of Claudius Ptolemy's Geographia, published in Italian. It was printed by Vincenzo Valgrisi in Venice, …