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Selection of Rare and Antique Maps recently added to the Africa category of Geographicus Antique Map Gallery.

1850 Cruchley Map of Africa

150.00 USD — Sun, 12 May 2013 16:35:00 +0000

This is a beautiful 1850 map of Africa issued by George Frederick Cruchley. It details the continent of Africa, including Madagascar, on the cusp of the great exploratory expeditions of the mid-19th century undertaken by Speke, Livingstone, and Stanley. Though European colonies and outposts dot the coastlines, much of the interior remains unknown, even speculative. The 'Supposed Mountains of the Moon' stretch across the continent - a relic 5th century B.C. This is a beautiful example of Rand McNally and Company's 1892 map of Abyssinia (Ethiopia) and surrounding countries. It covers from El Mekheir (Berber) to Zooay Lake. This map was made during the last year of the Great Ethiopian Famine, which killed around a third of its population and lasted from 1888 to 1892. This is a fine example of Laurie and Whittle's 1794 nautical chart or maritime map of Mahe and Amirantes Islands, Seychelles. It covers the Mahe and Amirantes islands, also known as the Three Brothers and the Seven Brothers, along with their shoals. When this map was drawn, the Mahe and Amirantes islands, along with the rest of modern day Seychelles, were under French control. This is a fine example of Laurie and Whittle's 1794 nautical chart or maritime map of the Bays of St. Augustin and Tullea (Tulear Bay) on the western coast of Madagascar. The chart covers part of the modern day Atsimo-Andrefana Region from Toliara to Saint Augustin and Soalara in the district of Toliara II. The mouth of the Darmouth or Onilahy River is also noted. In the upper right quadrant, the map includes five coastal profile views. This is a beautiful map of Africa from Sidney Hall's extremely scarce 1835 New General Atlas . It is an early 19th century and historically important representation of the continent of Africa. Nineteenth century mapmakers were particularly challenged by the difficult task of deciphering Africa. Despite a fairly constant flow of information about the continent dating to the Middle Ages, much of the interior remained speculative at best. This is a beautiful map of Egypt from Sidney Hall's extremely scarce 1835 New General Atlas . It depicts Egypt, centered on the Nile River from its delta on the Mediterranean south as far as the Desert of Chebba and the Port of Abyssinia and from El-Wah or Great Oases east as far as Naaman Islands. Egypt is here divided in to Mamluk provinces of Bahari (Lower Egypt), Vostani (Middle Egypt), and Said (Lower Egypt). This is a beautiful map of Nubia and Abyssinia (Ethiopia) from Sidney Hall's extremely scarce 1835 New General Atlas . It covers from Darfur east through Kaffa (a Christian State) to the Sea of Bab el Mandeb (Gulf of Aden) and from the Desert of Chebba south through the 'Dominons of a Princes called Ibbe' to Donga. It includes the modern day countries of Sudan, Ethiopia, and Eretria as well as parts of Djibouti, Kenya, Egypt, Yemen and Saudi Arabia. This is a beautiful map of southern Africa from Sidney Hall's extremely scarce 1835 New General Atlas . It covers modern day South Africa from Cape Voltas to Cape St. Lucia and includes the cities and towns of Tulbagh, Graaf Reynet, George, Somerset, Zwellendam, Albany, Beaufort, Cape Town, and Stellenbosch. This is a beautiful map of western Africa from Sidney Hall's extremely scarce 1835 New General Atlas . It covers the entirety of western coast of Africa from River Zaire or Congo west through the Slave Coast, Gold Coast, Ivory Coast, Guinea, and north past the Grain Coast and Senegambia as far as the Bank of Arguin (Banc d'Arguin). This is a beautiful map of northern Africa from Sidney Hall's extremely scarce 1835 New General Atlas . It covers the Maghreb or Barbary Coast and the western Mediterranean Coast of Africa from Morocco to Tripoli, including modern day Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia and Libya. The map focuses on Morocco and the Mediterranean regions of Fez, Algeria, Tunisia and Tripoli and the ancient Greek and later Roman, Byzantine colony of Barca. It also shows the inland oasis Kingdom of Fezzan. A scarce 1794 nautical chart or maritime map of the Table Bay, South Africa, by Robert Laurie and James Whittle. Oriented to the east, this stunning map of the Table Bay, South Africa, covers from Blue Hill to Table Mountain, including Cape Town, Lyons Mount, Devils Mount, Table Valley, the Great Downs, and the notorious prison Robben Island. An extremely scarce 1797 nautical chart or maritime map of the inner passage between Madagascar and southeast Africa. The chart includes the coast of modern day Mozambique from Cape Delgado and the Comoros Islands southwards as far as modern day Maputo (Da'Lagoa Bay). The island of Madagascar is rendered in full with rich inland detail throughout. Insets in the upper left quadrant illustrate the Comoros Islands, the Bay of Johanna, and Foul Point and Bay (just south of Ile Sainte-Marie). This is a fascinating and beautifully engraved example of Jacques Benigne Bossuet's c. 1750 map of ancient Egypt. Centered on the Nile River Delta, the map covers Egypt and part of Arabia and the Red Sea. Several ancient towns and oases along the Nile are noted. Possibly this map's most interesting aspect is its presentation of the ancient Lake Moeris (le Lac Moeris), now just a small lake called Birket Qarun and the legendary 'Labyrinth' near modern day Hawara. This is a fascinating example Jean-Baptiste-Claude Delisle de Sales' 1770 map of western Africa. Oriented to the west, this map covers northwest Africa from the coast of Benin to the Mediterranean Sea. This map depicts the journey of the ancient Carthaginian explorer Admiral Hanno (not to be confused with Hanno the Elder). Between 500 and 480 B.C. Carthage commissioned Hanno with sixty ships and 30,000 sailor s to find (or found) trading colonies on the western coast of Africa. This is a fascinating example of the 1770 Jean-Baptiste-Claude Delisle de Sales' map of the northern half of Africa. It depicts northern Africa during a period the cartographer refers to as the 'Origin of Empires'. Exactly what he means by this in unclear, however, many ancient city-states and empires are identified, including Carthage, Thebes, Babylong, Persepolis, Memphis, Meroe, and others. This is a fascinating example of the 1770 Jean-Baptiste-Claude Delisle de Sales' historical map of Egypt. The map depicts Egypt under the rule of the Pharaohs and, centered on the Nile Valley, covers from the Mediterranean Sea to the Elephantine Island. The Canal of the Pharaohs, an ancient tunnel linking the Nile to the Red Sea, is here named Canal de Ptolemae. The important ancient caravan route from the Red Sea port of Berenice to Coptos (Qift) is noted. An exceptionally beautiful 1867 James Norie and Charles Wilson nautical chart or maritime map of the Canary Islands and Madeira, including part of western Africa. As a whole the map offers excellent detail with inland topography on all of the islands as well as countless depth soundings throughout. There are three inset detail maps in the lower left quadrant focusing on Arrecife, Funchal, and Santa Cruz. An exceptionally scarce c. 1761 map of europe, North Aria, and the Middle east prepared by Desnos in 1761. Desnos drew this map to illustrate the world in the 'Fifth Age'. In Judeo-Christian tradition, this period covers from the foundation of Solomon's Temple in Jerusalem to the termination of Jewish captivity in Babylon under Cyrus the Great. This is a beautiful example of Rand McNally and Company's 1893 map of Abyssinia (Ethiopia) and surrounding countries. It covers from Abu Ahmed to Faweira and includes parts of Yemen in Arabia. This map was made in the year following the Great Ethiopian Famine, which killed around a third of its population and lasted from 1888 to 1892. This is a beautiful example of Rand McNally and Company's 1891 map of northwest Africa. Featuring Algeria, Morocco and Tunisia, it covers from the Mediterranean Sea to the Sahara. Two inset maps in the upper left quadrant feature Algiers and Tunis. After its conquest by the French in 1830, Algeria became an attractive destination for European immigrants. However the majority indigenous Muslim population was dissatisfied with the political system.

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1850 Cruchley Map of Africa