madagascar map
Vincenzo Coronelli (1650-1718)
“Isola di Madagascar”
From Isolario Descrittione
Venice: 1695
Copperplate engraving
31" x 20"

mercator africa
Gerard Mercator (1512-1594)
"Africa"
c. 1590
Hand-colored copperplate engraving
18 1/2 " x 23"

 

west africa map
Guillaume de L’Isle (1675-1726)
“Carte de la Barbarie et la Nigrite ”
Paris: c.1700
Copperplate engraving with outline color
21" x 25 1/2"


ortelius africa
Abraham Ortelius (1527-1598)
"Africae Tabula Nova "
Antwerp: 1570
Copperplate engraving
16 1/2 " x 23"

ortelius north africa coast
Abraham Ortelius (1527-1598)
"Barbariae et Biledulgerid, Nova Descriptio"
Antwerp: 1595
Hand-colored copperplate engraving
17" x 22"


Frederick De Wit (1629-1706)
"Guinea"
Copperplate engraving with outline color/gold leaf detail
21" x 25"

salamanca algiers
Antonio Salamanca (c.1500-1562)
“Algeri”
Venice: 1575
Engraving
12" x 17"