lizars africa
Taken from the Most Celebrated Modern Geographers, Africa, Corrected to the present Period, by Astronomical Observations
Daniel Lizars, Jr. and William Home Lizars (1788-1859)
Edinburgh: 1808-1812
Hand-colored engraving
Four sheet map, 40" x 50" framed

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

 

carte de la barbarie
Guillaume de L’Isle (1675-1726)
“Carte de la Barbarie et la Nigrite ”
Paris: 1708
Hand-colored copperplate engraving
20" x 27"

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"

madagascar map
Vincenzo Coronelli (1650-1718)
“Isola di Madagascar”
From Isolario Descrittione
Venice: 1695
Copperplate engraving
31" x 20"
salamanca algiers
Antonio Salamanca (c.1500-1562)
“Algeri”
Venice: 1575
Engraving
12" x 17"
afrique
Nicolas de Fer
“Afrique”
Paris: 1740
Hand-colored copperplate engraving
9 1/4 " x 13"
ethiopia
Jacob van Meurs
“Ethiopia Inferior vel Exterior”
Amsterdam: 1667
Copperplate engraving
12.5" x 15"

Jacob van Meurs
“Ethiopia”
Amsterdam: 1667
Copperplate engraving
12.5" x 15"
barbaria et guinea
Frederick De Wit (1629-1706)
“Barbaria et Guineae ”
Amsterdam: 1667
Copperplate engraving with outline color
21.25" x 24.75 "
carte du congo
Guillaume de L’Isle (1675-1726)
“Carte du Congo et du Pays des Cassres ”
Paris: 1708
Copperplate engraving with outline color
20" x 27"