One of relatively few engravings by Braun & Hogenberg of non-European locales. The earliest acquirable European view of Aden in Yemen, the Arabian port commanding the passage between the Red Sea and the Indian Ocean. Also pictured are Mombasa in Kenya, Kilwa in Tanzania, and Sofala in Mozambique, all on.....
A vigorously decorative map of Africa--the first in English but adopting the rich Dutch cartes a figures style so popular at the time. As is customarily seen on 17th century maps, Africa's interior is filled with fictitious mountains, rivers and lakes as well as notations concerning legends, notably where gold.....
Fine, early chart of the Barbary Coast--the pirate haven along the southwestern coast of Morocco. The two primary horizontal charts cover from Safi in the north to Cap Blanc in the south. At the bottom of the chart are three insets: of the Madeira Islands, of Angra, the primary city.....
A gore (constituent globe part) by the greatest early globe maker, showing the Azores and Cape Verde island groups. Tracks of various 17th century European voyages headed to the East Indies, which used these islands as way stations, are plotted out, with their positions for particular dates indicated. In the.....
World. WALDSEEMULLER, M. [Strasbourg, 1513] Orbis Typus Universalis Iuxta Hydrographorum Traditionem. 17 3/8 x 22 1/2 inches. Woodcut with a strong printing impression; very slightly cropped along bottom, still overall excellent condition. .....
A splendid example, with rich, vibrant hand color, of a wall map of extraordinary intricacy and detail: "one of the most decorative maps of North America of the 18th century" (Tooley). Its elaborate illustrations provide a panorama of the Discovery Period, colorfully depicting the mores, rituals and practices of indigenous.....
This large, superbly detailed map of South Africa shows the region just prior to the outbreak of the Second Boer War. The Boer territories - Orange Free State and the South African Republic - are both shown in yellow, as distinct from the surrounding red of British lands. The gold.....
South & Western Africa. LINSCHOTEN, J. VAN/ LANGREN, A. & H. VAN [Amsterdam, 1596] Typus orarum maritimarum Guineae, Manicongo, & Angolae ultrap promontorium Bonae spei . . . 15 1/8 x 20 3/8 inches. Fine hand color; margins expertly extended with no loss of engraved surface, excellent. .....
