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The South Part of Africa, and the Island Madagascar
Coloured map. Line scale given. Page number top right: 44 Appeared in eds. pub. 1729-1735 of H. Moll's "Atlas minor." 1732 is written in pencil in bottom right corner. -
Aevi veteris, typus geographicus
Coloured map. Scale not given. Title at foot of map: En spectator, pilae totius terrae inchnographiam... Map is in form of a globe with a decorated border with circular insets in each corner (Europe, America, Asia and ... -
Cape Colony
(John Tallis & Company, 1851)Coloured map. 5 inset vignettes and a medallion above Cape Town in bottom left corner. Some boundaries have been added by hand in water colour, blue and yellow. -
St. Helena
Coloured map on sheet. Line scale given. Upper half of a sheet with "The Bay of Agoa de Saldanha..." Page number top right, 43. Appeared in eds. pub. 1729-1735 of H. Moll's "Atlas minor." 1732 is written in pencil ... -
Palaestinae
Coloured map. Line scale given. Decorated inset in top left corner gives the authorities for the map. Latin text on verso: Palestina. First appeared in A. Ortelius: Theatrum orbis terrarum, Additamentum III(Parergon) ... -
Nieuwe Kaart van de Kaap der Goede Hoope en der na by gelegen Landen
(Is. Tirion, 1763)Coloured map. Line scale given in bottom left corner in "Fransche Toises, of halve Roeden." This map (uncoloured) appears in "Hedendaagsche historie of tegenwoordige staat van Afrika", pub. Amsterdam, I. Tirion, 1763, p.683. -
False Bay (sea chart). [unidentified]
Manuscript coloured chart. Decorated cartouche with title is towards the lower right. On the right of this is an empty decorated frame, probably intended for a dedication. Below this are 2 drawings of the mountains of ... -
Natal and Kaffraria
(Tallis (John) & Co., 1851)Coloured map. Line scale given. 2 inset vignettes: "Entrance to Port Natal", and Town of Durban with medallion above of the seal of Natal. Some boundaries have been added by hand in water colour, in blue and yellow. -
A mapp of the higher and lower Aethiopia
Map. In top right corner is a heraldic dedication to Sr. William Glynne of Bissister, signed R.B. In lower right corner: Francis Lamb Sculp. This map is an exact copy on a slightly smaller scale of Sanson's map of ... -
Vergelegen
Drawing from Korte Deductie van Willem Adriaan van der Stel...tot destructie ende wederlegginge van alle de klaghten, die enige vry-luyden vande voorsz. Cabo, aen de Edele Achtbare Heren bewinthebberen. -
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Aegyptus antiqua
Coloured map. First appeared in Theatrum orbis terrarum, Additamentum V (Parergon)of 1595. 2 insets, 1 giving details of the coast between Alexandria and Heraclium; the other inset oval in shape and coloured yellow, ... -
L'Afrique divisee en ses principaux etats
Coloured map. Scale not given. Above top right corner: No. 28 Title within cartouche bottom left with palm trees, crocodile etc. -
Aethiopia Inferior, vel Exterior
Coloured map. Line scale given. Title cartouche in bottom right corner, an ox skin supported by 2 natives with tortoises and monkeys at the foot. Two ships are shown off the west coast & 1 off the east coast. This map ... -
The Bay of Agoa de Saldanha
Coloured map. Line scale given. Lower half of a sheet with "St. Helena..." Page number top right: 43 Appeared in eds. pub. 1729-1735 of H. Moll's “Atlas minor”. 1732 is written in pencil in bottom left corner. -
Romani imperii imago
Coloured map. Scale not given. First appeared in A. Ortelius: Theatrum orbis terrarum, Parergon, of 1579. Ortelius's name is not given on this map, nor a date. Insets: 2 giving authorities; a genealogical table; 2 ... -
Partie de l'Afrique audelá de l'Equateur, Comprenant le Congo, la Cafrerie &c.
Coloured map. Paris, chez le Sr. Desnos... 1766 "This map may originally have formed part of Brion de la Tour's "Atlas général..., issued in Paris in 1767", Johannesburg Pub. Lib.: Exhibition of decorative maps of Africa ... -
Africa
(John Tallis & Company, 1851)Coloured map. Differs from 1st ed. of 1850, e.g. bounds of Cape Colony have been extended to Orange River & some names have been altered - Maravi to Nyassi etc. 5 inset vignettes. Some boundaries have been added by ... -
A new & accurate map of the Southern parts of Africa
Coloured map. Line scale given in English and French Leagues. First appeared in 1747 and was reissued in 1752 and 1766. It also appeared (uncoloured) in E. Bowen: A complete atlas... of the known world; also in his ... -