Browsing Images by Title

Africae pars meridionalis cum promontorio Bonae Spei

Lotter, Tobias Conrad, fl.1778

Coloured map. Scale not given. 3 insets at foot of map: in left corner, "Castellum Batavorum in Promontorio Bonae Spei of het Casteel de Goede Hoop"; in right corner, "Sinus Saldanhae or Saldanha Bay", & "Ager Prbmontorii ...

Africae propriae tabula

Ortelius, Abraham, 1527-1598

Coloured map. Scale not given. First appeared in theatrum orbis terrarum, Addimentum IV (parergon) of 1591. At the bottom of the map in 2 decorated insets are a plan of Carthage and a list of sources. Latin text on ...

Africae Tabula Nova

Ortelius, Abraham, 1527-1598

Coloured map. Scale not given. col.map 37x50cm. First appeared in A. Ortelius: Theatrum orbis terrarum of 1570. Simple cartouche with 2 armless statues of women; above the title is inscribed: Africam Graeci Lybyam ...

The African crocodile hunters

Clark, John Heavyside, ca. 1771-1830; Dubourg, [ ]

Depicting a native figure, holding a knife in one hand, with the other (guarded) arm in the mouth of a crocodile in a river. Palm trees and two other figures in the background.

African Ethnology

Walton, James, 1911-1999

Photographs depicting African ethnology.

The African rhinoceros

Daniell, Samuel, 1775-1811

Large rhinoceros in foreground with two rhinos being hunted in the background.

Afrika Bank (Marktplein) Johannesburg

Unknown author (Haagsche Pro-Boer Vereeniging, 1900)

Photograph depicting Afrika Bank (Market Square) in Johannesburg.

L'Afrique

Le Rouge, George Louis, fl. 1730-1780

Coloured map. Scale not given. Large decorative title piece bottom left copied from Homan Heirs map in reverse. Inset: Notes on Africa in top left corner.

L'Afrique

Cordier; Jaillot, Alexis Hubert, 1632-1712 (Hubert Jaillot, 1674)

Coloured map. Line scale given. Title above top border: L'Afrique distinguée en ses principales parties...

L'Afrique

Du Val, Pierre, 1618-1683

Coloured map. Scale not given. "Possibly from the maps accompanying Du Val's "Geographia universalis", pub. in Nuremberg in 1685", Johannesburg Pub. Lib: Exhibition of decorative maps of Africa up to 1800, 1952, descriptive ...

L'Afrique divisee en ses principaux etats

Janvier, Le Sieur

Coloured map. Scale not given. Above top right corner: No. 28 Title within cartouche bottom left with palm trees, crocodile etc.

L'Afrique dressee

Robert de Vaugondy, Gilles, 1688-1766

Coloured map. 3 line scales given. In bottom right hand corner: Guill. Delahaye Sculpsit. Cartouche in top right corner depicting a native woman, on the left, reclining between 2 palms & leaning on an elephant's head, ...

Afrique meridionale

Brue, Adrien Hubert, 1786-1832

Coloured map. Line scales given. Above top right corner: Atlas, en 65 feuilles, No. 53 Author of map is not given but on left centre side a circle with the words "Carte encyprotipe" is stamped; within this is printed: ...

L'Afrique Suivant les Nouvelles Observations

Aa, Pieter van der, 1659-1733

Map. Line scale given. map 23x30cm. Decorated cartouche with title in top right corner showing elephants, a rider on horseback, a native riding a crocodile.

Agulhas, Le Centaur

Le Beurrier de La Riviere

Photographs and information on a bell found in a private house in Agulhas. The bell was salvaged from a the French ship Le Centaur which stranded in 1750 in the False Bay area. In a private house we found another very ...