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Cartographer: Claudius Ptolemy
Title: : Tertia Africae Tabvla
Date: 1490 Size: 21 x 12 inches
Published: Rome
Description: A Ptolemaic map of Egypt and Libya, one of the earliest printed maps of this region. Published in the 1490 Rome edition of Ptolemy's 'Geography'.
Map Ref: AFR3381

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Cartographer: Martin Waldseemuller
Title: : Tabula Moderna Prime Partis Aphricae
Date: 1513 Size: 23 x 17 inches
Published: Strasbourg
Description: Northern Africa, an early woodcut of north and western Africa, after Ptolemy. Strong impression.
Map Ref: AFR5590

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Cartographer: Claudius Ptolemy
Title: : Tabula III Aphricae - Libyae Interioris Pars
Date: 1535 Size: 19 x 13 inches
Published: Lyon
Description: North Africa from Morocco to Egypt. From the 1535 Lyon edition of Ptolemy's 'Geography' edited by Michael Servetus using woodblocks by Laurent Fries.
Map Ref: AFR1539

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Cartographer: Claudius Ptolemy
Title: : Tabula IIII Aphricae
Date: 1535 Size: 19 x 13 inches
Published: Lyon
Description: Woodcut Ptolemaic map of Northern Africa as it was understood from Classical times until the Portuguese rounding of the Cape of Good Hope. Norwich 287.
Map Ref: AFR1540

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Cartographer: Claudius Ptolemy
Title: : [Algeria, Tunisia, Libya]
Date: 1541 Size: 20 x 13 inches
Published: Vienne
Description: Early Ptolemaic map of Central North Africa covering the area between Algiers, Tunisia and Tripoli. Woodcut by Laurent Fries. Strong impression.
Map Ref: AFR5910

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Cartographer: Johannes Honter
Title: : Sinvs Arabicvs
Date: 1546 Size: 7 x 6 inches
Published: Kronstadt
Description: Early Ptolemaic wood-cut map of North Africa including modern day Morocco, Algeria, Libya, Tunisia, Egypt, Sudan, Eritrea and Ethiopia. Shows "Mountains of the Moon". Uncoloured.
Map Ref: AFR5043

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Cartographer: Girolamo Ruscelli
Title: : Marmarica Nvova Tavola
Date: 1561 Size: 10 x 8 inches
Published: Venice
Description: Early copper-engraved map of Egypt, Libya, and Nubia. From Ruscelli's 1561 edition of Ptolemy's "Geography".
Map Ref: AFR3434

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Cartographer: Antoine Du Pinet
Title: : La Forte et Imprenable Cite d'Alger
Date: 1564 Size: 7 x 11 inches
Published: Lyon
Description: Very early woodcut bird's-eye-view of Algiers, Algeria showing the failed Spanish siege of 1541. with accompanying French text.
Map Ref: AFR4908

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Cartographer: Giulio & Livio Sanuto
Title: : Africae Tabula IIII
Date: 1588 Size: 20 x 16 inches
Published: Venice
Description: RARE Ptolemaic map of part of North Africa, specifically the coast of Algeria, featuring galleons and sea monsters.
Map Ref: AFR3980

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Cartographer: Abraham Ortelius
Title: : Africae Propriae Tabula In qua, Punica Regna uides; Tyrios, et Agenoris urbem …
Date: 1592 Size: 18 x 13 inches
Published: Antwerp
Description: Classical North Africa centring on the Kingdom of Carthage in the Punic period. Authored by Ortelius himself and featuring in "Parergon". Original colour. Latin text on verso [Ort: 218]
Map Ref: AFR5458

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Cartographer: Giovanni Antonio Magini
Title: : Tavola Terza Dell'Africa
Date: 1596 Size: 7 x 11 inches
Published: Bologna
Description: Striking Ptolemaic projection of Northern Africa with descriptive text.
Map Ref: AFR5671

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Cartographer: Giuseppe Rosaccio
Title: : Tabula Africae III
Date: 1599 Size: 8 x 11 inches
Published: Florence
Description: Map of Northen Africa on a Ptolemaic projection, spanning from what is now Morocco, to Egypt.
Map Ref: AFR5672

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Cartographer: Samuel Purchas
Title: : Barbaria
Date: 1625 Size: 8 x 5 inches
Published: London
Description: Three maps of North Africa, the city of Tunis, and Egypt together on one page. Published in "Hakluytus Posthumus, or Purchas his Pilgrimes", a collection of early travel narratives. Coloured.
Map Ref: AFR5943

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Cartographer: Mercator Hondius
Title: : Barbary
Date: 1635 Size: 8 x 6 inches
Published: London
Description: Three maps on one sheet covering North Africa, or the Barbary Coast. Rare Michael Sparke edition with English text on the verso. Coloured.
Map Ref: AFR5901

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Cartographer: Nicolas & Guillaume Sanson
Title: : Royaume et Desert De Barca, et L'Aegypte divisee en ses Principales Parties
Date: 1683 Size: 11 x 7 inches
Published: Paris
Description: North East Africa including Egypt and Northern Libya. Decorative cartouche. Coloured.
Map Ref: AFR4776

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Cartographer: Robert Morden
Title: : A New Map of the Kingdome of Algier
Date: 1688 Size: 5 x 6 inches
Published: London
Description: Early English miniature map of the Kingdom of Algeria oriented with west at the top of the page. Descriptive text below and on the verso. Coloured.
Map Ref: AFR5985

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