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AFR3972
Cartographer: Waldseemuller/Fries
Title: : Tabula nova partis Africae
Date: 1541      Size: 17 x 13 inches
Published: Vienne
Description: The second-earliest printed map to focus exclusively on Southern Africa, predated only by Martin Waldseemuller's rare map of 1513. [Karrow 28/41]
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AFR5389
Cartographer: Petrus Bertius
Title: : Africae pars meridional.
Date: 1600      Size: 5 x 4 inches
Published: Amsterdam
Description: Attractive miniature map of Southern Africa. Decorative ship flying the Dutch flag celebrates the Dutch expansion into Southern Africa at this time. Coloured.
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AFR5844
Cartographer: Willem & Jan Blaeu
Title: : Aethiopia Inferior, vel Exterior
Date: c. 1640      Size: 19 x 15 inches
Published: Amsterdam
Description: Decorative Dutch Golden Age map of Southern Africa, with a charming cartouche and animals. This is one of the most iconic seventeenth-century maps of the region. Original hand-colour.
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AFR5724
Cartographer: Nicolas & Guillaume Sanson
Title: : Pays, et Coste des Caffres: Empires du Monomotapa Monoemugi
Date: 1656      Size: 11 x 8 inches
Published: Paris
Description: Southern Africa, an attractive map showing mountains and rivers, with the empire of Monomotapa covering most of the interior. Coloured.
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AFR5326
Cartographer: Athanasius Kircher
Title: : Hydrophylacium Africae precipuum in Montibus Lunae
Date: 1665      Size: 16 x 13 inches
Published: Amsterdam
Description: Early map speculating about the source of the Nile being from an underground lake in the Mountains of the Moon.
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AFR5960
Cartographer: Robert Morden
Title: : The Empire of Monomotapa and ye Coast of Cafres
Date: 1688      Size: 6 x 7 inches
Published: London
Description: Miniature map of Southern Africa dividing the region between native kingdoms as they were known to contemporary European settlers. Coloured.
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AFR4918
Cartographer: Pierre Duval
Title: : Southern Africa
Date: 1694      Size: 5 x 4 inches
Published: Paris
Description: Miniature coloured map of Southern Africa divided into mythical kingdoms.
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AFR5470
Cartographer: Vincenzo Coronelli
Title: : [Southern Africa & Madagascar]
Date: 1696      Size: 19 x 15 inches
Published: Venice
Description: Stunning globe gore centring on Madagascar and the coast of Mozambique. Slight worming.
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AFR6052
Cartographer: Pierre Mortier
Title: : Carte Particuliere des Costes d'Afrique depuis C. Del Gado jusques Rio Mocambo
Date: 1700      Size: 19 x 23 inches
Published: Amsterdam
Description: Glorious example of Mortier's chart of the Comoro Islands and the Mozambique coast. Magnificent original hand colour.
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AFR6053
Cartographer: Pierre Mortier
Title: : Carte Particuliere des Costes d'Afrique depuis Cabo Ledo jusques au Cap de Bone Esperance
Date: 1700      Size: 17 x 22 inches
Published: Amsterdam
Description: Beautiful example of Mortier's chart of the southwest coast of Africa, showing the coasts of modern Namibia and South Africa including the Cape of Good Hope. Original hand colour.
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AFR6055
Cartographer: Pierre Mortier
Title: : Carte Particuliere des Costes du Cap de Bone Esperance
Date: 1700      Size: 34 x 23 inches
Published: Amsterdam
Description: Beautiful example of Mortier's chart detailing the southern tip of Africa, from the Cape of Good Hope to Ponta das Pedras with two insets detailing Table Bay and Cape Town. Magnificent original hand colour.
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AFR5599
Cartographer: Nicolas De Fer
Title: : Partie Meridionale D'Afrique
Date: 1702      Size: 13 x 10 inches
Published: Paris
Description: An early map of South Africa that postulates on the tribes, settlements and geographical features in the continents interior. European discoveries are noted around the coast.
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AFR5331
Cartographer: Covens & Mortier
Title: : Carte du Congo et du Pays des Cafres
Date: c. 1730      Size: 25 x 20 inches
Published: Amsterdam
Description: Important map of southern Africa based on Guillaume de l'Isle's new geography. The unexplored interior of the continent is filled with imagined mountains, rivers, and kingdoms. Original hand-colour.
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AFR6019
Cartographer: Covens & Mortier
Title: : Le Cap de Bonne Esperance
Date: c. 1730      Size: 12 x 9 inches
Published: Amsterdam
Description: Attractive, detailed map of the Cape of Good Hope and the Dutch settlement, Capetown. Based contemporary sources. First published by Pieter van der Aa in 1713. Original hand colour.
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AFR5736
Cartographer: Jacob van der Schley
Title: : Carte de la Coste Occidentale D'Afrique
Date: 1747      Size: 12 x 12 inches
Published: Amsterdam
Description: South Western Coast of Africa from Angola and south towards Namibia and South Africa to the Cape of Good Hope. Dutch text.
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AFR5737
Cartographer: Jacob van der Schley
Title: : Carte de la Coste Occidentale D'Afrique depuis le Cap de Bonne Esperance
Date: 1747      Size: 12 x 12 inches
Published: Amsterdam
Description: South Eastern Coast of Africa from Mozambique to South Africa and the Cape of Good Hope. Dutch text.
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