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Cartographer: Waldseemuller/Fries
Title: : Tabula nova partis Africae
Date: 1541      Size: 16 x 12 inches
Published: Strasbourg
Description: Western and Northern Africa. Early woodcut after Martin Waldseemuller. Strong impression.
Map Ref: AFR3678
Cartographer: Giovanni Battista Ramusio
Title: : Parte Del'Africa
Date: 1556      Size: 15 x 11 inches
Published: Venice
Description: Stunning early woodcut map of West Africa and the Gulf of Guinea embellished with animals, sea monsters, sailing ships, and native figures. Lovely strong impression.
Map Ref: AFR4435
Cartographer: Girolamo Ruscelli
Title: : Mauritania Nuova Tavola
Date: 1574      Size: 10 x 8 inches
Published: Venice
Description: Early copper-engraved map of North and West Africa, from Algeria and Morocco along the coast to Ghana and Nigeria.
Map Ref: AFR3436
Cartographer: Petrus Bertius
Title: : Guinea
Date: 1616      Size: 5 x 4 inches
Published: Amsterdam
Description: Guinea Coast. Early miniature map. Coloured.
Map Ref: AFR4512
Cartographer: Petrus Bertius
Title: : Descriptio Guineae
Date: 1616      Size: 5 x 4 inches
Published: Amsterdam
Description: Miniature map of the west coast of Africa, including modern Nigeria, Ivory Coast. Ghana, Sierra Leone and Senegal. Coloured.
Map Ref: AFR6046
Cartographer: Mercator Hondius
Title: : Guinea
Date: 1621      Size: 7 x 7 inches
Published: Amsterdam
Description: The African coast along the Gulf of Guinea with inset of São Tomé and Príncipe. Coloured.
Map Ref: AFR5547
Cartographer: Samuel Purchas
Title: : Gvinea
Date: 1625      Size: 8 x 5 inches
Published: London
Description: Early map of Guinea, with inset of St. Thomas. Published as part of Hakluytus Posthomous or Purchas his Pilgrimis, contayning a History of the World in Sea Voyages and Lande Travells, by Englishmen and others. Coloured.
Map Ref: AFR5703
Cartographer: Jan Jansson
Title: : Guinea
Date: c. 1640      Size: 20 x 15 inches
Published: Amsterdam
Description: Striking map of Western Africa including modern Nigeria, Ghana, Sierra Leone and Cameroon. Original colour.
Map Ref: AFR5334
Cartographer: Robert Dudley
Title: : Carta Particolare che comincia con il Fiume Juntas nella Guinea
Date: 1661      Size: 30 x 19 inches
Published: Florence
Description: Guinea Coast. Black and white sea chart from the first sea atlas by an Englishman on Mercator's Projection. (SL)
Map Ref: AFR4480
Cartographer: Olfert Dapper
Title: : Gvinea
Date: 1676      Size: 14 x 10 inches
Published: Amsterdam
Description: Guinea Coast. Attractive map with figurative cartouche, ships and animals. Coloured.
Map Ref: AFR4735
Cartographer: Alain Manesson Mallet
Title: : Guinee
Date: 1683      Size: 4 x 6 inches
Published: Paris
Description: Guinea Coast. Charming early miniature map embellished with illustrations. Coloured.
Map Ref: AFR5449
Cartographer: Robert Morden
Title: : Biledvlgerid and Zaara
Date: 1688      Size: 6 x 7 inches
Published: London
Description: West Africa. Decorative cartouche. Coloured.
Map Ref: AFR3852
Cartographer: Johannes van Keulen
Title: : Nieuwe Paskaert, Van de Kuse van Genehoa
Date: c. 1690      Size: 23 x 20 inches
Published: Amsterdam
Description: Gambia and Genehoa. Decorative and rare early sea chart. Coloured. (SL)
Map Ref: AFR3610
Cartographer: Johann Ulrich Muller
Title: : [West Africa]
Date: 1692      Size: 3 x 6 inches
Published: Ulm
Description: Miniature map of West Africa with German text below explaining the six kingdoms that made up the region, according to European knowledge. Coloured.
Map Ref: AFR2816
Cartographer: Pierre Duval
Title: : Gvinee
Date: 1694      Size: 5 x 4 inches
Published: Paris
Description: Charming miniature map of Western Africa centring on the Guinea coast. Coloured.
Map Ref: AFR5448
Cartographer: Vincenzo Coronelli
Title: : Isolle della Guinea
Date: 1696      Size: 12 x 15 inches
Published: Venice
Description: A black and white map showing Coronellis rendition of West Africa with his characteristic flamboyance.
Map Ref: AFR5211