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AFR6148

Cartographer: SDUK
Title: : Islands in the Atlantic Ocean
Date: 1875 Size: 13 x 15 inches
Published: London
Description: Multiple maps on the same sheet illustrating the important islands or groups in the Atlantic Ocean. Original colour.
Map Ref: AFR6148

AFR6146

Cartographer: R.G.S.
Title: : British Central Africa
Date: 1912 Size: 14 x 14 inches
Published: London
Description: East Central Africa. Encompassing Zimbabwe and Zambia (Rhodesia), Mozambique, and Malawi. Printed colour.
Map Ref: AFR6146

AFR6138

Cartographer: War Office
Title: : Map of Part of British and German East Africa including the British Protectorate of Uganda
Date: 1894 Size: 39 x 26 inches
Published: London
Description: Large-scale folding map of British and German East Africa (modern-day Kenya and Tanzania), reaching from the coast to Lake Victoria. Mt Kilimanjaro and Mt Kenya are both included. Printed colour. [SL]
Map Ref: AFR6138

AFR6140

Cartographer: R.G.S.
Title: : Map of Part of East Africa
Date: 1895 Size: 9 x 10 inches
Published: London
Description: East Africa, specifically Uganda, Tanzania, and Rwanda. The red line shows the winding route of G. F. Scott Elliot from Lake Tanganyika to Lake Victoria. Printed colour.
Map Ref: AFR6140

AFR6153

Cartographer: R.G.S.
Title: : The Peaks, Passes and Glaciers of Ruwenzori.
Date: 1907 Size: 11 x 14 inches
Published: London
Description: The Rwenzori Mountains, Uganda. Detailed topographical map showing the route of H. R. H. The Duke of the Abruzzi (Prince Luigi Amedeo). With inset map showing his route to the mountains from Mombasa, across Lake Victoria to Uganda. Printed Colour.
Map Ref: AFR6153

AFR6154

Cartographer: R.G.S.
Title: : The Jubilee of Speke's Discovery of Victoria Nyanza
Date: 1909 Size: 17 x 19 inches
Published: London
Description: Four maps showing the progress of the exploration of East Africa to celebrate the 50th anniversary of John Hanning Speke's discovery of the source of the Nile in 1868-9. Printed colour. (BC)
Map Ref: AFR6154

AFR6139

Cartographer: Thomas Starling
Title: : Egypt
Date: c. 1830 Size: 6 x 3 inches
Published: London
Description: Miniature map of Egypt divided into the three historical regions of Upper, Middle and Lower Egypt. Original hand-colour.
Map Ref: AFR6139

AFR6144

Cartographer: Samuel Augustus Mitchell
Title: : Egypt & c.
Date: c. 1847 Size: 13 x 16 inches
Published: Philadelphia
Description: Attractive American atlas map of Egypt and the Sinai Peninsula, with decorative borders. Original colour.
Map Ref: AFR6144

AFR6141

Cartographer: Abraham Ortelius
Title: : Barbariae et Biledulgerid Nova Descriptio
Date: 1601 Size: 22 x 16 inches
Published: Antwerp
Description: Important map of the Barbary coast, now Northern Africa. Biledulgerid was an ancient country supposedly in the interior of the Sahara. Rich original colour. Latin text on verso. [Ort: 176]
Map Ref: AFR6141

AFR6145

Cartographer: John Thomson
Title: : South Africa
Date: 1815 Size: 20 x 10 inches
Published: London
Description: Southern Africa, shortly after it was taken from the Dutch by the English during the Napoleonic war for the second time. Original hand colour.
Map Ref: AFR6145

AFR6157

Cartographer: George Thomson
Title: : George Thomson's Plan of Cape Town and Environs
Date: 1827 Size: 14 x 11 inches
Published: London
Description: Early 19th century plan of Cape Town by merchant and traveller George Thompson (1796-1889), based on his explorations through Southern Africa between 1823 and 1824.
Map Ref: AFR6157

AFR6159

Cartographer: James Wyld
Title: : Cape District Cape of Good Hope
Date: 1838 Size: 13 x 20 inches
Published: London
Description: One of the most attractive maps of the region of Table Bay and the Cape of Good Hope. Based on de la Rochette and Faden maps of the late 18th century. Original hand colour.
Map Ref: AFR6159

AFR6151

Cartographer: R.G.S.
Title: : Sketch Map of Mr. Baines' Routes Between the Limpopo and Zambesi Rivers
Date: 1871 Size: 7 x 13 inches
Published: London
Description: Map extending from the northern border of modern day Zimbabwe to Pretoria, South Africa, showing the route of Thomas Baines (1822-1875) between the Limpopo and Zambesi Rivers. Printed colour.
Map Ref: AFR6151

AFR6147

Cartographer: R.G.S.
Title: : North Eastern Rhodesia
Date: 1907 Size: 16 x 15 inches
Published: London
Description: A detailed survey of eastern Zambia, known at the time as North Rhodesia. Roads, mines, missions, and telegraph lines are marked on the map. Printed colour.
Map Ref: AFR6147

AFR6149

Cartographer: Malachy Postlethwayt
Title: : A New and Correct Map of the Coast of Africa
Date: 1766 Size: 19 x 15 inches
Published: London
Description: Chart of the West Coast of Africa with explanatory notes of all the Forts and Settlements belonging to European powers.
Map Ref: AFR6149

AFR6158

Cartographer: John Tallis
Title: : Western Africa
Date: 1851 Size: 13 x 10 inches
Published: London & New York
Description: Decorative map of West Africa with large swathes of the interior entirely unknown. Surrounded by vignettes of European forts. Original hand-colour.
Map Ref: AFR6158

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