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Title: Afrique avec ses principales Divisions et leurs Capitales
Subject: Africa
Description: Prime meridian through Ferro Island and Paris. Top right: 4., Unknown. Anonymous
Identifier: islandora:25409

Title: Africae Propriae Tabulae in qua Punica regnae ides; Tyrios, et Agenoris urbem Ex conatibus Geographicus Abrahami Ortelii cum provilegio Imperiale Regio, et Belgico ad decennium 1590
Subject: Northern Africa
Description: Inset: Sinus Carthaginensis; Italian text., Antwerp. Vrients, Jan Baptista, 1552-1612
Identifier: islandora:25491

Title: Tabula Geograph in qua Europe, Africae, Asia et circu
Subject: Africa
Description: The map includes the Middle East, India, and China. Inset illustrates natives in traditional dress.
Identifier: islandora:25240

Title: Madagascar : carte géologique et miniѐre
Subject: Minerals--Madagascar--Maps, Mines and mineral resources--Madagascar--Maps, Geology--Madagascar--Maps, ,
Description: A geological and mineral map of Madagascar showing rock types and minerals, mining districts, provincial capitals, rivers, and islands. Coloured. Scale 3 500 000
Identifier: islandora:30031

Title: Africa Juxta Navigationes et Observationes Recentissimas Aucta, Correcta et in Sua Regna et Status Divisa in Lucem Edita
Subject: Africa
Description: Cartouche includes natives, pyramids, animals, lighthouses and ships. "Enormous lakes are shown in Central Africa and the information about the southern extremity of the continent is largely fictitious.", Vienna. Seutter, Matthaeus, 1678-1756
Identifier: islandora:25379

Title: Chorographia originis Nili juxta observationem Odoardi Lopez. Fol. 55. Chorographia Originis Nili ... ex Arabum Geographia deprompta. Fol. 53. Vera et Genuina Fontium Nili Topographia facta a P. Petro Pais ... 1618. Fol. 56
Subject: Southern Africa
Description: Includes three maps on one sheet. "Kircher is reputed to be the first to have described the finding of the Nile as recorded by the Jesuit traveller Paez." Title across top: I Conismas II Tom. I Fol. 53. Upper right: Tomus I., Amsterdam. Kircher, Athanasius, 1602-1680
Identifier: islandora:25701

Title: Totius Africae tabula et descriptio universalis etiam ultra Ptolemaei limites extensa
Subject: Africa
Description: Latin edition of Munster's map (see NOR 0002). Includes three places printed upside down: Quiloa, Mantes and Regnu[m]., Basel. Munster, Sebastian, 1489-1552
Identifier: islandora:25700

Title: Fessae et Marocchi Regna Africae Celeberr. describebat Abrah. Ortelius 1595
Subject: Northern Africa
Description: Inset: (12 x 14.5 cm.) Congi Regni Christiani, in Africa, Nova Descriptio Auctore Philippo Pigafetta; Latin text, p. 128; Watermark., Antwerp. (?) Vrients
Identifier: islandora:25482

Title: Africa Secundum legitimas Projectionis Stereographicae regulas et juxta recentissimas relationes et observationes in subsidium vocatis quoque veterum Leonis Africani Nubiensis Geographi et aliorum monumentis et eleminatis fabulosis aliorum designatio
Subject: Africa
Description: The title consists of a panel surrounded by elephant's tusks resting on a piece of masonry. On the left are four Africans and on the right an interview between Europeans and Africans. The African chief is sitting on the back on another who is crouching on a mat; Prime meridian through Ferro Island., Nuremberg. Homann Erben (Firm)
Identifier: islandora:25698

Title: Africae Vera Forma, et Situs
Subject: Africa
Description: The seas contain sea monsters and sailing ships. Natives are seen on and around the map., Antwerp. Jode, Cornelis de, 1568-1600
Identifier: islandora:25239

Title: Algérie et Tunisie
Subject: Mixed economy--Algéria--History--Maps, Mixed economy--Tunisia--History--Maps, Africa, North--Description and travel--Maps, ,
Description: Economic map of Algeria and Tunisia showing industries, minerals, animal breeds, plant products, roads and railways, names of places, rivers, ports, and pans. Includes an inset showing electrical equipment such as hydropower plants, thermal power plants, high voltage lines, and dams, with forests, names of places, rivers, and pans. Coloured. Scale 10 km to 4 Inches.
Identifier: islandora:29999

Title: Totius Africa Nova Repraesentatio qua practer diversos in ea Status et Regiones, etiam Origo Nili et veris RRPP Missionariorum Relationibus ostenditur
Subject: Africa
Description: Cartouche provides an elaborate scene depicting natives on the Nile bank. Nearby are monkeys, a sheep and a tortoise. Cherubs floating above complete the picture. Even though the map includes a note declaring the accuracy for the source of the Nile, it proves to be inaccurate; Prime meridian through Tenerif., Nuremberg. Homann, Johann Baptist, 1663-1724
Identifier: islandora:25303

Title: Africa Mauro Percussa Oceano, Niloque admota tepenti ... Cum Privilegio Ordinum Hollandia et Westfrisia
Subject: Africa
Description: Typical features of eighteenth century Dutch maps of Africa; Prime meridian through Tenerif., Amsterdam. Valck, G. (Gerard), 1651 or 2-1726; Valk, Leonard, 1675-1755
Identifier: islandora:25385

Title: Hydrophylacium Africae precipuum, in Montibus Lunae Situm, Lacus et Flumina praecipua fundens ubi et nova inventio Originis Nili describitur
Subject: Southern Africa
Description: Illustrates Kircher's view on the source of the Nile. Oval-shaped cartouche is surrounded by cherubs and angels. Upper right: Tomus 1.72., Amsterdam. Kircher, Athanasius, 1602-1680
Identifier: islandora:25301

Title: Africa Vetus, Nicolai Sanson Christianis Galliar Regis Geographi Recognita Emendata et Multis in locis Mutata, Conatibus Geographicis Gulielmi Sanson N. Filii
Subject: Africa
Description: The continent is misshaped, containing numerous coastal inlets. "All the inhabitants of southern Africa are labeled 'Anthropophagi Aethiopes' or cannibals.", Paris. Sanson, Nicolas, 1600-1667
Identifier: islandora:25351

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