Africa
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Out of stockPrima carta geografica pittorica del Parco Nazionale di Nairobi disegnata con il nord in basso da Dennis Own Mathews, geometra e cartografo che ha ricoperto il ruolo di Direttore Generale dell’Associazione Turistica dell’Africa Orientale. Pubblicata a Nairobi nel 1948, due anni dopo l’apertura del Parco, la carta descrive un esempio, piuttosto raro, di Parco nazionale situato negli immediati dintorni di una grande città. La carta mostra strade, sentieri, dighe, aree per picnic, fiumi, stazioni dei…
- Dimension: 42 x 54,5 cm
- Place of publication: Nairobi
- Year: 1948
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Beautiful little map of Morocco from the Mercator Hondius “Atlas Minor” published in Amsterdam in 1648 at Jannsonius with german text on verso. In 1607 Jodocus Hondius published a reduced size version of Mercator’s “Atlas”, itself suitably titled “Atlas Minor”. The maps were copied from those of the great cartographer Mercator of around 1580-90 or were reductions of Hondius’ own maps of 1606. Almost 20 years later Joannes Janssonius commissioned a new set of copperplates…
- Year: 1648
- Dimension: 190 x 145 mm
- Place of publication: Amsterdam
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Out of stockRare pictorial map of Mauritius signed A.M.L. lithographed in color and published in Johannesburg in 1957. It is decorated with a title cartouche, a compass rose and the coat of arms of the island with its Latin motto Stella Clavisque Maris Indici (Star and Key of the Indian Ocean). This tourist map is richly illustrated with portraits of famous figures linked to the history of the island (La Bourdonnais, Surcouf, Bernardin de Saint-Pierre, Robert Edward…
- Dimension: 60 x 47 cm
- Place of publication: Johannesburg
- Year: 1957
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Out of stockStupenda carta geografica pittorica disegnata da Herve Baille per promuovere le rotte nell’Oceano Indiano dei nuovi transatlantici delle Messageries Maritime “Ferdinand de Lesseps”, “Jean Laborde”, La Bourdonnais” e “Pierre Loti”. La grande scena, centrata su Madagascar, Reunion, Mauritius, Comoros e il Canale del Mozambico, è dominata dai quattro transatlantici in navigazione mentre altre raffinate vignette evidenziano flora, fauna e luoghi di interesse. Frédéric Marie Joseph Hervé Baille (21 gennaio 1896 – 3 giugno 1974) è…
- Dimension: 58 x 90 cm
- Place of publication: Paris
- Year: 1950
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Out of stockStriking map showing the routes of Sabena Airlines throughout Africa, the Middle East, and Europe created in beautiful color patterns with the oceans surrounding it in blue tones. The map features many of the cities printed in gold, as well as the flight patterns that connect them together. The routes delineated in the map show the two main hubs of Sabena to be Brussels with Leopoldville, capital of the Belgian Congo (now Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo) with a large number of other destinations around and between them. African tribal art is used in this image as part of the design as well as the regional representation of ethnic people. Published in Brussels by Marci in 1960.
- Dimension: 100 x 64 cm
- Place of publication: Bruxelles
- Year: 1960
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Out of stockMagnificent large color bird’s eye view of East Africa designed by Carlo Sulzer and published bt Antonio Vallardi in Milan, 1935. The map shows the political divisions in the Horn of Africa during Italy’s conquest of the region. Anglo-Egyptian Sudan, Kenya Colony, and British Somaliland are all still held by the U.K. Italian Somaliland, Libya, and Eritrea are held by the Italians, but Abyssinia is still an independent country. I Vallardi furono una famiglia di…
- Dimension: 60 x 92 cm
- Place of publication: Milan
- Year: 1935
