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Uncommon map of South Africa from the rarest and most elegant cartographic work by Francesco Celestino Marmocchi, the Corso di Geografia Commerciale published in Genoa in 1858.
- Dimension: 29 x 34 cm
- Place of publication: Genoa
- Year: 1858
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Uncommon map of Africa by G. Kearsley engraved by James Barlow published in London in 1807.
- Dimension: 18 x 21,5 cm
- Place of publication: London
- Year: 1807
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Out of stockPictorial map of Italian East Africa drawn by painter and illustrator Emilio Kalchschmidt and published in Milan by Officine Grafiche Parini Vanoni for Banca Popolare di Milano in 1936, the year the colony was established. The map illustrates the territorial divisions of Somalia, Arrar, Galla-Sidamo, Addis Ababa, Amhara, and Eritrea, providing a wealth of information and numerous toponyms, including small villages. You’ll find plenty of illustrations of typical African animals, including lions, elephants, zebras, antelopes,…
- Dimension: 48 x 69 cm
- Place of publication: Milan
- Year: 1936
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“This is one of the most decorative and popular of all the early maps of Africa” [Norwich]
- Dimension: 41 x 55,5 cm
- Place of publication: Amsterdam
- Year: 1635
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Out of stockThis stunning, large, and highly detailed map of Africa was published in 1914, shortly before the outbreak of World War I. It highlights the maritime routes between Germany and the African continent, operated by various German shipping companies: Woermann-Linie, Deutsche Ost-Afrika Linie, Hamburg-Amerika Linie, and Hamburg-Bremer Afrika-Linie. These companies were established as alternatives to British shipping lines, representing Germany’s maritime efforts to secure a presence in Africa. In the upper right corner, the map includes…
- Dimension: 78 x 100 cm
- Place of publication: Lipsia
- Year: 1914
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Afrique Divisee en ses Grandes Regions et Subdivisee en ses Grands Estats… Corrigee l’An 2 par L. Denis
More Info € 600,00A fashinating engraved map of Africa by J.B. Nolin here corrected by L- Denis with the last discoveries. Elaborate decorative cartouche. Side text in French. Published in Paris and dated second years after the French revolution. [cod.1093/15]
- Year: 1793
- Dimension: 470 x 650 mm
- Place of publication: Paris
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Out of stockA lovely and uncommon map of French equatorial Africa published in Paris by the pharmaceutical laboratories Neutroses-Vichy in 1939 at Petit Jean. The French Congo, Gabon, Oubangui-Chari (now Central African Republic) and Chad are symbolized by small vignette.
- Dimension: 310 x 210 mm
- Place of publication: Paris
- Year: 1939
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Out of stockA large pictorial map by J. Choain Audiberti of French Equatorial Africa showing several African countries including Nigeria, Chad, Cameroon, Gabon, Central African Republic and the Belgian Congo. The map is illustrated with lovely vignettes of people, farming, trees, mountains and animals like tigers, camels, horses, antelopes, ostriches, giraffes, elephants. It is completed by ships at sea, cars driving through the desert, planes flying over the map; at bottom a fine cartouche with a traditional African village scene surrounding the larger map of Africa. Published in Paris, 1950
- Dimension: 120 x 80 cm
- Place of publication: Paris
- Year: 1950
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Detailed and very fine map of South Africa showing the Madagascar, Mauritius and Seychelles. From Atlas Spheroidal et Universel de Geographie by M.F.A. Garnier published in Paris at Veuve Jules Renouard in 1862. This atlas is exceptional for its “spheroidal” maps of the globe, showing the various continents and poles, shaded to give the effect of a sphere floating in space. [cod.1091/15]
- Year: 1862
- Dimension: 350 x 480 mm
- Place of publication: Paris
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Out of stockA lovely and uncommon map of French west Africa published in Paris by the pharmaceutical laboratories Neutroses-Vichy in 1939 at Petit Jean. The Morocco, Tunisia, Algeria, Niger, Mali, Mauritania, Senegal, Guinea, and the other french regions are symbolized by small vignette.
- Dimension: 310 x 210 mm
- Place of publication: Paris
- Year: 1939
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Out of stockA colourful promotional map of French West Africa by Leon Craste designed to promote tourism and commercial development in French West Africa, which continued to operate as a political federation until 1960. Published by French Ministry of Overseas in 1951. The map shows the area from Atlantic Ocean to Chad and Cameroon and from Algeria to Togo including the colonies of Mauritania, Sudan, Senegal and Ivory Coast and some of the Portuguese territories like Guinea-Bissau, Gambia, Ghana and Nigeria. Illustrations of major cities, agricultural products, natural resources and exotic animals are on display, along with an inset showing French possessions relative to the entire continent.
- Dimension: 120 x 80 cm
- Place of publication: Paris
- Year: 1951
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Out of stockImportant tourist poster by Guy Georget, commissioned by Air France to promote travel with the airline Air Afrique and published in Paris by the Serma atelier in 1961. The large poster, designed by Georget with the geometric style and colors typical of African masks, shows the western part of the continent with the A.O.F. in evidence. The A.O.F. was part of the French colonial empire until 1960 and included territories such as the Ivory Coast,…
- Dimension: 98 x 151 cm
- Place of publication: Paris
- Year: 1961
