Africa
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Fine map engraved map by Giuseppe Pitteri showing East Africa, Sudan, Eritrea and Ethiopia, covers also the Red Sea and the coast of Arabia, naming Jiddah and Aden. The title cartouche appears on a stone monolith. From Atlante Novissimo, illustrato ed accresciuto sulle osservazioni, e scoperte fatte dai più celebri e più recenti cartografi by Antonio Zatta published in Venice 1779-1785. Very good condition with nice and decorative original colours.
- Year: 1779
- Dimension: 310 x 400 mm
- Place of publication: Venice
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Out of stockPictorial map of Tunisia designed by J. Vanney and J. Moretton in Art Deco style showing numerous cities and towns (including Tunis, Kairouan, Sousse, Sfax, and Gabes) and several interesting sites illustrated in profile such as Roman ruins at El Djem and Dougga, the Great Mosque at Kairouan, and the Selja Gorges, along with others.
- Dimension: 30 x 21 cm
- Place of publication: Asnières-sur-Seine
- Year: 1931
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Uncommon map of Northern and Western Africa (and Canaries) highlighting the main roads and tracks in the Sahara. 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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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 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
