Maps of Africa
Antique Maps of Africa
Original maps of Africa from 1847 to 1898: Delamarche's hand-coloured 1847 map of the continent, an 1898 map published in La Ilustración Española y Americana, Ramón Alabern's map of Arabia, Egypt, Nubia and Abyssinia, and Robert de Vaugondy-Delamarché's plate of Congo and Kaffraria.
A wide-ranging category for collectors tracing how European cartographers depicted the continent through the 19th century, from early exploration to the eve of the colonial partition. Every map is an original of its time, with a technical sheet and exact measurements.
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Maps of Morocco
Antique Maps of Morocco
Original maps and plans relating to Morocco: two 1860 plans from the Hispano-Moroccan war, showing the bombardment of Larache and the battle of Tetouan, together with a later five-colour Taride road map of the country at 1:1,200,000, printed on cloth for travel use.
Of interest to collectors of Spanish military history and Maghreb cartography, and to anyone tracing the Protectorate era on the ground. Each piece is an original of its period, with a technical sheet and exact measurements.
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Maps of Algeria
Antique Maps of Algeria
Original maps of Algeria from 1852 to 1858: Ramón Alabern's map of Algeria and the Barbary provinces, and two maps by Ambroise Tardieu, one engraved with Vuillemin and printed by Furne in Paris, both drawn while French rule over the territory was still being consolidated.
A focused group for collectors of North African historical cartography and of Ramón Alabern's Spanish atlas work in particular. Each map is an original of its time, with a technical sheet and exact measurements.
