The rare incunable (pre-1500) edition of the most widely accepted classical cosmography in Europe, published ten years before the discovery of the New World. It was the only Latin geographical treatise to survive from antiquity and contains the first (and only) map published in the incunable era to reflect voyages... More

The first issue of this early engraving of five Moroccan port cities, including Tangier, Asilah, the fishing port of Safi, and the ancient city of Sale’. Cueta is an autonomous Spanish city opposite Gibraltar. More

A superb, beautifully colored example of a rare map of Africa. It appeared only in the second (and final) edition of Gerard and Cornelis De Jode’s Speculum Orbis Terrarum, one of ten new maps added to the atlas to bring it up to date and make it more competitive with... More

One of the most richly engraved maps of early cartography in a richly colored example. Tooley described it as "the earliest and most decorative special map of the east coast of Africa embracing the eastern Cape, Natal, Portuguese East and Kenya." The map’s ornamentation, particularly the large, bold compasses roses... More

A stunning, original-colored example of this landmark map of Africa, directly based on Mercator’s 1569 wall map of the world. It is a prime example of Mercator’s craft, engraved with fine calligraphy and a particularly beautiful cartouche surmounted with fauns. While superficially resembling the Ortelius map of Africa, the Mercator... More

A beautiful example of this landmark in the mapping of South Africa. It appeared in Dudley’s Arcano de Mare, “the first sea atlas in which every chart was based on Mercator’s projection, the first to show prevailing winds and currents in the main harbours and anchorages, the first to give... More

“It is extremely important and its excellence and value are indicated that, more than a century after its compilation, the great cartographer d’Anville (as noted by the geographer Viscount de Santarem) utilized Teixeira substantially for his chart of 1761” (Norwich). The chart presents a summary of Portuguese cartographic knowledge of... More

Fine, early chart of the Barbary Coast--the pirate haven along the southwestern coast of Morocco. The two primary horizontal charts cover from Safi in the north to Cap Blanc in the south. At the bottom of the chart are three insets: of the Madeira Islands, of Angra, the primary city... More

An attractive example of one of the first, possibly the first overall, general map of Africa engraved and published in England. A very attractive example with a dark impression. The map is after Sanson, whose delineation of the continent was considered to be the most authoritative at the time. This... More

 A dramatic, superbly engraved view of Gorea, a small (3000 by 1150 feet) Senegalese island now part of the city of Dakar. Prior to the waves of European colonization, the island was uninhabited, being devoid of fresh water. The Portuguese established a cemetery and chapel on the island in 1444;... More

Rare, attractively engraved chart of the harbor of Tangiers in Morocco, opposite Gibraltar. The old town itself and prominent structures such as the old castle and stadium are illustrated to provide landmarks to aid in navigation. More

Published literally just days before the Italian invasion of Ethiopia on October 3rd of 1935, this excellent, well-preserved map, issued as a special supplement by two Japanese newspapers, highlights a little known diplomatic set of circumstances in the lead up to World War II. The mere existence of a Japanese-produced... More