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Cartographer: Martin Waldseemuller
Title: : Tabula Moderna Secunde Porcionis Aphrice
Date: 1513 Size: 21 x 16 inches
Published: Strassburg
Description: First printed map of South Africa. Beautiful dark woodblock impression showing the 'Mountains of the Moon'.
Map Ref: AFR4853

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Cartographer: Martin Waldseemuller
Title: : Tabula noua partis Africae
Date: 1541 Size: 17 x 13 inches
Published: Vienne
Description: Larent Fries produced this slightly reduced version of Waldseemuller's earlier map.
Map Ref: AFR3972

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Cartographer: Girolamo Ruscelli
Title: : Africa Nvova Tavola
Date: 1561 Size: 10 x 8 inches
Published: Venice
Description: Southern Africa after Ptolemy. Black and white wood engraving. Includes Madagascar.
Map Ref: AFR3622

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Cartographer: Petrus Bertius
Title: : Africae pars meridionalior
Date: 1618 Size: 5 x 4 inches
Published: Amsterdam
Description: Southern Africa. Miniature. Coloured.
Map Ref: AFR3241

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Cartographer: Willem & Jan Blaeu
Title: : Aethiopia Inferior, vel Exterior
Date: c. 1640 Size: 19 x 15 inches
Published: Amsterdam
Description: Southern Africa. Decorative cartouche. Coloured.
Map Ref: AFR4985

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Cartographer: Frederick De Wit
Title: : Cimberas et Caffarie
Date: c. 1680 Size: 21 x 17 inches
Published: Amsterdam
Description: Cabo de Bona Esperanca. Black and white sea chart. Magnificant cartouche.
Map Ref: AFR2098

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Cartographer: Allain Mallet
Title: : De L'Afrique - Monomotapa et la Cafrerie
Date: 1683 Size: 4 x 6 inches
Published: Paris
Description: Coloured copper engraved map of Southern Africa embellished with ships.
Map Ref: AFR4982

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Cartographer: Robert Morden
Title: : Cafreria and Monomotopa
Date: 1688 Size: 6 x 7 inches
Published: London
Description: Southern Africa. A detailed miniature map with panel of text. Coloured.
Map Ref: AFR5101

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Cartographer: Pierre Du Val
Title: : Southern Africa
Date: 1694 Size: 5 x 4 inches
Published: Paris
Description: Miniature coloured map of Southern Africa divided into mythical kingdoms.
Map Ref: AFR4918

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Cartographer: N. & G. Sanson
Title: : Land en de Kusten van de Kaffers, de Ryken van Monomotapa, Monoemugi
Date: 1705 Size: 11 x 8 inches
Published: Paris
Description: South Africa. Decorative cartouche. Coloured.
Map Ref: AFR3754

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Cartographer: Pieter Van der Aa
Title: : Le Cap de Bonne Esperance
Date: 1714 Size: 12 x 9 inches
Published: Leiden
Description: Cape of Good Hope. Beautifully engraved black and white map with elaborate cartouche. Strong impression.
Map Ref: AFR4624

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Cartographer: Herman Moll
Title: : Congo, Angola, Cafres, Monoemugi
Date: 1719 Size: 8 x 11 inches
Published: London
Description: South part of Africa. Coloured.
Map Ref: AFR3841

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Cartographer: Balthazar Lakeman
Title: : Nieuwe Caarte van Kaap de Goede Hoop
Date: 1727 Size: 21 x 17 inches
Published: Amsterdam
Description: Copper engraved map of Southern Africa in original colour with insets of the Fort and the Bay.
Map Ref: AFR4980

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Cartographer: Herman Moll
Title: : The South West part of Africa
Date: 1745 Size: 7 x 11 inches
Published: London
Description: South western Africa with an inset of Saint Helena. An elegant and detailed map with title cartouche. Coloured.
Map Ref: AFR4999

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Cartographer: J.N. Bellin
Title: : Carte de la Coste Orientale d'Afrique
Date: 1749 Size: 9 x 9 inches
Published: Paris
Description: Coloured map of the coasts of South and Southeastern Africa.
Map Ref: AFR4862

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Cartographer: J.N. Bellin
Title: : Carte de la Baye de la Table
Date: c. 1750 Size: 7 x 8 inches
Published: Paris
Description: Table Bay. Also shows Robben Island where Nelson Mandela was incarcerated. Coloured.
Map Ref: AFR5015

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