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Title: Africa
Subject: Africa -- Maps -- Early works to 1800.
Description: The four sheets comprising the map are: Africa, plate I: The Northwest part examined and revised by Mr Bolton; Africa, plate II: The Southwest part [mis-labeled; plate II depicts the South East of Africa including the islands of Madagascar, Bourbon and Isle de France [Mauritius] and should be labeled The Southeast part]; Africa, plate III: The Southwest part (including the island of St Helena); and Africa, plate IV: The Northeast part (including the cartouche). This detailed map of Africa includes copious notes on the terrain and the people occupying the various areas depicted., Relief shown pictorially., Inset: Asores.
Identifier: islandora:19551

Title: Carta geografica del Capo di Buona Speranza
Subject: Cape of Good Hope (South Africa) -- Maps -- Early works to 1800.
Description: The map spans the area from Saldanha Bay to False Bay and shows land cultivated by the Dutch East India Company (with Italian versions of the names of many of the early farmers), sweet water wells, salt pans, woods, rivers and sailing ships off the West Coast. The map indicates "Isola di Robbi" (Robben Island) and "Isola de Daini" (Dassen Island), routes to the homesteads of indigenous peoples and the real or imagined location of "Elefanti", "Tigri" and "Rinoceri". Included is a detailed, ornamental, coloured cartouche depicting an elephant, a rhinoceros, people building a hut with wood and grass, trees, ships at anchor and mountains across the bay., Relief shown pictorially., Appears in: Atlante novissimo che contiene tutti le parti del mondo / Guillaume de l'Isle. Venice : Presso Giambatista Albrizzi, 1740-1750., "Scala di Miglia 15 Italiane 60 in un grado"., Restored and hinged between acid-free boards.
Identifier: islandora:19706

Title: A new chart of the southern coast of Africa, from the Cape of Good Hope to Dalagoa [sic] Bay, including the Bank of Cape Agulhas, its soundings, currents, within and without &c.
Subject: Shipwrecks -- South Africa -- Cape of Good Hope -- History -- 18th century., Cape of Good Hope (South Africa) -- Maps -- Early works to 1800., Cape Agulhas (South Africa) -- Maps -- Early works to 1800., Cape Town (South Africa) -- Pictorial works.
Description: Map shows detailed soundings and other hydrographic information along the Cape coast. Map includes an engraving of "A view of the Cape of Good Hope" showing elevations of Table Mountain ("The Table"), "Devils Burg", "the Sugar Loaf" and "Lyon's Rump". Also depicted are houses and other buildings on the slopes of the mountain and a small rowing boat heading for harbour., "Drawn chiefly from the Papers of Mr Gerard De Ruyter., Captain of the Port at the Cape of Good Hope; with the track of the Worcester, Capt. Hall in 1786.", Extract from note on map: "On Thursday the 17th of July 1755, about a quarter before one in the morning, the Doddington outward bound East Indiaman struck on a rock about 3 leagues from the Main of Africa ... Judging they were on the Madagascar shore, and the passage open, they bore away to the Northward. The time they were lost they saw the breakers and in less than a quarter of an hour went all to pieces ...", This copy of the map is defective and the sections north of 28 degrees 5 minutes and east of 32 degrees are missing. Only the final line of the cartouche is visible. Only the lower portions of the two inset maps ("A Plan of Saldhanha Bay geometrically surveyed in 1752", and, "A Plan of Dalagoa Bay called by the Portuguese Bahia de Lorenzo Marques, and by the French Baye du St. Espirit" remain., Restored and placed between acid-free boards., Robert Laurie and James Whittle.
Identifier: islandora:19655

Title: Vûe et description des forts que les hollandois, anglois et danois ont sur la côte de Guinée
Subject: Ghana -- Maps -- Early works to 1800., Fortification -- Ghana -- Pictorial works.
Description: Depictions of forts belonging to Holland, England and Denmark along the coast of West Africa (present-day Ghana). The views border two central panels of text (in French) describing the history of the fortifications., Appears in Atlas historique, ou Nouvelle introduction a l'histoire, à la chronologie & à la géographie ancienne & moderne / Henri Abraham Chatelain. Amsterdam, 1705-1720. Tome VI, no. 14, p. 58., Views: No. 1. Le château S. George d'Elmina ; No. 2. Le fort de Conradsbourg sur la montagne de St. Iago ; No. 3. Le principal château des anglois à Cabacors ; No. 4. Le fort de Nassau à Moure ; No. 5. Le fort des anglois à Annamabon ; No. 6. Le fort d'Amsterdam et Cormantin ; No. 7. Le fort de la Patience à Apam ; No. 8. Le fort des anglois à Simpa ; No. 9. Le fort de Christiansbourg à Acra ; No. 10. Le fort de Crevecœur à Acra ; No. 11. Le fort des anglois à Acra ; No. [12]. Autre vue du château d'Elmina.
Identifier: islandora:19675

Title: Afrika in kartographischer Darstellung von Herodot bis heute
Subject: Africa -- Maps -- Early works to 1800., Africa -- Maps.
Description: Africa as depicted in maps from the time of Herodotus ca. 450 BC to 1887. The map features a central map of Africa dated 1887 entitled "Afrika nach Andree & Scobel und Anderen" surrounded by 17 smaller maps: Herodot [Herodotus], ca. 450; Erastosthenes, ca. 200 BC; Pomponius Mela, 41-54 AD; Ptolemäus, 150 AD; Edrisi, 1154 AD; Ibn al Wardi, 1232 AD; Fra Mauro, 1457-1459 AD; Martin Behaim, 1491-1493 AD; Juan de la Cosa, 1493-1500 AD; Diego Ribera, 1529 AD; [Gerardus] Mercator, 1541 AD; Sebastian Münster, 1544 AD; O[lfert] Dapper, 1676 AD; Joh. Bapt. Homann, 1711 AD; [Jean-Baptiste Bourguignon] D'Anville, 1761 AD; C.G. Reichard, 1820 AD (aus A. Stieler's Hand-Atlas 1823); F.V. Stülpnagel, 1850 AD (aus A. Stieler's Hand-Atlas III. Aufl.)., The scale given above is of the principal map of Africa. No scales are indicated for the ancillary maps., The map is torn along fold lines and is in three pieces.
Identifier: islandora:19547

Title: Abissinie
Subject: Africa -- Maps -- Early works to 1800.
Description: Small map of Africa from the "Cap de Bonne Esperance" in the South to the "Tropique de Cancer" [Tropic of Cancer] and Egypt in the North. The map shows the "Mer Rouge" [Red Sea], the "Ocean Oriental ou Indien" [Indian Ocean], the "Ocean Meridional Aethiopien" and "Mer de Congo". The map also indicates the "Tropique de Capricorne" [Tropic of Capricorn], the "Equinochalle" [the equator], the "Coste des Cafres", the "Pays des Negres", Nubie, Guinée, Congo, Monomotapa, Zanguebar, Ajan, the "Coste Dabey", the "Ile de Madagascar" and Arabie. The map also indicates lakes, rivers, some mountain ranges and place names., The map is headed "De l'Afrique. Figure XCII. [page] 233". Extracted from Mallet's "Description de l'Universe" (Paris: Denys Thierry, 1683), of which volume III comprised a "comprehensive history of ancient and modern Africa." See Richard Betz: The mapping of Africa: a cartobibliography of printed maps of the African continent to 1700 (’t Goy-Houten: Hes & de Graaf, c2007): 409-410., The map is bordered by a graticule and indicates the equator and the tropics. The elaborate title cartouche, which is topped by a gryphon (or griffin), features an aggressive group of leopards, lions, a snake and a crocodile on a rocky outcrop., On verso: text in French giving the names of what Mallet regarded as the newest and most significant discoveries in Africa. Place names are given in Latin.
Identifier: islandora:19713

Title: Africa drawn from the latest and best authorities
Subject: Africa -- Maps -- Early works to 1800.
Description: "Engraved for John Harrison N 115. Newgate Street, Augt 31t 1787.", Reprint. Originally published: [London : John Harrison, 1787].
Identifier: islandora:19660

Title: Grundriss von dem Fort und der Stad auf dem Vorgebirge gutten Hoffnung
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa) -- Maps -- Early works to 1800.
Description: Maass-Stab von dreyhundert Toisen [1cm = 65m]., Indexed for points of interest including the Grand Parade, Church Square, Slave Lodge, Groote Kerk, VOC Hospital and other buildings, Fiscal’s house and Company Gardens., Based on Bellin's plan of Cape Town published in volume 3 of his Le Petit Atlas Maritime (Paris: Ministre de la Guerre et de la Marine, 1764)., See also accession BMSC 6821.g.1 (423) for the French version and BMSC 6821.g.1 (625) for version in both French and Dutch.
Identifier: islandora:19750

Title: Guinea propria, nec non Nigritiae vel Terrae Nigrorum maxima pars
Subject: Guinea -- Maps -- Early works to 1800., Africa, West -- Maps -- Early works to 1800.
Description: The map covers West Africa from modern-day Gabon in the south to Senegal, Niger, Mali, the Sahara and Mauritania in the north. The map also indicates African kingdoms and groups, including Biafra, Benin, Bambara, Pongo, Bituin and others. An illustration in the lower left portion of the map shows houses raised above the ground, villagers cooking or smoking long pipes, two men launching a small canoe on the lake, and examples of West African dress. In the foreground are five children playing on ivory tusks on which are printed the different scales., Title in Latin and French., Projection not given. There are three different scales: in Italian miles, in French leagues and in German miles. North, south, east and west are marked on the top, bottom and sides of the map using the terms Septentrio, Meridies, Oriens and Occidens.
Identifier: islandora:19556

Title: Tabula Africa IIII
Subject: Africa -- Maps -- Early works to 1800.
Description: Map of Africa by Ptolemy, extracted from La geografia di Claudio Tolomeo Alessandrino ... ; [edited by] Girolamo Ruscelli, Giuseppe Moleti and printed by Vincenzo Valgrisi (In Venetia: Appresso Vincenzo Valgrisi, 1561). Map appears in the Geografia on page 96 with Italian text on verso (page 95)., Restored and hinged between acid-free boards, Information derived from Norwich’s maps of Africa : an illustrated and annotated carto-bibliography (Norwich, Vt. : Terra Nova Press, 1997), Map 292, p. 331, and ILAB website: http://www.ilab.org/db/book2250_5488.html (accessed: 3 December 2007)
Identifier: islandora:19733

Title: The Dutch Colony of the Cape of Good Hope
Subject: Cape of Good Hope (South Africa) -- Maps -- Early works to 1800.
Description: The map shows the area from Klipping Eyland to Caap Falso in False Bay with the Draakenstein mountains as the eastern boundary. The map also depicts the locations of several early settlers, as well as villages, fountains, roads and river crossings., Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by soundings., Scale in British miles, Dutch miles and nautical leagues.
Identifier: islandora:19707

Title: Africa
Subject: Africa -- Maps -- Early works to 1800.
Description: The four sheets comprising the map are: Africa, plate I: The Northwest part examined and revised by Mr Bolton; Africa, plate II: The Southwest part [mis-labeled; plate II depicts the South East of Africa including the islands of Madagascar, Bourbon and Isle de France [Mauritius] and should be labeled The Southeast part]; Africa, plate III: The Southwest part (including the island of St Helena); and Africa, plate IV: The Northeast part (including the cartouche). This detailed map of Africa includes copious notes on the terrain and the people occupying the various areas depicted., Relief shown pictorially., Inset: Asores.
Identifier: islandora:19548

Title: Africa :
Subject: Africa -- Maps -- Early works to 1800.
Description: Scale in Spanish, German and French Miles. 1 inch = ca. 200 German miles., Some areas of the map outlined in colour.
Identifier: islandora:19730

Title: The southern Africa of G. de l'Isle, 1720
Subject: Africa -- Maps -- Early works to 1800., Africa, Southern -- Maps -- Early works to 1800., Madagascar -- Maps -- Early works to 1800.
Description: Text of map in French., Reprint of Carte du Congo et du Pays des Cafres by Guillaume de l'Isle de l'Academie Royale des Sciences (Amsterdam : Chez Jean Covens et Corneille Mortier, Geographes, 1742)., Scale in marine leagues.
Identifier: islandora:19574

Title: Carte de l'ile de Madagascar contenant sa description & diverses particularitez curieuses de ses habitans tant blancs que negres
Subject: Madagascar -- Maps -- Early works to 1800., Madagascar -- Social life and customs$$y18th century.
Description: The map, showing Madagascar oriented with north to the right, is featured at the top of the page. Below the map is text (in French) describing the island of Madagascar and its people. Bordering the page are illustrations depicting life and customs in Madagascar including circumcision, funerals and executions as well as illustrating various modes of attire., Appears in Atlas historique, ou, Nouvelle introduction à l'histoire ... Amsterdam, 1705-1720. Tome VI, no. 34, p. 142.
Identifier: islandora:19693

Title: A new and accurate map of Africa
Subject: Africa -- Maps -- Early works to 1800., Sierra Leone -- Maps -- Early works to 1800.
Description: Inset: "A correct chart of the rivers Sierra Leone and Sherbro"., Scale for inset[1:570,240]. Scale in leagues [1 cm = 3 leagues]., Restored and hinged between acid-free boards.
Identifier: islandora:19729

Title: Standard map of South Africa of the middle of the seventeenth century
Subject: Africa, Southern -- Maps -- Early works to 1800.
Description: Map of southern Africa from the Isla et Porto Loanda in Angola in the west to Caput Bonæ Spei in the south and Quixungo in Mozambique in the east, showing the western portion of Madagascar., "A. E. C.", Badly damaged; split along vertical fold.
Identifier: islandora:19678

Title: Nouvelle carte d'Afrique avec remarques et des tables pour trouver sans peine les differents peuples de cette partie du monde par les renvois alphabetiques suivant les plus nouvelles observations de messieurs de l'Academie des Siences [sic]
Subject: Africa -- Maps -- Early works to 1800., Ethnic groups -- Africa -- Maps -- Early works to 1800., Africa -- History.
Description: The map shows the continent of Africa. The map includes 13 printed tables giving a range of information on either side of the map and two blocks containing historical remarks along the lower edge., Relief shown pictorially., From Chatelain and Gueudeville's Atlas historique (Amsterdam : Chez l'Honoré & Châtelain Libraires, 1719)., Scale in French, German, and Spanish leagues., Prime meridian: Ferro., Restored and placed between acid-free boards.
Identifier: islandora:19507

Title: A new map of Africk
Subject: Africa -- Maps -- Early works to 1800.
Description: Map shows Africa and islands in the Atlantic and Indian Oceans. The mythical second island of St Helena is included., Dedicated to His Highness, William, Duke of Gloucester., "Scale of English miles according to vulgar computation [and] according to the Norwoods computation"., Restored and placed between acid-free boards.
Identifier: islandora:19647

Title: Africa
Subject: Africa -- Maps -- Early works to 1800.
Description: Note: "Advertisement. The inland parts of Africa being but very little known and the names of the regions and countries which fill that vast tract of land being for the greatest part placed by conjecture it may be judged how absurd are the divisions traced in some maps and why they were not followed in this.", There are 6 bar scales: English miles, French land leagues, British and French sea leagues, Arabic miles to English miles, Great miles of Arabia to a degree, Giam (Arabian sea measure) to English miles, and the travelling hours of the caravans to English miles., There are two insets and six gazetteers. The largest inset is located in the bottom left corner: "A particular chart of the Gold Coast where in are distinguish'd all the forts and factories belonging to the several European powers from D'Anville with many additions; by S. Boulton." This inset has its own scale in British and French sea leagues 20 to a degree. In the top left corner is an inset "Azores or Western islands belonging to Africa"., The six gazetteers contain geographical, political and local information. They are headed: "The principal outward parts of Africa: Northern Parts", "Southern and Western parts", "Western islands", "Southern parts", "South East islands and parts" and "Eastern parts". The "Southern Parts" inset gives information on Caffreria (Kaffraria), "Eastern Caffreria or the country of the Hottentots" including notes on the roles of men and women. This inset also includes a detailed account of the Cape Government's revenues and profits., Over the oceans wind direction is indicated by arrows., The map is torn along the fold lines into 4 pieces. There is some damage around the edges and some text is missing from the "Eastern parts" gazetteer.
Identifier: islandora:19758

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