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Title: Delineatio sinus illius, quem Hollandi mensalem, sua lingua Taffel Baje, nominarunt
Subject: Cape of Good Hope (South Africa) -- Maps -- Early works to 1800.
Description: The map shows Table Bay with three sailing ships, Tafelberg (Table Mountain), "C. de Bonesperance" and an inlet named Aquada de Sadeyne. The engraver includes depictions of men hunting with bows and arrows, animals, huts and trees. He also depicts two men in a small boat in the Indian Ocean. The engraver has populated the ocean with monster fish and mythical sea creatures., Name of cartographic publisher (Johann Theodor de Bry) and publishing details from British Library website., Probably appeared in: Indiæ Orientalis., Projection not given. Coordinates not given., "III."--Centre top of sheet. "IV.DELI"--Bottom right-hand corner of sheet.
Identifier: islandora:19723

Title: Africae accurata tabula
Subject: Africa -- Maps -- Early works to 1800., Madagascar -- Maps -- Early works to 1800.
Description: Map of Africa, also showing southern Europe, the Arabian Peninsula, Madagascar and islands in the Atlantic and Indian Oceans. The title in a decorative cartouche at the top right depicts two African men and two angels. Dedication to Gerardo Schaep is in an additional decorative cartouche at the lower left. The map features small vignettes of animals inland (including lions, elephants, ostriches and some seemingly mythical creatures) and ships and marine life in the oceans., Prime meridien through Tenerif., Restored and placed between acid-free boards.
Identifier: islandora:19646

Title: Africa
Subject: Africa -- Maps -- Early works to 1800.
Description: Map of Africa and the Middle East. The title is given in a large cartouche at lower left showing human figures, lions, elephant, rhinoceros and vegetation with a view of Cape Town in the background., "Noribergæ in Officina Homanniana" is printed bottom left below the border., This is the Homann family's second map of Africa, based on the work of Guillaume De L'Isle, issued under the name of Homann Heirs under the direction of Johannis Matthias Hase., Parts of the map have been hand-coloured., Restored and placed between acid-free boards., Homann Erben (Firm)
Identifier: islandora:19645

Title: The Dutch colony of the Cape of Good Hope
Subject: Cape of Good Hope (South Africa) -- Maps -- Early works to 1800.
Description: 2nd ed. corrected December 1st 1795., Map shows the area from Klipping Eyland to Caap Falso with the Draakenstein mountains as the eastern boundary. Map also depicts the locations of several early settlers, the topography of the Cape Peninsula and hinterland, as well as villages, fountains, roads, river crossings and depth soundings in major bays., Scale in British miles, Dutch miles and nautical leagues.
Identifier: islandora:19545

Title: Algemeene kaart van de Colonie de Kaap de Goede Hoop, ontworpen volgens de naauwkeurigste berekeningen van de afstanden der plaatsen, en menigvuldige waarnemingen van breedte, gedaan op eene reis door deze landstreek, in de jaaren 1797 en 1798
Subject: Cape of Good Hope (South Africa) -- Maps -- Early works to 1800.
Description: Map of the Cape Colony showing distances between various places. Shows Colony divided into Districts. Based on observations of John Barrow during a journey in the area during 1797 and 1798., "Schaal van Enelsche Mylen"., Hand-coloured., Restored and placed between acid-free boards., This map has been digitised.
Identifier: islandora:19654

Title: Carte des royaumes de Congo, Angola et Benguela avec les pays voisins tiré de l'Anglois
Subject: Silver mines and mining -- Botswana., Africa, Central -- Maps -- Early works to 1800., Congo (Democratic Republic) -- Maps -- Early works to 1800., Angola -- Maps -- Early works to 1800., Benguela Province (Angola) -- Maps -- Early works to 1800.
Description: Scale in French sea leagues., From: Histoire Generale Des Voyages, ou, Nouvelle Collection de Toutes Les Relations de Voyages par mer et par terre; Abbé Prévost, and John Green [Paris: Didot, 1747-1780]., Printed beneath map frame: "Tome IV in 4o. No. 15" (lower left) and "Tome 3 in 8o. Page 368"(lower right)., Relief shown pictorially., Inland map depicts kingdoms of Central Africa with rivers & mountain ranges and two areas of silver mines in the Botswana region (Royaume d'Abutua ou Toroa and Royaume de Chicova)., Restored and hinged between acid-free boards.
Identifier: islandora:19743

Title: Biledulgerid Sarra Terra Nigritarum Giune nova descriptio
Subject: Africa, West -- Maps -- Early works to 1800., Africa, North -- Maps -- Early works to 1800.
Description: Title text on map in Latin: "Biledulgerid Sarra Terra Nigritarum Guine Nova Descriptio Robt Morden". Title at head of page: "Biledulgerid and Zaara". Map shows West and North Africa, including offshore islands, rivers and mountains. Text below map:"Billedulgerid improperly is the Numidia of the Ancients, where Inhabited the Getuli, it signifies a Country plentiful in Dates which is a fruit which much enriches the inhabitants. This part of Africa extends from East to West, almost as far as Barbary. Its principal Parts are Sus or Teffet, Darha, Segelomeffa, Jegorain, Zeb and Mezzab, Techort and Guergula, Biledulgerid, and the Desert of Barca.", Morden, Robert, d. 1703. Geography rectified, or, A description of the world, in all its kingdoms, provinces, countries, islands, cities, towns, seas, rivers, bayes, capes, ports ... 3rd ed., enlarged. London, 1693
Identifier: islandora:19716

Title: Carte du Canal de Mosambique, contenant l'Isle de Madagascar avec les côtes d'Afrique, depuis le cap de Bonne Espérance jusqu à Melinde
Subject: Africa, Southern -- Maps. -- Early works to 1800., Western Cape (South Africa) -- Maps -- Early works to 1800., Madagascar -- Maps -- Early works to 1800., Mozambique -- Maps -- Early works to 1800., Coasts -- Africa, Southern -- Maps -- Early works to 1800.
Description: The map shows the coast of southern Africa from northern Mozambique to St Helena Bay on the west coast. Madagascar is also shown., Relief indicated pictorially., Paris or Ferro meridian., Scale in Portuguese and French marine leagues and Dutch miles., Inset: Cape of Good Hope from St Helens Baay [St Helena Bay] to Hanglip, showing coast and interior., Restored and placed between acid-free boards.
Identifier: islandora:19700

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:19649

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:19550

Title: Aethiopia inferior vel exterior :
Subject: Africa, Southern -- Maps -- Early works to 1800 -- Facsimiles.
Description: Map shows illustrations of wild animals and ships and two men holding up an animal skin on which the map title is printed., "Reproductie van de kaart van Zuid-Afrika uit het 'Toonneel des aerdriicx' van Guilj. en Joh. Blaeu (Amsterdam, 1635), uitgegeven door A. A. Balkema, Amsterdam/Kaapstad, 1946."
Identifier: islandora:19575

Title: Africa
Subject: Africa -- Maps -- Early works to 1800.
Description: "This is the earliest, readily available, printed map to show the entire continent of Africa. It is famous for the medieval depiction of the Cyclopses, called the Monoculi on the map, and the parrots and elephant in Southern Africa. Crowns and scepters identify various African kingdoms throughout the continent of Africa …"--The mapping of Africa : a cartobibliography of printed maps of the African continent to 1700 / Richard L. Betz. 't Goy-Houten: Hes & de Graaf, c2007, p. 83-84. On verso: A woodcut containing the words "Des gantzen Landts Africe/ ein gemeine beschreibung" and showing "a phoenix rising from the sun at the top and a group of men at the bottom" (Betz: p. 93). Below this text is printed "xxv"., Cartographic authority, Richard L. Betz, has identified 15 variants of Münster's map of Africa. This copy closely resembles variant number 15 (though with some minor differences). See The mapping of Africa : a cartobibliography of printed maps of the African continent to 1700 / Richard L. Betz. 't Goy-Houten : Hes & de Graaf, c2007, p. 93., German title and text, Latin place names., Published in the German text edition of Münster's Cosmographia [1578]., Restored and placed between acid-free boards.
Identifier: islandora:19697

Title: Carte de l'Afrique méridionale au pays entre la ligne Cap de Bonne Espérance et l'Isle de Madagascar
Subject: Slaves -- South Africa -- Cape of Good Hope -- History., Farm ownership -- South Africa -- Cape of Good Hope -- History., Cape of Good Hope (South Africa) -- Maps -- Early works to 1800., Africa, Southern -- Maps -- Early works to 1800.
Description: The details regarding Elizabeth, Nicolas Visscher's widow, are drawn from Gallica, Bibliothèque Nationale de France: http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b7759505j.notice. See also: Atlas nouveau … by Guillaume de L'Isle (Amsterdam: Covens & Mortier, 1730); R.V. Tooley, Collectors’ guide to maps of the African continent and Southern Africa (London: Carta Press, 1969), p. 120; Norwich's maps of Africa : an illustrated and annotated carto-bibliography (Norwich, Vt. : Terra Nova Press, 1997), map 180 (note)., The inset of the Cape of Good Hope is of particular importance. It indicates the presence of slaves on Robben Island ("daar de Slaven in de Ketting loopen"). It also gives "extensive detailed and fairly accurate topographical information ... together with the names of owners of farms and plots of that period. Amongst these are de Beer, Swart Pieter, Martin de Smit, Roelof Pasman, Gerrit Kloeton, and the French Huguenot settlement. These place names add considerably to the knowledge of the history of the ... Cape of Good Hope"--Norwich's Maps of Africa, p. 203., Three insets: "Élévation du Port et Mont Table au Cap de Bonne Espérance" (5 x 11 cm); "Plan du Port et Mont Table au Cap de Bonne Espérance" (10 x 11 cm); "[Cabo de Bona Esperanca]" (13 x 23 cm)., Text primarily in French. The inset of the Cape is also in Dutch with some Portuguese notations., Restored and hinged between acid-free boards.
Identifier: islandora:19819

Title: To the right honourable Charles, Earl of Peterborow and Monmouth, etc this map of Africa according to ye newest and most exact obervations is most humbly dedicated
Subject: Africa -- Maps -- Early works to 1800., Cape Town (South Africa) -- Pictorial works.
Description: Shows portion of Brazil, the island of Trinidada [Trinidad], Cape Virde [Verde] Islands, and the islands of Matheo, Fernando Po, Princes, St Thome, Annaboa, Ascension and St Helena in the Atlantic Ocean. and what is named on the map as the Ethiopia Sea. To the north, the map includes the southernmost portion of Europe, part of Asia, Arabia and the Strait of Babelmandel. In the Indian Ocean, the Comoro Islands, Madagascar, the Mozambique Channel, Mauritius, St Brandon, Diego Rois, the Maldives and other islands are indicated as well as the paths of the trade winds to the East. Ceylon and the Coromandel coast and Malabar in India are also depicted., Relief shown pictorially., "Printed for H. Moll over against Devereux Court without Temple Bar, D. Midwinter at the 3 Crowns in St. Pauls Church yard and Tho. Bowles print and mapseller next to the Chapter house in St. Pauls Church yard, by Philip Overton Map and Printseller near St Dunstans Church Fleet Street.", Prime meridians: London and Ferro., Includes views of "Cape Coast Castle on ye gold coast of Guinea," "James Fort on the island of St Helena", a plan of the "Fort of Good Hope" and "A prospect of the Cape of Good Hope" showing the watering place, the slaughter house, the wall [sea wall], the Lodging House [possibly the old Slave Lodge], the Company's Garden, the hospital, the entertaining house and stall for cattle. Also indicated are Charles Mount or Crown Hill, Windy Hill, the Castle of Good Hope, the Fort of Good Hope, Table Mountain, Sugar Loaf, and James Mount or Lyons Rump.
Identifier: islandora:19759

Title: Africa
Subject: Africa -- Maps -- Early works to 1800.
Description: Printed above map: "Engraved for Walkers Geography &c". Published by John Walker in his Atlas to Walker's geography and gazetteer, 1799., Relief shown by shading and spot heights., Restored and hinged between acid free boards.
Identifier: islandora:19738

Title: Map of Cape Town, 1791
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa) -- Maps -- Early works to 1800.
Description: Photocopy of plan of Cape Town from Gentleman's Walk. Cape Town : Struik, 1968; by H.W.J. Picard (see BA 968.21 PICA), page 89., A note on the map suggests that the original was a plan which claimed to be dated 1785. However the plan includes the only cartographic evidence that St. George's Street (originally Berg Street), was once called Venus Straat (between 1790-1791). Picard therefore dismisses the possibility of 1785 being correct. The original cartographer is not identified.
Identifier: islandora:19925

Title: L'Afrique dressée sur les observations de Mrs. de l'Academie Royal des Sciences, et quelques autres, & sur les memoires les plus recens
Subject: Africa -- Maps -- Early works to 1800.
Description: Map of the continent of Africa including surrounding islands. The title is set in a decorative cartouche at the top right of map., Dedication across top of map: Africa accuraté in Imperia, Regna, status & populos divisa, ad usum serenissimi Bourgundiæ Ducis., Scale in French, German and Spanish leagues., Hand coloured., Restored and placed between acid-free boards., Cóvens et Mortier.
Identifier: islandora:19651

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