Antique Maps of the African Islands

Carte de L'Isle de Bourbon, autrefois Mascarigne.

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BELLIN, Jacques Nicholas.

Origin: Paris, c.1750.

Map of Réunion, from Prevost's 'Histoire Generale des Voyages'.

Condition: Uncoloured; signs of old vertical fold, otherwise very good.

Size: 210 x 250mm (8¼ x 9¾ inches).

Reference: 5300

Price: £68

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Carte de l'Isle de Bourbon autrefois Mascareigne.

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BELLIN, Jacques Nicholas.

Origin: Paris, 1758.

Map of Réunion, from Prevost's 'Histoire Generale des Voyages'.

Condition: Uncoloured; very slight age-toning, otherwise very good.

Size: 205 x 240mm (8 x 9½ inches).

Reference: 4195

Price: £85

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Parte della Costa Orientale dell' Africa con l'Isola di Madagascar e le Carte particolari dell'Isole di Francia e di Borbon.

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ZATTA, Antonio.

Origin: Venice, 1784.

Three maps on one sheet, the main one of Madagascar and the east coast of Africa, the insets of Isle Bourbon and Mauritius. From 'Atlante Novissimo'.

Condition: Original colour; very light marginal staining, otherwise a fine example.

Size: 315 x 405mm (12½ x 16 inches).

Reference: 8507

Price: £210

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S. Lorenzo.

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PORCACCHI, Tommaso.

Origin: Venice, Alphonsus Lasor a Varea, 1713.

A fine map of Madagascar set in a page of text, first published 1572.

Condition: Uncoloured; slight overall age-toningand minor creasing to the text above and below the map.

Size: 105 x 150mm (4¼ x 6 inches).

Reference: 4215

Price: £85

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Sancta Helena.

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BERTIUS, Petrus.

Origin: Amsterdam, Judocus Hondius, 1616.

An uncommon miniature map of the island of Saint Helena. Possibly engraved by Salomon Rogiers.

Condition: Uncoloured; very light overall age-toning and minor marginal staining, otherwise fine condition.

Size: 95 x 135mm (3¾ x 5¼ inches).

Reference: 9086

Price: £130

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St Helena.

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AA, Pieter van der.

Origin: Leiden, 1729.

A plan/view of the entire island of Saint Helena, an important staging and re-victualling post for shipping in the South Atlantic. Probably published in John Ogilby's work "Africa". It was based on the Dutch publication of two years earlier, by Jacob van Meurs, of Olfert Dapper's "Naukeurige Beschrijvinghe Der Afrikaensche ...". Using, in the main, the same copperplate maps and views.

Condition: Uncoloured; very light age-toning to the edges of the margins, otherwise a fine example.

Size: 250 x 320mm (9¾ x 12½ inches).

Reference: 15584

Price: £280

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[No title]. St Helene.

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ANON.

Origin: [Paris, c.1660.

A small map of the island of St Helena, French in origin, but no indication as to the author or date.

Condition: Uncoloured; signs of old vertical folds from book, very light age-toning to the edges of the paper, otherwise a fine example.

Size: 140 x 117mm (5½ x 4½ inches).

Reference: 15593

Price: £80

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