NORTH AFRICA. Ortelius. 1570/1571.
Barbariae et Biledulgerid, Nova Descriptio. 13.0"h x 19.8"w. Latin text on page 53. Centerfold reinforced. Image very good.

First published in 1570, this edition is from Abraham Ortelius' Theatrum Orbis Terrarum (Antwerp, Aegidius Coppen Diesth, 1571). Reference Koeman Ort 2, map 53; and Van den Broecke, Ortelius Atlas Maps, 176. Van den Broecke estimates that only 275 copies of this 1571 Latin edition were printed (The Map Collector issue 36)..

The word "Barbary" refers to the coastal region of North Africa from the Atlantic Ocean to Egypt. "Biledulgerid" refers to the long strip of land south of Barbary, also stretching from the Atlantic to Egypt. At the left are the Canary Islands. Numerous lakes are shown inland, in the heart of the Sahara. Tripoli is near the right edge. The Atlas Mountains are shown in profile. There are numerous notes throughout the map.

EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN AREA. Ortelius. 1570/1571.
Three maps on one sheet:
(1) Natoliae, Quae Olim Asia Minor, Nova Descriptio; (2) Aegypti Recentior Descriptio: and (3) Carthaginis Celeberrimi Sinus Typus. 12.6"h x 19.3"w. Latin text on page 52. Centerfold reinforced and lightly stained.

First published in 1570, this edition is from Abraham Ortelius' Theatrum Orbis Terrarum (Antwerp, Aegidius Coppen Diesth, 1571). Reference Koeman Ort 2, map 52, and Marcel van den Broecke, Ortelius Atlas Maps, 174. Van den Broecke estimates that 275 copies of this 1571 Latin edition were printed (The Map Collector, issue 36).

(1) Natoliae. Map of Turkey oriented with north to the left. Also shows Cyprus and Crete.

(2) Aegypti. Map of northern Egypt.

(3) Carthaginis. Map of the ancient state of Carthage located in northeastern Tunisia near Tunis.

TURKEY, EGYPT & TUNISIA. Ortelius. 1570/1571.
Natoliae Quae olim Asia Minor... [and] Aegypti Recentor Descriptio [and] Carthaginis Celeberrimi Sinus Typus on one double page. 12 ½”h x 19 ½’w. Centerfold separation through part of the lower margin has been closed. Images in very good condition. Latin text verso. Page number verso: 52.

The map appears on page number 52 only in the 1570, 1571 and 1573 Latin text editions of Abraham Ortelius, Theatrum Orbis Terrarum , all three published in Antwerp. This copy known to have come from the 1571 Latin edition. Van den Broecke, Ortelius Atlas Maps, 174.

Three images: Turkey, Egypt and Tunisia engraved on one plate.

NORTHEAST AFRICA. Delisle. 1707.
Carte de Egypte de la Nubie de l’Abissinie &c. Par Guillaume De Lisle de l’Academie R’le des Sciences. Imprint under mileage scales: A Paris Chez l’Auteur sur le Quai de l’Horloge d or avec Privilege pour 20 ans Nov. 1707. Lower right inside neatlines: Desrosiers sculp. Lower right below neatline: 73. 19 ¼”h x 24 ¼”w. Original outline color.

Map by Guillaume Delisle (1675-1726). Illustrated in Norwich, Maps of Africa, Map 298.

Extends from Tunisia east around the Mediterranean Sea to Turkey to Iran and south as far as the Equator.

EGYPT. S.D.U.K. 1831.
Egypt Published by the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge; By G. Long.... Under bottom neat line: Published by Baldwin & Cradock 47 Paternoster Row Jan’y 1st 1831. J. & C. Walker Sculp’t. Inset: [“Continuation of the Nile River”.] 14 ½”h x 12 ¾”w. Original outline color. Image in very good condition.

Map by George Long. Baldwin & Cradock published A Series of Maps... for the S.D.U.K in London [1829-1835]. Phillips Atlases 753.

Includes a translation of Arab terms used on the map.

The Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge, founded in 1826, published inexpensive texts intended to adapt scientific and other material for the rapidly expanding reading public. SDUK publications, such as maps, were intended for the working and the middle classes. It ceased operation in 1848.

EGYPT. De la Rochette. 1802/c1851.
Lower Egypt and the Adjacent Deserts, with a Part of Palestine; to which has been added the Nomenclature of the Roman age by L.S. de la Rochette. Imprint: London. Published by Ja’s Wyld Charing Cross East , & Model of the Earth. Leicester Sq’r. 21 ¼”h x 29 ½”w. Original outline color. Verso blank except page number: 31. Wrinkle in margin. Image in very good condition. Map by Louis Stanislas d’Arcy Delarochette (1731-1802).

The map first appeared in 1802, published in London by William Faden. This edition was published after James Wyld, Senior, (1790-1836) took over the Faden business in 1823. James Wyld , Junior, (1812-1887) entered his father’s business circa 1830. He exhibited the “Monster Globe” in Leicester Square as part of the Great Exhibition of London in 1851. It was a model of the earth viewed from the interior. Note the reference to the “Model of the Earth” in Wyld’s imprint above. This places this edition of the map circa 1851. See the sketch of the globe in Tooley’s Dictionary of Mapmakers, Revised Edition Q-Z.

The map extends south along the Mediterranean Sea from Acre (Israel) past Lake of Menzaleh, the Eastern Nile, the Western Nile, and Alexandria to Arabs Gulf. The map extends south to the Red Sea. There is fine detail throughout with numerous villages, pyramids, roads, trails and camel routes detailed. The desert is engraved to simulate sand. The Pilgrins’ Road (or Hadj Route) from Cairo to Suez to Aqaba and on toward Mecca is shown.

Marked in the map are “First Landing of the French 1st July 1798” southwest of Alexandria and “French Landed 1801” near Abukir Bay northeast of Alexandria. The map may have been published to satisfy interest in the area after Nelson's Battle of the Nile (1798) when he destroyed the French fleet in the harbor of Abukir and General Abercrombie's victory at Alexandria (1801), which let to Napoleon being driven from Egypt.

A table at the lower left gives the translation for some common Arabic names.

EGYPT AND NUBIA. Perles. 1902.
Ägypten und Nubien. Inset upper right: “Umgebung von Kairo”. Inset lower left: “Umgebung von Chartum”. Below bottom neatline: K.u.k. Hofbuchhandlung Moritz Perles in Wein. Lower right corner: Okt: 1902. Upper right: [Page] 154. 14 ½”h x 9”w. Original color. Image in very good condition.

Published in Vienna by Moritz Perles.

Nubia defines a region of the Nile River to include Southern Egypt and Northern Sudan. The map extends from the Dead Sea in Israel to Khartoum, Sedan.

GULF OF GUINEA. Bonne. c1780.
Royaumes, Etats et Pays de la Haute Guinee, Par M. Bonne, Ing'r-Hydrographe de la Marine Upper right: 94. 9"h x 12 1/2"w. image in very good condition. Map in French. Map by Rigobert Bonne (1727-1795).

Published in Atlas de Toutes Parties Connues du Globe Terrestre. . . (Paris: G.T. F. Raynal, c1780).

Extends from Guinea east and south to Gabon, most of which was once called Upper Guinea (Haute Guinee). Very little detail is shown inland.

NORTH AFRICA. Ortelius. 1588.
Barbariae et Biledulgerid, Nova Descriptio. 12.9"h x 19.7"w. Spanish text on page 100. Repaired tear in upper margin. Worm hole has been filled. Colored. Image very good.

From Abraham Ortelius' Theatro de la Terra Universal ... (Antwerp, Christopher Plantin, 1588), Koeman Ort 23. van den Broecke 176. This is the only edition with Spanish text on page 100.

The word "Barbary" refers to the coastal region of North Africa from the Atlantic Ocean to Egypt. "Biledulgerid" refers to the long strip of land south of Barbary, also stitching from The Atlantic to Egypt. At the left are the Canary Islands. Numerous lakes are shown inland in the heart of the Sahara. Tripoli is near the right edge.

NORTH AFRICA. Bonne. c1780.
Etats du Roi de Maroc; les Royaumes D’Alger, de Tunis et de Tripoli, avec le pays Circonvoisins. Par M. Bonne, Ingénieur - Hydrographe de la Marine Lower right: André scul. Upper right: 99. 14"h x 9"w. Faint transference under the scale. Image in very good condition. Map in French. Map by Rigobert Bonne (1727-1795). Engraved by Gespard André.

Published in Atlas de Toutes Parties Connues du Globe Terrestre. . . (Paris: G.T. F. Raynal, c1780).

There are two maps on the sheet, covering Northern Africa from Morocco to part of Egypt. Mountains are shown in shading and profile.