Antique Map of Northwest Africa by Bartholomew, 1922

Antique map of Africa titled 'Egypt and the Nile'. Old map of Africa depicting Egypt, the Nile river and surroundings. This map originates from 'The Times' ...

Antique map Africa titled 'Partie Occidentale de l'Ancien Continent, depuis Lisbonne jusquá la Riviere de Sierra Leona'. Detailed map of Coastal Nor...

Antique map titled 'Germanisches Nordwest-Europa'. Old map of North-West Europe depicting the United Kingdom, Ireland, the Netherlands, Germany, Scandinavia and surroundings. This ma...

Antique map titled 'Ligures, Taurini, etc.' Miniature map of northwest Italy. From the pocket atlas 'Introductionis in Universam Geographiam tam Veterem quam novam .. Acessit P. Bert...

Antique map titled 'L'Afrique'. Decorative map of Africa by Robert de Vaugondy, revised and published by Delamarche. Source unknown, to be determined. Artists and Engravers: Charl...

Antique map titled 'Carte d'Afrique'. Map of Africa. This map originates from 'Atlas universel de géographie ancienne et moderne (..)' by Pierre M. Lapie...

Produced for the W.H. Smith guide, folded in the original. The map here is unfolded and framed flat, with transportation routes shown and color details. sight 22 x 32" (original ful...

Presented is an original 1875 map of “North America.” The map was issued in Volume 1 of the Ninth Edition of the Encyclopædia Britannica, published in Edinburgh. The map was drawn by famous Scottish mapmaker John Bartholomew. The map depicts North America, to include Greenland, the Dominion of Canada, the United States, Mexico, the countries of Central America, and the islands of the West Indies. Prominent rivers, mountain ranges, and cities are labeled on the map, and country borders are emphasized in red. The Encyclopædia Britannica has been published continuously since 1768, appearing in fifteen official editions. The landmark ninth edition of the Encyclopædia Britannica, often called "the Scholar's Edition," was published from January 1875 to 1889 in 25 volumes. The editor and author of the “Foreword” was Thomas Spencer Baynes, the first English-born editor after a series of Scots. After 1880, Baynes was assisted by William Robertson Smith. The 9th edition is often lauded as a high point among early editions for scholarship. The 9th edition was far more luxurious than any previously printed Encyclopædia Britannicas, with thick boards and quality leather bindings, premier paper, and a production which took full advantage of the technological advances of printing in the years between the 1850s and 1870s. The publishers took advantage of the new ability to print large graphic illustrations on the same pages as the text, as opposed to limiting illustrations to separate copper plate engravings. Although this technology had first been used in a primitive fashion the 7th edition, and to a much lesser extent in the 8th, in the 9th edition there were thousands of quality illustrations and maps set...

Greenville Collins Northwest Coast and Isle of Man. hand coloured chart, encased in an ebonised frame. Dimensions Height 26.5 Inches Width 30 Inches Depth 1 Inches

Great map of South Africa. Drawn under the direction of Arrowsmith. Copper-plate engraving. Published by Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Br...

We are delighted to offer for sale this New and Accurate Map of Nubia & Abissinia, together with all the Kingdoms Tributary Thereto, and bordering upon them published in 1744 by Emanuel Bowen This is a decorative antique engraved map of East Africa...

Large university chart “Physical Map of Africa” by Bacon W&A K Johnston’s Charts of Physical Maps By G W Bacon, This is colorful Physical map of North America, it is large lithograph set...