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Africa Orientale Eritrea - Etiopia (Abissinia) - Somalia

Africa Orientale Eritrea - Etiopia (Abissinia) - Somalia, a detailed cartographic representation of East Africa, specifically focusing on Eritrea, Ethiopia, and Somalia, was produced by the cartographic office of the Touring Club Italiano (T.C.I.), under the chief cartographer P. Corbellini, and printed by A. Vallardi in Milan. The map features Italian orthography for Ethiopian place names, indicating significant elements such as important and less important railways, planned railways, roads, caravan routes, wells, springs, water places, probable river courses, swamps, and vadi (riverbeds), and it includes an inset of Eritrea and another of the Somali coast south of Mogadishu.

Price: $ 295.00

[Caspian Sea / Kamtchatka] Geographica Nova ex Oriente gratiosissima, duabus tabulis specialissimis contenta, quaram una Mare Caspium. . .

Unusual pair of maps of the Caspian Sea and Kamchatka, published by JB Homann.

Price: $ 475.00

[Pakistan & India] Tabula Asiae IX

Nice example of the second state of Ruscelli's map of Pakistan, Western India and the the Indus River region, extending to Karachi and the Indian Ocean in the south, based upon Claudius Ptolemy.

Price: $ 145.00

Tabula Geographica qua pars Russiae Magnae Pontus Euxinus seu mare Nigrum et Tartaria Minor cum finitimis Bulgariae, et Romaniae et Natoliae….

Decorative map of the Black Sea Region, with a large decorative cartouche surmounted by the Russian Imperial Coat of Arms. The map extends north to Moscow and Smolensk from Constantinople in the south.

Price: $ 495.00

A New General Map of the East Indies, Exhibiting in the Peninsula on this Side of the Ganges or Hindoostan the Several Partitions of the Mogul's Empire; and the Dominions of the English East India Company in the Provinces of Bengal, Bahar and Orixa, as well as upon the Coasts of Malabar and Coromandel; with the French and Dutch Possessions according to the Peace of 1783: and in the Peninsula Beyond the Ganges, the Kingdoms of Assam, Cashar, Aua, Aracan, Mien, Pegu, Siam, Lao and Camboida &c.

Scarce antique engraved map of India and Southeast Asia, by Laurie and Whittle, and with information from James Rennell, published in London in 1794.

Price: $ 950.00

(South Africa) Coutumes Moeurs & Habillemens des Peuples Qui Habitent aux Environs du Cap de Bonne Esperance avec une Description des Animaux et Reptiles qui set truvent dans ce Pais [Customs, Manners, and Attire of the Peoples Who Inhabit the Vicinity of the Cape of Good Hope, with a Description of the Animals and Reptiles Found in this Country.]

A remarkable representation of early 18th-century cartography, Henri Chatelain's "Coutumes, Moeurs & Habillemens des Peuples qui Habitent aux Environs du Cap de Bonne Esperance Avec Une Description Des Animaux et Reptiles Qui Se Trouvent Dans Ce Païs" encapsulates the essence of life and biodiversity in the vicinity of the Cape of Good Hope. Authored in 1719 in Amsterdam, the chart captures an array of human customs, indigenous attire, and the rich variety of local fauna, a testament to Chatelain's scholarly attention to detail and breadth of understanding.

Price: $ 475.00