EARLY COLONIAL AFRICA pre Scramble for Africa. Mountains of Kong. LETTS 1884 map

TITLE/CONTENT OF MAP: 'Letts's General map of Africa; Inset map of British Isles' Shows the non-existent Mountains of Kong DATE PRINTED: 1884 IMAGE SIZE: Approx 36.0 x 42.5cm, 14 x 16.75 inches (Large

TITLE/CONTENT OF MAP: 'Letts's General map of Africa; Inset map of British Isles' Shows the non-existent Mountains of Kong DATE PRINTED: 1883 IMAGE SIZE: Approx 36.0 x 42.5cm, 14 x 16.75 inches (Large

TITLE/CONTENT OF MAP: 'Africa' This fascinating map of early colonial Africa includes a number of cartographic errors or misapprehensions. These include the non-existent "Mountains of Kong" in West Af

TITLE/CONTENT OF MAP: 'Africa; Inset maps of Mauritius; Bourbon (Reunion); Natal' DATE PRINTED: 1882 IMAGE SIZE: Approx 37.0 x 51.0cm, 14.5 x 20 inches (Large); Please note that this is a folding map.

TITLE/CONTENT OF MAP: 'AFRICA' Much of Central Africa was unexplored by Europeans in 1857 and is therefore shown as blank on the map. Lake Victoria was first sighted by a European in 1858. The map sho

TITLE/CONTENT OF MAP: 'Africa' The map shows a number of tribal and early colonial territories, mostly delineated inland from the coast but with unresolved borders. The Maghreb is described evocativel

TITLE/CONTENT OF MAP: 'Africa' The map shows a number of tribal and early colonial territories, mostly delineated inland from the coast but with unresolved borders. The Maghreb is described evocativel

Colonial America 1772 Paul Revere Engraved Metal Cut Illustration Prints Including the Historic Portrait of Patriot John Dickinson (PAUL REVERE, JR.) 1772-Dated Colonial Pre-Revolutionary War Period,

An Ijebu brass couple, Nigeria. 19th / early 20th century. 20"h w/ out base. The TL test can be emailed upon request. Ijebu was a Yoruba kingdom in pre-colonial Nigeria. It formed around the fifteenth

*** START PRICE IS THE RESERVE *** [Africa]. GASTALDI, Giacomo (1500-1566) & FORLANI, Paolo (fl. 1560-1571). La Descrittione dell'Africa. Engraved Map. Venice: Paolo Forlani, 1562. 19 x 25 1/4 inches

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North Africa, Anti Atlas Mountains, Ktaoua formation, Ordovician, ca. 488 to 443 million years ago. A rare and concentrated natural stone matrix of starfish and crinoids (sea lilies) that died and fos

the 2-sheet map of Africa and Asia, from the east coast of Brazil to Japan, charting the first Dutch voyage to the East Indies by Houtman, large titlecartouche upper centre of right sheet, ships, comp

Colonial America 1767 "Repeal of the Stamp Act" Pennsylvania Newspaper February 2, 1767-Dated Pre-Revolutionary War Colonial Period, Newspaper titled, "THE PENNSYLVANIA CHRONICLE and Universal Adverti

DESCRIPTION: Benin style bronze effigy depicting a man blowing a horn while armed and donning traditional garb. CIRCA: Early 20th Century ORIGIN: West Africa DIMENSIONS: H: 8.75" W: 3.75" L: 5.5" COND

Large and important early copper engraved map of the western U. S. showing the route of Col. Henry Dodge’s 1835 Expedition from Fort Leavenworth to the Rocky Mountains. Rare first printing with

This is the famed US Navy Mark V diving helmet. This example is a very special one that was just recently discovered in South Africa and brought back to the United States! The Diving Equipment & Salva

Removed from an atlas unknown date, hand color outlining, text on back side

Central Africa, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ituri (also Etori or Uituri) region, ca. early 20th century CE. A delicate, flat, circular carved wood mask of minimalist geometric form and with excellen

Very rare early prototype helmet. From the experimental Johnsonville Centrifuge at Johnsonville Naval Air Development Center (NADC). Designed in approximately 1958-1959 as an early prototype for space

A COLONIAL MAP, "Carte de la Louisiane et du Cours du Mississipi," PARIS, JUNE 1718, hand colored engraving on paper, "Dressée sur un grand nombre de Mémoires entr'autres sur ceux de Mr. le Maire pa

A MAP OF THE TENNASSEE [sic] GOVERNMENT FORMERLY PART OF NORTH CAROLINA TAKEN CHIEFLY FROM SURVEYS BY GENL. D. SMITH & OTHERS, drawn by Daniel Smith, engraved by Joseph T. Scott, for "General Atlas Fo

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