Category:Old maps of Africa

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Old maps of Africa.

Use the appropriate category for maps showing all or a large part of Africa. See subcategories for smaller areas:

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Subcategories

This category has the following 30 subcategories, out of 30 total.

Old maps of Africa by country‎ (56 C)
7th-century maps of Africa‎ (1 F)
10th-century maps of Africa‎ (1 F)
13th-century maps of Africa‎ (3 C)
14th-century maps of Africa‎ (3 C, 3 F)
15th-century maps of Africa‎ (15 C, 9 F)
16th-century maps of Africa‎ (45 C, 23 F)
17th-century maps of Africa‎ (45 C, 47 F)
18th-century maps of Africa‎ (46 C, 54 F)
19th-century maps of Africa‎ (67 C, 28 F)
20th-century maps of Africa‎ (70 C, 7 F)

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Old maps of Central Africa‎ (8 C, 8 F)
Old maps of East Africa‎ (7 C, 17 F)
Old maps of North Africa‎ (12 C, 11 F)
Old maps of Southern Africa‎ (15 C, 29 F)
Old maps of Western Africa‎ (1 C, 13 F)

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Old maps showing history of Africa‎ (7 C, 16 F)
Old maps of Africa from the Norman B. Leventhal Map Center‎ (2 C, 7 F)

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Old maps of the Maghreb‎ (2 C, 16 F)
Old maps of the Nile‎ (4 C, 53 F)
Old maps of the Sahara‎ (20 F)

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Old maps of rivers of Africa‎ (2 C, 1 F)

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Ptolemaic world maps‎ (6 C, 20 F)
Ptolemy's African maps‎ (8 C, 16 F)

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Reconstructions of old maps of Africa‎ (8 C, 5 F)

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Stanford's library map of Africa - constructed by A. Keith Johnston... - btv1b532239448‎ (4 F)

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Old maps of unidentified locations in Africa‎ (1 F)

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Old maps of the Middle East‎ (25 C, 132 F)
Old maps of the Red Sea‎ (6 C, 42 F)
Old maps of the French Southern and Antarctic Lands‎ (1 C, 2 F)

Media in category "Old maps of Africa"

The following 157 files are in this category, out of 157 total.

567 of 'Zum Rudolph-See und Stephanie-See. Die Forschungsreise des Grafen S. Teleki in Ost-Acquatorial-Afrika, 1887-1888' (11210508726).jpg 2,400 × 1,547; 533 KB
577 of '(With eleven maps.)' (11100142465).jpg 3,456 × 6,911; 3.7 MB
63 of 'Atlas' (11188132916).jpg 6,285 × 3,230; 4.53 MB
65 of 'Deutsche Colonialgeschichte' (11288317226).jpg 1,128 × 1,315; 251 KB
66 of 'Khiva oder Kharezm, seine historischen und geographischen Verhältnisse ... Mit einer Karte von Khiva. (Separatabdruck aus der “Russischen Revue.”)' (11100890333).jpg 2,753 × 3,778; 2.31 MB
69 of 'Narrative of a Journal through Abyssinia in 1862-3. With an appendix on “the Abyssinian Captives' Question.” Second edition' (11081819205).jpg 2,764 × 1,990; 809 KB
741 of 'Lettres sur le Congo. Récit d'un voyage scientifique entre l'embouchure du fleuve et le confluent du Kassaï. (With Maps, etc.)' (11202061033).jpg 3,522 × 2,813; 1.7 MB
753 of 'Lettres sur le Congo. Récit d'un voyage scientifique entre l'embouchure du fleuve et le confluent du Kassaï. (With Maps, etc.)' (11202197303).jpg 3,789 × 2,809; 1.66 MB
851 of 'Sahărâ und Sûdân. Ergebnisse sechsjähriger Reisen in Afrika. (Thl. 3 herausgegeben von E. Groddeck.)' (11128231683).jpg 4,511 × 2,494; 2.28 MB
853 of 'Sahărâ und Sûdân. Ergebnisse sechsjähriger Reisen in Afrika. (Thl. 3 herausgegeben von E. Groddeck.)' (11128696065).jpg 3,346 × 2,550; 1.47 MB
A chart of the western coast of Africa, from the Straits of Gibraltar to eleven degrees of north latitude, including the Canary & Cape Verd Islands (5961367996).jpg 1,515 × 2,000; 2.83 MB
A classical atlas, to illustrate ancient geography - comprised in twenty-five maps, showing the various divisions of the world as known to the ancients, composed from the most authentic sources - with (14781216725).jpg 3,892 × 3,214; 1.39 MB
A Map of part of Africa - drawn by the latest authorities to illustrate the narrative of Captain James Riley LOC 2009583840.jpg 5,324 × 5,848; 3.8 MB
A Map of part of Africa - drawn by the latest authorities to illustrate the narrative of Captain James Riley LOC 2009583840.tif 5,324 × 5,848; 89.08 MB
A naturalist in Mid-Africa BHL36984053.jpg 2,486 × 3,585; 1.73 MB
A naturalist in Mid-Africa BHL36984057.jpg 1,840 × 2,189; 586 KB
A naturalist in Mid-Africa BHL36984061.jpg 2,096 × 2,293; 714 KB
A naturalist in Mid-Africa- being an account of a journey to the Mountains of the Moon and Tanganyika (1890) (14782787175).jpg 2,226 × 3,350; 1.66 MB
A new chart of the coast of ORIXA and GALCONDA NYPL1640641.tiff 7,230 × 5,428; 112.28 MB
A new map of the north part of antient Africa shewing the chiefe people, cities, towns, rivers, mountains, and c. in Mauritania, Numidia, Africa Propria, Libya Propria and Egypt - (Edward Wells) ; Dedicated to his... - btv1b531431881.jpg 6,654 × 5,340; 5.35 MB
Africa Map-Konkani Vishwakosh.jpg 430 × 446; 62 KB
Africaantiqua.jpg 3,287 × 2,051; 1.82 MB
Afrika in 6 Blättern.png 7,391 × 9,079; 126.9 MB
Afrique connue des Anciens... - btv1b84587485.jpg 9,139 × 7,930; 9.9 MB
Afrique équatoriale française. LOC 2012593359.jpg 6,463 × 8,151; 6.17 MB
Afrique équatoriale française. LOC 2012593359.tif 6,463 × 8,151; 150.72 MB
AfriqueOuest1880.jpg 1,341 × 660; 140 KB
Age of Exploration-map.jpg 424 × 544; 40 KB
AMH-6328-KB Map of a stretch of the West African coast.jpg 2,400 × 1,961; 761 KB
An ivory trader in North Kenia; the record of an expedition through Kikuyu to Galla-Land in east equatorial Africa. With an account of the Rendili and Burkeneji tribes (1903) (14776080505).jpg 1,601 × 2,089; 422 KB
Ancient africa map2.jpg 362 × 336; 51 KB
Annual report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution (1890) (17812131714).jpg 3,040 × 1,832; 750 KB
Arab Caliphate.jpg 888 × 674; 220 KB
Arab Caliphate.svg 350 × 334; 1.04 MB
Archives de zoologie expérimentale et générale (1909) (20138409338).jpg 3,130 × 1,950; 1.13 MB
Archives des missions scientifiques et littéraires (1883) (19565331858).jpg 1,916 × 2,944; 1.13 MB
Atlas Van der Hagen-KW1049B13 065-AETHIOPIA INFERIOR, vel EXTERIOR. Partes magis Septentrionalis, quae hic desiderantur, vide in tabula Ethiopiae Superioris.jpeg 5,500 × 4,261; 2.59 MB
Atlas Van der Hagen-KW1049B13 066-Caerte vande Cabo de Bona ESPERANCA En haer gelegenheyt daer omtrent.jpeg 5,500 × 4,450; 3.1 MB
Pas-kaarte van de Zuyd-west-kust van Africa, van Cabo Negro tot beoosten Cabo de Bona Esperanca (NYPL b13908778-1619043).jpg 5,307 × 3,292; 4.27 MB
Pas-kaarte van de Zuyd-west-kust van Africa, van Cabo Negro tot beoosten Cabo de Bona Esperanca (NYPL b13908778-1619043).tiff 7,230 × 5,428; 112.28 MB
Baedekers reseguide over Egypten, 1898 - Hallwylska museet - 100664.tif 5,616 × 3,744, 2 pages; 60.17 MB
Barbaria1590.jpg 800 × 600; 170 KB
Barbaria1598.jpg 800 × 600; 145 KB
Bodleian Libraries, Africa 18.jpg 880 × 660; 129 KB
Bodleian Libraries, Africa 24.jpg 1,000 × 675; 155 KB
Bodleian Libraries, Africa 31.jpg 1,000 × 675; 92 KB
Bodleian Libraries, Africa 73.jpg 675 × 992; 85 KB
Bodleian Libraries, Africa.jpg 1,000 × 675; 217 KB
Bodleian Libraries, Barbariae et Biledvlgerid, nova descriptio.jpg 1,000 × 675; 182 KB
Bodleian Libraries, Gulf of Guinea 23.jpg 1,000 × 675; 138 KB
Bodleian Libraries, Gulf of Guinea 32.jpg 1,000 × 675; 117 KB
Bodleian Libraries, Gulf of Guinea 8.jpg 1,000 × 675; 91 KB
Bodleian Libraries, Gulf of Guinea 9.jpg 992 × 672; 93 KB
Bodleian Libraries, Gulf of Guinea.jpg 1,000 × 675; 153 KB
Bodleian Libraries, Portolan chart of Gulf of Guinea.jpg 992 × 672; 146 KB
Bodleian Libraries, Portuguese portolan of the Atlantic 47.jpg 672 × 1,000; 140 KB
Bodleian Libraries, Western half of Africa.jpg 675 × 992; 113 KB
Bouillet - Atlas universel, Carte 81.png 2,698 × 3,425; 6.8 MB
Bouillet - Atlas universel, Carte 82.png 2,695 × 1,725; 3.9 MB
Bouillet - Atlas universel, Carte 83.png 2,674 × 1,691; 3.9 MB
Bulletin - United States National Museum (1930) (19886183234).jpg 1,688 × 1,880; 630 KB
Carte de l'Afrique à l'échelle (...)Régnauld de btv1b59697438.jpg 1,313 × 1,053; 310 KB
Catalogue of a collection of birds from British East Africa BHL2643604.jpg 3,488 × 2,198; 487 KB
Central-Afrika nach den neuesten Forschungen bearbeitet von Dr. Joseph Chavanne. LOC 98687117.jpg 9,290 × 6,416; 10.74 MB
Central-Afrika nach den neuesten Forschungen bearbeitet von Dr. Joseph Chavanne. LOC 98687117.tif 9,290 × 6,416; 170.53 MB
Cinq Semaines en ballon 079.png 2,837 × 2,379; 1.19 MB
Congo-Mubangi-1908.jpg 472 × 760; 89 KB
Convite para a apresentação de Memória em Pedra - 2022-06-24 - Image 217850.jpg 1,582 × 1,130; 1.87 MB
Convite para a apresentação de Memória em Pedra - 2022-11-02 - Image 218065.jpg 1,241 × 886; 1.25 MB
D206- Planche VI - partie gauche - liv3-ch09.png 2,362 × 3,390; 3.85 MB
Die Gartenlaube (1895) 772.jpg 2,949 × 4,208; 1.68 MB
Dr James Johnston's thin red line across Africa 1891 to 1892.jpg 1,366 × 768; 515 KB
Eastern Hemisphere 1300 BC.png 3,240 × 1,903; 8.1 MB
Embouchure du Kongo-1747.jpg 2,048 × 2,555; 2.72 MB
Emin pasha relief expedition map 1890.png 1,002 × 722; 1.41 MB
Erdglobus aus Salem img05.jpg 4,288 × 2,848; 6.72 MB
Europe since 1815 (1910) (14578376507).jpg 3,072 × 1,796; 586 KB
Europe since 1815 (1910) (14784704053).jpg 3,184 × 1,820; 766 KB
Exposition geographique XIII Tableau Comprenant L'Asie et l'Afrique.png 11,260 × 8,291; 121.06 MB
Five Weeks in a Balloon.jpg 1,200 × 541; 163 KB
Gambia River (1732).jpg 1,200 × 824; 199 KB
Handbook of the Southern Nigeria Survey and text book of topographical surveying in tropical Africa (1911) (14803813763).jpg 3,508 × 2,288; 560 KB
Histoire générale des voyages ou Nouvelle collection de toutes les relations de voyages par mer et par terre, qui ont été publiées jusqu'à présent dans les différentes langues de toutes les nations (14592706900).jpg 2,850 × 2,248; 970 KB
Historical researches into the politics, intercourse, and trade of the principal nations of antiquity (1846) (14744462196).jpg 4,070 × 2,548; 1.19 MB
History of Africa south of the Zambesi - from the settlement of the Portuguese at Sofala in September 1505 to the conquest of the Cape Colony by the British in September 1795 (1916) (14594096717).jpg 1,998 × 2,918; 444 KB
Icones ornithopterorum (Plate III C. map) (7704027828).jpg 1,572 × 2,145; 450 KB
Il disegno della geografia moderna de tutta la parte dell' Africa i confini della quale stanno in questo modo... RRA 3= 72. Pièce 52.jpg 23,740 × 9,449; 50.21 MB
Il disegno della geografia moderna de tutta la parte dell' Africa i confini della quale stanno in questo modo... RRA 3= 72. Pièce 53.jpg 23,188 × 9,151; 37.71 MB
Ilemi triangle maps.JPG 668 × 558; 76 KB
In darkest Africa; or, the quest, rescue, and retreat of Emin, governor of Equatoria (1913) (14770578532).jpg 4,108 × 2,455; 1.25 MB
Jansson map of West Africa c.1670.jpg 3,578 × 2,997; 5.94 MB
Kaart van Afrika L'Afrique, suivant les nouvelles observations de Messieurs de l'Academie Royale des Sciences etc. Augmentées de nouveau (titel op object) Les Indes Orientales et Occidentales et autres lieux (serietite, BI-1972-1043-5.jpg 5,392 × 3,334; 2.18 MB
Karte von der westlichen kuste von Africa von der strasse bey Gibraltar bis zu dem XI grade norderbreite ...wahrnehmungen entworfen (5961367122).jpg 1,743 × 2,000; 3.07 MB
Kartenskizze von Africa zur vergleichenden Übersicht der Reisen Dr. Barth's und Dr. Livingstone's. LOC 98687116.jpg 2,696 × 3,268; 1.55 MB
Kartenskizze von Africa zur vergleichenden Übersicht der Reisen Dr. Barth's und Dr. Livingstone's. LOC 98687116.tif 2,696 × 3,268; 25.21 MB
Lange diercke sachsen afrika bab el mandeb.jpg 722 × 702; 251 KB
Lange diercke sachsen afrika oase siwa.jpg 718 × 700; 242 KB
Large areas of Warri map.jpg 750 × 852; 110 KB
Le Tour du monde-02-p195.jpg 836 × 1,260; 282 KB
Le Tour du monde-02-p235.jpg 830 × 820; 154 KB
Le Tour du monde-04-p404.jpg 1,332 × 865; 294 KB
Le Tour du monde-05-p176.jpg 1,250 × 835; 214 KB
Mao Kun map - India, Africa.JPG 425 × 605; 334 KB
Map of Aweri (Now Warri in 1580-1700).jpg 1,242 × 2,150; 674 KB
Map of Awerri (Now Warri in 1580-1700).jpg 1,200 × 1,300; 501 KB
Map of iwere.png 800 × 500; 797 KB
Map of Northern Africa with a picture of African people Wellcome V0049910.jpg 4,061 × 1,813; 2.7 MB
Map of St. Helena, 1685.jpg 613 × 900; 430 KB
Map of St. Helena, 1719.jpg 851 × 1,021; 185 KB
Map of St. Thomas, 1683.jpg 725 × 1,078; 194 KB
Map of St. Thomas, 1685.jpg 639 × 900; 479 KB
Map of the Abyssinian empire, 1683.jpg 725 × 1,078; 156 KB
Map of the Abyssinian empire, 1719.jpg 858 × 1,022; 170 KB
Map of the Congo, 1683.jpg 725 × 1,078; 175 KB
Map of the Congo, 1719.jpg 851 × 1,021; 179 KB
Map of Tunis and Carthage, 1683.jpg 725 × 1,078; 184 KB
Map of Tunis and Carthage, 1719.jpg 839 × 1,022; 198 KB
Mapa norte de áfrica de gerardus Mercator.jpg 679 × 474; 70 KB
Martin Luther-Eine Heer-Predigt wider den Türcken.jpg 3,338 × 2,173; 1.82 MB
Mediaeval and modern history (1905) (14801328543).jpg 1,988 × 3,304; 553 KB
MS. Douce 391 portolan chart.jpg 675 × 1,000; 280 KB
Naaukeurige en uitvoerige beschryving van kaap de Goede Hoop; behelzende een zeer omstandig verhaal van den tegenwoordigen toestant van dat vermaarde gewest (1727) (14577360658).jpg 3,076 × 2,436; 1.18 MB
Narrative of discovery and adventure in Africa, from the earliest ages to the present time- (1840) (14779877414).jpg 2,480 × 1,464; 417 KB
Neueste Karte von Afrika.png 7,748 × 8,660; 130.55 MB
Nouae Africae delineatio (2675601948).jpg 2,000 × 1,872; 3.54 MB
Übersichtskarte der Nilländer.. (NYPL b14291191-37502).tiff 5,040 × 6,299; 90.85 MB
Guinea & Nigrita (NYPL b14428893-1503447).jpg 6,299 × 5,248; 7.16 MB
Monomotapa (NYPL b14428893-1503448) (cropped).jpg 3,436 × 2,881; 2.76 MB
Monomotapa (NYPL b14428893-1503448).jpg 6,299 × 5,248; 6.87 MB
Ottoman-map-Africa.jpg 657 × 571; 113 KB
Paskaart van de kust van Equatoriaal-Guinea, Gabon en Kameroen Pas caarte van de Bocht van Gabon tusschen C. Formosa en C. de Lopo Gonsalves (titel op object), RP-P-1896-A-19368-3110X.jpg 6,006 × 5,202; 4.17 MB
Paskaart van de kust van Equatoriaal-Guinea, Gabon en Kameroen.jpeg 2,500 × 2,165; 914 KB
Roosevelt-Smithsonian Expedition Map.jpg 2,000 × 2,909; 2.21 MB
Route der Expedition der Handelshochschule.jpg 680 × 458; 223 KB
Révai nagy lexikona; az ismeretek enciklopédiája (1911) (14579806509).jpg 3,216 × 1,855; 1.31 MB
Révai nagy lexikona; az ismeretek enciklopédiája (1911) (14743444326).jpg 3,248 × 1,794; 1.31 MB
CostaAOE1896g.jpg 5,185 × 7,751; 5.32 MB
Suggestions on the slave trade, for the consideration of the legislature of Great Britain Fleuron N024600-1.png 3,263 × 965; 52 KB
Südliche Oberflaeche der Erde.jpg 6,928 × 5,502; 9.33 MB
Tab. I. Africæ, in qua Mauritania Tingitana et Cæsariensis. Medius meridianus 16, reliqui ad hunc inclinati sunt pro ratione parellelorum 29 et 34 ad circulum maximum. R 2= 22. Pièce 2.jpg 8,464 × 6,584; 8.74 MB
TabulaPeutingeriana-ModernMap.jpg 968 × 1,920; 1.93 MB
The American Museum journal (c1900-(1918)) (17971406538).jpg 1,238 × 1,370; 351 KB
The making of Northern Nigeria (1911) (14596577448).jpg 4,357 × 2,441; 1.02 MB
The principal navigations, voyages, traffiques and discoveries of the English nation, made by sea or over-land to the remote and farthest distant quarters of the earth at any time within the compass (14589585848).jpg 4,372 × 2,208; 1.47 MB
The Sea of Uniamesi - Erhardt and Rehman.png 542 × 441; 125 KB
The south part of Africa, and the island of Madagascar, here the Portugueze have many settlements and all the trade (5960809705).jpg 2,000 × 1,410; 2.74 MB
The student's manual of ancient geography, based upon the Dictionary of Greek and Roman geography (1861) (14582488388).jpg 2,278 × 2,714; 628 KB
Tramps round the Mountains of the Moon and through the back gate of the Congo State (1908) (14773705634).jpg 1,806 × 1,244; 262 KB
Tramps round the Mountains of the Moon and through the back gate of the Congo State by T. Broadwood Johnson. With an introd. by T.F. Victor Buxton (1908) (14592536737).jpg 2,982 × 2,002; 522 KB
Tramps round the Mountains of the Moon and through the back gate of the Congo State by T. Broadwood Johnson. With an introd. by T.F. Victor Buxton (1908) (14756073616).jpg 1,982 × 2,902; 903 KB
Travels in the interior of Africa, to the sources of the Senegal and Gambia; performed by command of the French Government, in the year 1818 (1820) (14783868003).jpg 2,980 × 2,618; 847 KB
UBBasel Map Afrika 1578 Kartenslg AA 114.tif 13,102 × 8,954, 2 pages; 335.66 MB
Van Keulen-Nieuwe Pascaert van Oost Indien-1680-1735-2.png 4,769 × 4,162; 3.48 MB
Verne, Jules - Cinq semaines en ballon, pages 180-181.png 2,407 × 1,959; 11.2 MB
Why Germany wants peace. LOC 2017585602.jpg 5,875 × 8,897; 8.69 MB
Why Germany wants peace. LOC 2017585602.tif 5,875 × 8,897; 149.55 MB
Wild game in Zambezia (1914) (14751214795).jpg 2,264 × 1,676; 501 KB

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