Oran is in present day Algeria. The upper half is a map of the Oran, the lower half is a ‘View of the Coast of Oran’. Text at the top in Latin and German, with a legend at the bottom. Seutter issued a very similar plan of Oran, as shown in Potter’s Collecting Antique maps, p69

Dimensions (W x H): 53 x 46 / 21 x 18

Oran is in present day Algeria. The upper half is a map of the Oran, the lower half is a ‘View of the Coast of Oran’. Text at the top in Latin and German, with a legend at the bottom. Seutter issued a very similar plan of Oran, as shown in Potter’s Collecting Antique maps, p69

Dimensions (W x H): 53 x 46 / 21 x 18

Dimensions (W x H): 56 x 49 / 22 x 19½

Bowen was engraver to George II and Louis XV of France. The map is in two parts - the upper one shows the western coast of North Africa, the lower shows the eastern part. Each has its own decorated cartouche. The different countries are clearly delineated and described.

Dimensions (W x H): 43 x 35 / 17 x 14

Two maps on one plate, showing the entire north African coast. Emmanuel Bowen was one of the leading English mapmakers of the eighteenth-century, and was cartographer to both the French and English Royal Courts.

Attractive map of part of North Africa from Tunisia to Egypt as it was in ancient times. Decorated cartouche at top right with title written on the plinth supporting a pyramid upon which ‘ Dido’ is inscribed. In the background there is a city in flames.

Dimensions (W x H): 47 x 32 / 18½ x 12½

In the mid-eighteenth century, French mapmaking was at its peak. Brion de la Tour was one of its most prolific cartographers. This beautiful decorated little map of Africa north of the equator, elegantly surrounded by an ornate engraved uncoloured frame, is a fine example of the period.

Dimensions (W x H): 30 x 28 / 12 x 11

Map of the western part of North Africa, including the Canary Islands, most of the Meditteranean, and European coastline from Spain to Albania. Latin text at along top edge of map. Matthaus Quad was a German cartographer based in Cologne, which, at the time was the centre for German cartography. ...

Dimensions (W x H): 27.5 x 20 / 11 x 8

A map of northern Africa including what is now called the Sahara Desert. The Tropic of Cancer is marked. Slight foxing in margins and very slightly overlaps into ocean.

Dimensions (W x H): 25.7 x 17.6 / 10 x 7

Colourful map of the west part of North Africa. Library stamp slightly visible overlapping right edge and margin.

Dimensions (W x H): 25.5 x 17.5 / 10 x 7

Colourful map of the east part of North Africa showing the Mediterranean sea to the north and the Sahara dessert. An insert of Malta in the top right corner. Library stamp slightly visible overlapping right edge and margin.

Dimensions (W x H): 25.5 x 17.5 / 10 x 7

Benevolent societies with the intention to disseminate knowledge were a distinguishing feature of the Victorian age. SDUK was founded in 1827 by John, Earl Russell and Henry Brougham, later Lord Chancellor of England. The Society published books that were deemed to be of high educational worth but ...

Dimensions (W x H): 39 x 31.5 / 15½ x 12½

Lovely map of Morocco, Algeria, and Tunisia.

Dimensions (W x H): 50 x 34 / 19½ x 13½