![Goletta, et Novo forte avanti Tunesi, co[n] l’Assedio p[er] terra, et p[er] Mare d[e] Turchi et Mori, el luglio, et agosto .74. Co[n] li gra[n] sforci de Sina[n] bassa[n], et d[e] Ucchiali capitt.o de l’Armata, et le mirabil prove fatte in Goletta da Do[n](/map/small/61733sb.jpg)
Fine example of this rare map of the Bay of Tunis, illustrating the Siege of July 1574. The engraving depicts the Bay of Tunis during the siege by the Turks in July 1574 at the Goletta. Siege of Tunis In 1574, William of Orange and Charles IX of...
Scarce map of the town of Sale, Morocco, immediately north of Rabat, which appeared in Francois de Belleforest's Cosmographie Universelle De Tout le Monde. Sale dates back at least to Carthaginian times (around 7th century BC). The Romans called the...
![[Asilah, Morocco] Arzilla](/map/small/41197.jpg)
Detailed view of Asilah, Morocco, published by de Belleforest. Asilah dates back to 1500 B.C., when the Phoenicians used it as a base for trade. The Portuguese conquered the city in 1471, but John III later decided to abandon it because of an economic...
Nice full color example of Mercator's Ptolemaic map of North Africa. While Mercator is perhaps most famous for his maps of the Modern World, one of his life ambitions was to write an improved and corrected edition of Ptolemy's Geographia.
Striking town plan of Algiers from Braun & Hogenberg's Civitas Orbis Terrarum, first issued in 1588. Algiers is known as 'El-Bahdja' in Arabic or 'Alger la Blanche' in French for the glistening white of its buildings rising up from the sea. The...
Nice old color example of Braun & Hogenberg's important early town view of Tunis. The image shows a lively port scene, with ships in the foreground in the outer harbor, several canals to the inner harbor and the extensive fortifications along the...
![Tabula Aphricae I [Morocco & Tunisia]](/map/small/47490.jpg)
Striking example of Magini's map of North Africa, based upon Ptolemy.
![[Moroccan Coast -- Agadir, Essaouira, Safi] Afbeeldinge nae't leven der Zeecusten van Barbarien, van de C. Cantin zuijdwaert tot verbij de C. de Geer, mitsgaders de gelegentheijt van't eijlant Mogodor, alles op zijne rechte Streckinge en hoochte gestelt](/map/small/62163.jpg)
Early Dutch Sailing Chart of the Central Coast of Morocco -- Agadir, Essaouira, Safi Rare sea chart of the central coast of Morocco, centered on Essaouria. The chart is oriented with southeast toward the top and extends from C. de Cantin (El...
![[Morocco Coast -- Tangiers to El Beddouza] Eijgentlijke vertooninge der westcuste van Barbarien, tusschen de Strate van Gibraltar ende de C: de Cantin, zampt aller Reeden Havenen ende Rivieren aldaer gelegen, en hoemen die bequamelijck sal besijlen](/map/small/62218.jpg)
Early Dutch Sailing Chart of the Northern Coast of Morocco -- El Jadida, Casablanca, Rabat, Kenitra, Larache, Cap Spartel Rare sea chart of the north coast of Morocco, centered on Rabat and Casablanca. The chart is oriented with southeast toward the...
Detailed map of Morocco, Algeria, etc., exending south to Beninia and Nussini. Includes sailing ship and cartouche. From the 1625-26 edition of Purchas His Pilgrims, one of the seminal early 17th Century English Language travel works. On a 13 x 9 inch...
A striking map of Morocco, showing large fortified towns of Marrakesh, Taroudant and Fez, towns, mountains, rivers, lakes, etc. Tangier, Ceuta and Rio Rabata also appear. Large decorative cartouche and sailing ships. Abraham Ortelius is credited in...
A striking map of Morocco, showing large fortified towns of Marrakesh, Taradante and Fez, towns, mountains, rivers, lakes, etc. Tanger, Cueta and Rio Rabata also appear. Large decorative cartouche and sailing ships. Ortelius is credited in the title...
Rare early view of Marakesh. Rare and superb view of the city of Marrakech and its walled fortifications, from the book Archontologia Cosmica published in 1649. The view is derived from a print of 1646 by Adriaen Matham, who accompanied in 1641 the...
A nice example of Sanson's 1655 double-page engraved map of the Algerian coast of North Africa. The map shows the Barbary Coast divided a large number of states extending inland from the Mediterranean to the southern Atlas Mountains. This gives way to...
Fine ENGLISH color example of Jansson's map of Sicily and North Africa. Decorative map showing the North African coast (Tunisia), Malta and its neighboring islands, and a part of Sicily. Decorative title cartouche and text box. Maps in early English...
Rare map of part of North Africa, which appeared in Picart's Tresor des carte Geographiques, published in Paris. Picart's map is based upon Jansson's map, published in his Atlas Minor in 1628. The first French version of the map was published by...
