The map of Africa contains many interesting—if not curious— features: a one-eyed giant seated over Nigeria and Cameroon, representing the mythical tribe of the “Monoculi”; a dense forest located in today’s Sahara Desert; and an elephant filling southern Africa.

2015年5月20日 · As Africa was largely unexplored by Europeans for many centuries the maps that were created were by and large grossly inaccurate. They are still a fascinating look into the past. Mountain ranges that did not exist, countries that are fables and, the incognita that is unknown litter these maps.

Reisen und Entdeckungen in Nord- und Central-Afrika in den Jahren 1849 bis 1855. Von Dr. H. Barth. Tagebuch seiner im Auftrag der Brittischen Regierung unternommenen Reise ... Mit Karten, Holzschnitten und Bildern. L.P. Africa. Round the Black Man's Garden ... With illustrations, etc. [An account of travels in Africa.] Africa.

2020年4月6日 · Old maps of Africa. Use the appropriate category for maps showing all or a large part of Africa. See subcategories for smaller areas: This is a main category requiring frequent diffusion and maybe maintenance. As many pictures and media files as possible should be moved into appropriate subcategories.

'The collection of ancient maps' (20 maps of Africa as a whole or the central region, enlargeable to high res. with Zoomify - Royal Museum for Central Africa, Tervuren) {September, 2010} Africa.

South Africa 1885 (531K) "Sketch Map of South Africa showing British Possessions July 1885" from the Scottish Geographical Magazine. Published by the Scottish Geographical Society and edited by Hugh A. Webster and Arthur Silva White. Volume I, 1885. South Africa - Racial Concentrations and Homelands 1979 (177K)

Antique Maps of Africa. Gallery of authentic historic and rare maps of Africa from the 16th to the 19th centuries.

2024年6月22日 · Introduction and Part I: The Ancient Period: a 49-page monograph in .pdf format (last updated 22 June 2024) Africa in maps from the Ancient Period (images only)

2025年1月6日 · Features digital copies of 113 antique maps of Africa and accompanying text dating from the mid 16th Century to the early 20th Century. All scanned maps are authentic and originally collected by the Melville J. Herskovits Library of African Studies at …

2025年1月8日 · Some early maps, including those from Ptolemaic atlases and the map of world made by al-Idrisi in 1154, showed Africa as uncircumnavigable, prior to the voyage of Bartolomeu Dias in 1488 to the Cape of Good Hope. Other early maps of Africa show the entire continent, with some illustrations of the landscape.