Nicolas De Fer:  Partie Occidentale De L'Afrique ou se Trouve La Barbarie Divisee en Royaumes De Maroc, De Fez, D'Alger, De Tripoli, et de Tunis, & Le Sara ou Le Desert de Barbarie La Nigritie ou Le Pais des Negres et La Guinee . . .

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Title: Partie Occidentale De L'Afrique ou se Trouve La Barbarie Divisee en Royaumes De Maroc, De Fez, D'Alger, De Tripoli, et de Tunis, & Le Sara ou Le Desert de Barbarie La Nigritie ou Le Pais des Negres et La Guinee . . .

Map Maker: Nicolas De Fer

Description:

Rare highly detailed map of of the Northwestern part of Africa, extending from Alexandria and the Straits of Gibraltar in the north to Equatorial Africa, centered on Senegal and the Sahara Desert.

De Fer's map is an exceptional large format presentation of the region, which includes some fascinating illustrations of local flora and fauna, including a man gathering ivory tusks, a man climbing a coconut tree, illustrations of a scorpion, crocodile, ostrich, lion and elephant, native huts, bow and spear hunters, and a native village.

This fascinating map includes exceptional detail in the map and excellent survey of the coordinates of 20 major cities.  The map includes a number of annotations, including the Portugese discovery of the Azores in 1449, the discovery of the Canary Islands in 1449, the discovery of the Cape Verde Islands in 1455 and the discovery of Isle de Fer in 1664.  The details within the map are quite remarkable, naming more than 2 dozen kingdoms and identifying dozens more towns, ports, islands, Lakes and other fine details.  The Villages and Habitations of a number of different Arab Tribes and Bedouins are noted, along with similar notes in Sub-Saharan Africa.  Great attention is given to the topography.  

The map is quite rare on the market. We found no prior references to the map in any auction records or dealer catalogues.

Related Categories:
Maps of African Islands
Maps of North Africa
Maps of West Africa
Atlantic Ocean Maps