Antique Maps of Madagascar, Mauritius, La Reunion and the Seychelles Enjoy these historical maps of Madagascar known earlier as the Island of San Lorenzo. Ordering and Payment Lieferbedingungen

"Cartes Particulares des Isles de France, de Bourbon, et de Rodrique." "Carte Générale Des Ilses don les figures ci dessus offrent un plus ample détail". Copper etching by Rigobert Bonne (1729-1795) for "Atlas de toutes les parties connues du globe terrestre" by Guillaume Thomas Francois Raynal (1713-1796). Published 1780 in Geneva. Attractive hand coloring. In the upper left is the Isles of Bourbon (now Réunion), famous for its vanila. In the center is the Isle de France and on the right is Isle Rodrigue (Rodriquez). At the bottom are the three islands shown in position east of Madagascar. Map has vertical fold with some light creases. A few very light spots in margins. Small hole in lower right margin corner. 21 x 31.7 cm ( 8.2 x 12.4 ") $ 300.00 Order Nr.MADAGASCAR236126SOLD

"Isola di Madagascar o di S. Lorenzo scoperto da Portughesi nel'Anno 1506..." Copper etching by Vincenzo Marco Coronelli (1650 - 1718). Published in his world atlas“Corso geografico universale, ó sia la terra divisa nelle sue parti", Venice, 1692/94. Probably the most detailed, largest and decorative map of the island of Madagascar formerly named San Lorenzo by the discoverers, the Portugese. Shows also in detail the Comorra Islands Group and, very nice an detailed the Ile de Bourbon, better known as Ile de “Reunion". Also showing the nearest coast line of Mozambique. Condition: Excellent! Horizontal centerfold. 60 x 45 cm (23.6 x 17.7") $ 1200.00 Order Nr. MADAGASCAR234612

"Isola S. Laurentii vulgo Madagascar". Copper etching by Arnoldus Montanus (Latinized for Arnold van den Berghe (1625 - 1683). Published in “De nieuwe en onbekende wereld" (The new and unknown world). Amsterdam 1673. Original hand coloring Detailed map of Madagascar, S. Apollonia, (Ile de Bourbon, nowadays “Reunion"), because it was discovered by the Portugese Mascarenhas on the patrron day of Apollonia. Also shows island group of Comorra and the coast line of Mazambique. Heavy general age toning. Two creases lower left and repair in upper left corner 28 x 36.3 cm (11 x 14.3") $ 280.00 Order Nr. MADAGASCAR234611

"Isola Di Madagascar o sia di San Lorenzo di M. Bellin". Copper engraving by Bellin ca 1760. This map is west-oriented (west is at the top). The heavier line on the left side is the Tropic of Capricorn. Map has several folds to fit book size. Light creasing at bottom of map. 16.5 x 22.6 cm ( 6.5 x 8.9 ") $ 190.00 Order Nr. MADAGASCAR1616

"Descrittione Dell'Isola Di San Lorenzo".Copper etching from "L'Isole piu Famose del Mondo" (The most famous islands of the world by Thomas Porcacchi (1530 - 1585) and engraved by Girolamo Porro. The first edition of this work was published in Venice in 1572. This is from the second edition, 1620. The map at the bottom is an enlargement from the page shown above.This somewhat northeast-oriented map of the Malagasy Republic (Madagascar) shows lots of topographical detail, including many small islands. Notice the two sea monsters. A second page of text (Italian) is included with history and geography of the island. The map image is clean. The map page has water stains in the two left corners not affecting text. The same spots are on the text page in the two right corners. Both pages have a repaired worm track in margin. Light toning and minimal spotting in text. Condition is Almost Very Good. Page size: 27.7 x 19.8 cm ( 10.9 x 7.8 ") Map size: 10.2 x 14.2 cm ( 4 x 5.6 ") $ 280.00 Order Nr. MADAGASCAR1651

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