This page has been divided into five parts:

1. A bibliographic list (arranged by cartographer) of early maps of Africa in UF collections. Chronological arrangement is provided by the Map & Imagery Library list of antique African maps.

2. Links to Geography Resources for Africa (contemporary material);

3. links to Web sites on the History of Cartography related to Africa (this page);

4. a brief essay on the The History of Cartography related to Africa,

5. and a Bibliography for further reading.

The PALMM World Map Collections site is now available. African maps from our Map & Imagery Library are a major component (see also the African maps available there).

A Bibliography for Research at Columbia University

"Maps and Power in Modern African History: with special reference to West, East, and Central Africa"

Printed Editions of Ptolemy Containing Maps

http://www.mapforum.com/02/feb.htm

Map History, History of Cartography

http://ihr.sas.ac.uk/maps/mapsmnu.html

History of Cartography: Theory and Interpretation

http://ihr.sas.ac.uk/maps/theory.html

Hemispheres Antique Maps & Prints

Dealers "specializing in fine original antiquarian maps from the 15^th through 18^th centuries" has images of many of the maps for sale in their New Hampshire gallery http://www.betzmaps.com/maps.html#africa

Bouvier Maps & Prints

A St. Augustine map dealer with some African material listed on the web.

Odden's Bookmarks Browse the Fascinating World of Maps and Mapping via the Faculty of Geographical Sciences at Utrecht University http://oddens.geog.uu.nl/

Cartographic Images

http://www.henry-davis.com/MAPS/carto.html

Includes:

1. Ancient Maps
2. Index of Cartographic Images Illustrating Maps of the Early Medieval Period 400-1300 A.D.
3. Late Medieval Maps
4. Renaissance Maps

Yale University Map Collection: African Antiquarian Maps

http://www.library.yale.edu/MapColl/africa.html

Maps of Africa: The Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection at the University of Texas at Austin

http://www.lib.utexas.edu/Libs/PCL/Map_collection/africa.html

Definitions of the word "map", 1649-1996 © J. H. Andrews, January 1998

http://www.usm.maine.edu/~maps/essays/andrews.htm

International Coronelli Society for the Study of Globes and Related Instruments

http://ezines.onb.ac.at:8080/coronelli/pub/information.html

Portolan: The Journal of the Washington Map Society. Includes an indexed list of contents.

Imago Mundi: The International Journal for the History of Cartography

http://ihr.sas.ac.uk/maps/imago.html

The images on this page are adapted from scanned images from original antique maps in the Map Library's collections:

Thanks go to Jennifer Farrington of the Map & Imagery Library for the scanning of the original images.  All are copyright ©1999 University of Florida George A. Smathers Libraries.

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