Maps of Africa

The Maps of Africa web site “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 (or the Africana Library) at Northwestern University”. The oldest map is dated 1530, and the most recent 1913. The home page has links to other areas of Northwestern University's web site, About this Site, and Contact Us. The last link contains a statement on reproductions and copyright telling the user that higher resolution images...