Ottens’ Map of Algeria
SKU: 5881
£500.00
Title:
Ottens’ Map of Algeria
Date of publication:
c.1730
Printed Measurement:
44.5 x 56 cm
Colour:
original
Mapmaker(s):
Nouvelle Carte du Roiaume d’Alger […]
Copper engraving, 44.5 x 56 cms, original hand-colour, blank verso; map of Algeria with an inset of the Bay of Algiers. Ottoman Algeria was a hub of privateering and the Mediterranean slave trade. Well known to European map-makers since Roman times, the threat from the Barbary prirates kept interest in north Africa current.