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Detailed two-sheet map of Roman Africa
Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge.

London: SDUK, 1840. A pair of maps of the Roman provinces of North Africa, from Mauritania to the borders of Egypt, compiled by Philip Smith of University College London.
SDUK0087
£95.00

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Detailed map of South Africa
Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge.

London: Baldwin & Cradock, 1834. A map of Southern Africa as far north as Bechuana, with insets of the Cape, Cape Town, District of George and Environs of Graham-Town.
SDUK0086
£140.00

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SDUK North Africa
Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge.

London: SDUK, 1836. Detailed maps of North Africa from Agadir in Morocco to Alexandria. The first sheet has an inset plan of Marakesh ('Marocco').
SDUK0088
£180.00

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Detailed map of Africa
Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge.

London: SDUK, 1839. A more scientific map of Africa, with the unknown areas left blank instead of being filled with conjecture. However James Rennell's infamous 'Mountains of Kong' are marked.
SDUK0081
£125.00

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Arabia with latest discoveries
Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge.

London, SDUK, 1845. Detailed map of Arabia
SDUK0002
£140.00

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Brussels
Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge.

London: Baldwin & Cradock, 1837. Detailed map of Bruxelles, with an inset map of the environs.
SDUK0006
£60.00

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Set of Six Celestial Maps.
Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge.

London: Baldwin & Cradock, 1830. A detailed set of celestial charts on the Gnomic Projection, projected on the map in perspective. Thus the sheets form a rough cube. Each star is marked with its apparent magnitude and is shown within its classical constellation. The text contains an extensive quote from Flamsteed discussing his research on the originators of these constellations.
SDUK0062
£250.00

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Detailed map of Egypt
Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge.

London: Baldwin & Cradock 1831. A map of Egypt marking the antiquities, compiled by G. Long, professor of Greek at London University.
SDUK0083
£80.00

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Detailed map of Ancient Egypt
Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge.

London: Baldwin & Cradock 1831. A map of Ancient Egypt, compiled by G. Long, professor of Greek at London University, showing the Nile down to Philæ.
SDUK0084
£75.00

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Marseilles plan
Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge.

London: SDUK, 1840. Detailed map of Marseilles.
SDUK0065
£95.00

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Toulon plan
Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge.

London: Edward Stanford, c.1850. Detailed map of Toulon, with a vignette prospect under the plan.
SDUK0068
£35.00

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Townplan of Genova
Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge.

London: Baldwin & Cradock, 1834. Detailed plan, with elevations of the important buildings under the map.
SDUK0047
£60.00

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The Punjab during the First Anglo-Afghan War
Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge.

London, SDUK, 1839. Detailed map, of the borders between modern Afghanistan, India and Pakistan. On importance is the Khyber Pass, the main link between British India and Afghanistan , at a time when the 'Great Game' had evolved into the disasterous First Anglo-Afghan War, 1838-1842.
SDUK0073
£125.00

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Townplan of Milan
Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge.

London: Baldwin & Cradock, 1832. Detailed plan, with elevations of the important buildings under the map.
SDUK0045
£60.00

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Townplan of Naples
Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge.

London: Baldwin & Cradock, 1835. Detailed plan, with two prospects under the map.
SDUK0044
£125.00

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The northern environs of Moscow
Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge.

London: Baldwin & Cradock, 1834. A map showing part of Russia, between Moscow and St Petersburg.
SDUK0078
£45.00

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Townplan of Syracuse
Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge.

London: SDUK, 1939. Detailed plan, with a prospect under the map.
SDUK0048
£50.00

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Map of the Antarctic
Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge.

London: Baldwin & Cradock, 1831. Map of the South Pole, showing the recently discovered lands, but not attempting to show the ice cap. Below South America are the South Shetlands (discovered by William Smith 1819) and South Orkneys (Powell & Palmer, 1821); south of New Zealand is Macquarie Island (Frederick Hasselborough, 1810); and in the southern Indian Ocean, Kerguelen Island, marked Isle of Desolation.
SDUK0077
£59.00

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Map of southern Sweden
Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge.

London: Baldwin & Cradock, 1833. Map of southern Sweden, with Gotland.
SDUK0076
£49.00

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Detailed plan of Istanbul
Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge.

London, SDUK, c.1840. Detailed city map of Istanbul, engraved by B.R. Davies after Hellert.
SDUK0079
£140.00

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