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1,579 16th Century Africa Stock Photos and High-res Pictures

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Portolan chart of the Mediterranean Sea, the Black Sea, Sea of Azov and Atlantic coasts of Europe and Africa, 16th century. Found in the Collection...

Portolan Chart Of The Mediterranean Sea

Colonialism. Africa. Dutch Golden Coast. View of the coast near Saint Andrew river and the Fort Santo Antonio, 16th century, in Axim. Captured for...

Colonialism. Africa. Dutch Golden Coast. View of the coast near Saint Andrew river and the Fort Santo Antonio. Drawing by William Smith, 1726. Engraving

Head of an African Man Wearing the Collar of an Enslaved Person, second half 16th century. Artist Unknown.

Head Of An African Man Wearing The Collar Of An Enslaved Person

antique map of the world - 16th century africa stock illustrations

Antique Map of the World

bartolomeu dias on his voyage to the cape - 16th century africa stock illustrations

Bartolomeu Dias on his voyage to the Cape

Africae Tabula Nova. From Theatrum Orbis Terrarum, 1572. Private Collection. Creator: Ortelius, Abraham .

Africae Tabula Nova. From Theatrum Orbis Terrarum

Map of North Africa, c1580s. Artist Unknown.

Map Of North Africa circa 1580s

Taking of Bone, circa 1614. Artist Jacques Callot.

16th century Portugese map of the Indian Ocean, Persian Gulf, India and North Africa. Miller. B.N., Paris.

16th century Portugese map of the Indian Ocean, Persian Gulf, India and North Africa.

Copper alloy plaque with large central figure with shield, spear, beaded headdress and high collar flanked by nude male holding ceremonial sword,...

Cartography, 16th century. Europe and Africa, detail of a Portuguese planisphere, 1550. Facsimile of an original located in the Biblioteca...

Detail of Portuguese planisphere, 1550

The Kingdom of Loango was a pre-colonial African state, during approximately the 16th to 19th centuries in what is now the western part of the...

The Kingdom of Loango was a pre-colonial African state.

Africa and the Mediterranean Basin, by Juan de la Cosa, 16th Century. Marine chart, detail.

Africa and the Mediterranean Basin

Icon, 16th century. Triptych of distemper and gesso on wood. Depicted in the left and right panels: Top register are equestrian Saints on white...

Leopard Head, Edo peoples, 16th–19th century, Nigeria, Court of Benin, Edo peoples, Brass, iron, H. 7 1/2 x W. 4 3/4 x D. 2 1/8 in. , Metal-Ornaments.

Hip Ornament: Leopard Head.

Cartography,16th century. Africa. From the Atlas of Nautical Charts by Battista Agnese, 30 October 1554.

Africa, from the Atlas of Nautical Charts by Battista Agnese, 30 October 1554

Cartography, 16th century. Map of Africa, from Theatrum Orbis Terrarum by Abraham Ortelius , Antwerp, 1570.

Map of Africa, from Theatrum Orbis Terrarum by Abraham Ortelius, 1528-1598, Antwerp, 1570

Cartography, 15th century. Navigation maps created by Visconte Maggiolo, 1504.

Navigation map by Visconte Maggiolo, 1504

Cartography, 16th century. Map of Western Africa. From the Atlas by Lazaro Luis, 1563.

Map of Western Africa, by Lazaro Luis, from the Atlas, 1563

Cartography, Egypt, 16th century. Portolan chart, map of Cairo.

Portolan chart, map of Cairo, Egypt

Map with the coasts of Central and South America, on the right North Africa and the Iberian Peninsula, the Dardanelles by Ahmed Muhiddin Piri, also...

Map with coasts of Central and South America

Map of the World showing the British Empire highlighted in red, London, 1886. The British Empire comprised the dominions, colonies, protectorates,...

Map of the World showing the British Empire highlighted in red, London, 1886.

The World in the Elizabethan Era', 1926. Map of the world during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I . The key shows: 'Mediaeval Trade routes, ....

The World In The Elizabethan Era

Portolan atlas of the world by Joan Martines . West Coast of the African Continent. Messina, 1587. National Library, Madrid, Spain.

West Coast of the African Continent.

"Adoration of the Magi, Nativity, Rest on the Flight into Egypt, by Jan de Beer, 16th century, oil on wood walnut. Italy, Lombardy, Milan, Brera...

"Adoration of the Magi, Nativity, Rest on the Flight into Egypt, by Jan de Beer, 16th century, oil on wood walnut."

Moses delivering the Israelites from Egypt, 1557. The Hebrew prophet Moses, shown with horns of hair, leading the Children of Israel out of Egyptian...

Moses delivering the Israelites from Egypt, 1557.

Theatrum Orbis Terrarum , Is considered to be the first true modern atlas, Written by Abraham Ortelius and originally printed on May 20 in Antwerp,...

Theatrum Orbis Terrarum

The Submersion of Pharaoh's Army in the Red Sea, c. 1515, printed 1549. Creator: Unknown.

The Submersion Of Pharaohs Army In The Red Sea

This December 20, 2022 image taken at the Nigerian Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Abuja shows a Benin bronze artefact, part of some of the thousands...

NIGERIA-GERMANY-ART-DIPLOMACY

Richard Hakluyt, the Principal Navigations, London reprinted 1889. World map. Australia was yet to be 'discovered'. 'By the discoveries of Sir...

Richard Hakluyt

The Ottoman corsair Khayr al-Din Barbarossa against Charles V's army by Franz Hogenberg , engraving. Tunisia, 16th century.

Ottoman corsair Khayr al-Din Barbarossa

History of Africa. 19th century. Royal Tomb in Cabinda. At the death of a member of the royal family or of a distinguished family, the corpse was...

Royal Tomb in Cabinda

The Plague of Locusts, c.1585. Artist Johann Sadeler I.

The Plague Of Locusts

This December 20, 2022 image taken at the Nigerian Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Abuja shows artefacts, part of some of the housands of 16th to 18th...

NIGERIA-GERMANY-ART-DIPLOMACY

Coasts of Europe and North Africa detail from Portolano atlas, by Diego Homen . Portugal, 16th century. Venice, Museo Storico Navale

Coasts of Europe and North Africa...

The Ottoman corsair Khayr al-Din Barbarossa against Charles V's army by Franz Hogenberg , engraving. Tunisia, 16th century.

Ottoman corsair Khayr al-Din Barbarossa

Rest in Egypt, detail from the central panel of Triptych of the Consolation, attributed to Michele Cavaro , tempera and oil on panel, 133x61 cm. ;...

Rest in Egypt, detail from the central panel of Triptych of the Consolation, attributed to Michele Cavaro (1517-1584), tempera and oil on panel, 133x61 cm. (Photo by DeAgostini/Getty Images)

Orontius Finaeus reprinted 1889. Top: 'Terra Australis' on the left. Europe, Russia, the North Pole, China and northern Africa on the right. Bottom:...

Orontius Finaeus

old chromolithograph map of world during the 16-th century - 16th century africa stock pictures, royalty-free photos & images

Old chromolithograph map of World during the 16-th Century

The Benin Empire was a pre-colonial African state in what is now modern Nigeria. It is not to be confused with the modern-day country called Benin ....

Nigeria: Portuguese warrior surrounded by manillas, a form of payment or object traded, Court of Benin, Nigeria. 16th century

The Atlantic slave trade or transatlantic slave trade took place across the Atlantic Ocean from the 16th through to the 19th centuries. The vast...

England / UK: 'Slave Trade', oil on canvas, George Morland (1763-1804), 1788

The Atlantic slave trade or transatlantic slave trade took place across the Atlantic Ocean from the 16th through to the 19th centuries. The vast...

USA / Congo: 'A Slave Shed', from 'The Slave Trade in the Congo Basin', The Century Magazine, New York, 1890

The Atlantic slave trade or transatlantic slave trade took place across the Atlantic Ocean from the 16th through to the 19th centuries. The vast...

USA: 'United States Slave Trade', An abolitionist print engraved c. 1830

Spoon, 15th–16th century, Nigeria, Edo peoples, Bini-Portuguese, Ivory, Length 8-1/4 in, Bone/Ivory-Implements.

This December 20, 2022 image taken at the Nigerian Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Abuja shows Benin bronze artefacts, part of some of the housands of...

NIGERIA-GERMANY-ART-DIPLOMACY

Cartography, 16th century. Oceanus Occidentalis by Gaspar Treschel, 1522. Colored engraving.

Oceanus Occidentalis by Gaspar Treschel, colored engraving, 1522

16th century Portugese map of the Indian Ocean, Persian Gulf, India and North Africa. Miller. B.N., Paris

16th century Portugese map of the Indian Ocean, Persian Gulf, India and North Africa. Miller. B.N., Paris...

Europe, Asia and Africa's map with compass rose, engraving from Cosmographicus liber, by Petrus Apianus or Peter Bienewitz 16th century.

Europe, Asia and Africa's map with compass rose

The Atlantic slave trade or transatlantic slave trade took place across the Atlantic Ocean from the 16th through to the 19th centuries. The vast...

Brazil: 'Transportation of a convoy of Blacks', Johann Moritz Rugendas, 'Voyage Pittoresque dans le Bresil', Paris, 1835

Main courtyard of the mausoleum of Sidi Abid El Ghariani, Kairouan , Kairouan governorate, Tunisia, 14th-17th century.

Mausoleum of Sidi Abid El Ghariani, Kairouan

Map by Bastian Lopez showing Europe, the British Isles and part of Africa, Portuguese, 1558. From the British Museum.

Map by Bastian Lopez showing Europe, the British Isles and part of Africa, Portuguese, 1558. Artist: Bastiaim Lopez

16th century map of Africa, From Mercator's atlas, 'Atlas sive Cosmographicae meditationes de fabrica mundi et fabricati figura' dating between...

16th century map of Africa

Early 16th Century Portuguese map of Africa.

Early Portuguese Map of Africa

Brass plaque from Benin, Nigeria, West Africa, the British Museum London. Edo peoples, 16th century AD From Benin, Nigeria. There are over nine...

Brass plaque from Benin, Nigeria, West Africa. the British Museum London. Edo peoples, 16th century AD From Benin, Nigeria.

Miller Atlas, c1519. The Portuguese Miller Atlas was discovered in France in 19th century, although its origins are uncertain. It shows the Indian...

Miller Atlas, c1519.

old globe - 16th century africa stock pictures, royalty-free photos & images

ethiopian courtier - 16th century africa stock illustrations

Ethiopian Courtier

el badi palace tiles in marrakech - 16th century africa stock pictures, royalty-free photos & images

El Badi Palace tiles In Marrakech

History of Africa. 19th century. Loanda. Saint Paul of Loanda. View of the Market Square. Engraving. El Congo y la Creacion del Estado Independiente...

St. Paul of Loanda. Market Square

History of Africa. 19th century. Loanda. St. Paul of Loanda. Panoramic view. Engraving. El Congo y la Creacion del Estado Independiente de este...

San Pablo de Loanda. Panorama of the port

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