The Comoros Islands on maps of Africa from 1801 to 1825.
“Historical Maps of Africa: 1801-1825,” University of Alabama Map Library, 2025, accessed October 22, 2025
[Map 1, “Iler Comore”]
Main Author: Bory de Saint Vincent, Jean Baptiste
Title/Description: Carte des Mers d'Afrique
Publication Info: Paris: F. Buisson, 1804; from Voyage dans les quartre principales iles des mers d'Afrique
Date: 1804
Scale: 1:66,500,000
Original Source: Courtesy of Geological Survey of Alabama
[Map 2, “Comoro Islands”]
Main Author:
Title/Description: Map of Africa, Exhibiting the Discoveries of the Modern Travelers, Park, Brown, Bruce, Vaillent &c.
Publication Info: Glasgow: W. and D. Brownlie, 1805; from A System of Geography; or A Descriptive, Historical, and Philosophical View of the Seven Quarters of the World
Date: 1805
Scale: 1:44,000,000
Original Source: Courtesy of Murray Hudson, Halls, Tennessee
[Map 3, “Comoro(s?) Islands”]
Main Author: Arrowsmith, Aaron and Samuel Lewis
Title/Description: Africa
Publication Info: Boston: Thomas and Andrews, 1805; from A New and Elegant General Atlas
Date: 1805
Scale: 44,352,000
Original Source: University of Alabama Map Library
[Map 4, “Comoro”]
Main Author:
Title/Description: Africa, from the Latest Authorities
Publication Info: Suffolk: C. Brightly and J. Kinnersley, 1806; from Rev. E. Bloomsfield's Geography, A General View of the World
Date: 1806
Scale: 1:49,750,000
Original Source: Courtesy of Murray Hudson, Halls, Tennessee
[Map 5, “Comoro Is”]
Main Author:
Title/Description: Africa
Publication Info: London: C. Cradock and W. Joy, 1810; from Guy's School Geography
Date: 1810
Scale: 1:84,680,000
Original Source: Courtesy of Murray Hudson, Halls, Tennessee
[Map 6, “Kom(o?)]
Main Author: Carey, Mathew
Title/Description: Africa According to the Best Authorities
Publication Info: Philadelphia: Mathew Carey, 1814
Date: 1814
Scale: 1:26,230,000
Original Source: Courtesy of Murray Hudson, Halls, Tennessee
[Map 7, “Comoro Illands”]
Main Author: Arrowsmith, Aaron
Title/Description: Africa
Publication Info: Philadelphia: Aaron Arrowsmith, 1814
Date: 1814
Scale: 1:43,000,000
Original Source: Courtesy of Murray Hudson, Halls, Tennessee
[Map does not display Comoro Islands. No screenshot included here]
Main Author: Thomson, John
Title/Description: North Africa - South Africa
Publication Info: Edinburgh: John Thomson, 1817; from Thomson's The New General Atlas
Date: 1817
Scale: various scales
Original Source: Courtesy of Murray Hudson, Halls, Tennessee
[Map 8, “Comoro Is.”]
Main Author: Aspin, Jehoshophat
Title/Description: Modern Africa with European Settlements
Publication Info: London: James Barfield, 1818
Date: 1818
Scale: 1:28,000,000
Original Source: Courtesy of Murray Hudson, Halls, Tennessee
[Map 9, “Comoro Islands”]
Main Author: Arrowsmith and Lewis
Title/Description: Africa
Publication Info: Boston: Thomas and Andrews, 1819; from A New and Elegant General Atlas
Date: 1819
Scale: 1:44,000,000
Original Source: Courtesy of Murray Hudson, Halls, Tennessee
[Map 10, “Comoro Is.”]
Main Author: Butler, Samuel
Title/Description: Africa
Publication Info: London: Longman and Company, 1820; from An Atlas of Modern Geography
Date: 1820
Scale: 1:47,520,000
Original Source: Courtesy of Adams Antiques, Northport, Alabama
[Map 11, “Comoro Is.”]
Main Author: Aspin, J.
Title/Description: Geographical and Historical Map of Africa
Publication Info: Philadelphia: Mathew Carey and Son, 1820; from Lavoisne's Genealogical, Historical and Geographical Atlas
Date: 1820
Scale: 1:34,848,000
Original Source: Courtesy of Murray Hudson, Halls, Tennessee
[Map 12, “Comoro”]
Main Author: Morse, Jedidiah
Title/Description: Africa
Publication Info: Boston: Jedidiah Morse, 1822
Date: 1822
Scale: 1:44,750,000
Original Source: Courtesy of Murray Hudson, Halls, Tennessee
[Map 13, “Comoro Is.”]
Main Author: Woodbridge, William C.
Title/Description: Africa
Publication Info: Hartford: Oliver D. Cook and Sons, 1824
Date: 1824
Scale: 1:40,032,000
Original Source: Courtesy of Antique Atlas
[Map 14, “Comoro Is.”]
Main Author: Hewitt, N.R.
Title/Description: Africa
Publication Info: Edinburgh: John Thomason and Company, c.1825; from the Edinburgh School Atlas
Date: 1825
Scale: 1:53,222,000
Original Source: University of Alabama Map Library