Before revision: 300px|Map of Africa from Sebastian Münster's Cosmographia (1554) 1885 map of Africa by John Bartholomew, showing the situation on the eve of the European scramble for Africa Indigenous maps Whereas most known early maps of Africa were prepared in the framework of the colonial enterprise, some indigenous maps have been recently uncovered, particularly in West Africa and Ethiopia.
After revision: 1700 map of Africa by Guillaume Delisle300px|Map of Africa from Sebastian Münster's Cosmographia (1554) 1885 map of Africa by John Bartholomew, showing the situation on the eve of the European scramble for Africa Indigenous maps Whereas most known early maps of Africa were prepared in the framework of the colonial enterprise, some indigenous maps have been recently uncovered, particularly in West Africa and Ethiopia.