Bain's railway map of South Africa

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Title: Bain's railway map of South Africa
Creator: Bain, John G.
Subject: Railroads -- South Africa -- Maps., Steamboat lines -- South Africa -- Maps., Postal service -- South Africa -- Maps., South Africa -- Maps.
Description: Map of South Africa indicating which railway lines were in operation, which were under construction and which had been authorised. The map also shows cities, towns, roads and rivers, the mail routes and steamer routes (with distances in miles)., Insets: Railways around Johannesburg. Scale [ca. 1:950 400] -- Natal railways. Scale [ca. 1:4 828 032] -- The Cape Peninsula. Scale [ca. 1:402 336] -- [Africa] -- Untitled inset map showing the northern extension of the railway lines from Mafeking to Bulawayo, Salisbury [Harare], Mazoe and Umtali [Mutare] in Rhodesia [Zimbabwe], and to Beira in Portuguese East Africa [Mozambique]., "Through all booksellers or from John G. Bain, St. George's Hotel Buildings, Church Street, Cape Town, C.C.", Map folds into a cover.
Publisher: University of Cape Town Libraries, South Africa
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Date: 189u
Type: map
Format: image/jpeg, 1 map : dissected and mounted on linen ; 38 x 61 cm. folded to 14 x 11 cm.
Identifier: islandora:19523
Source: aslmaps_bmf_68_e_1_795.jpg
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Relation: 891287, BMF 68.e.1 (795)
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