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Title: Hopefield
Creator: Casgrain, P. H. du P.
Subject: South African War, 1899-1902 -- Maps., Hopefield Region (South Africa) -- Maps., Western Cape (South Africa) -- Maps.
Description: This map forms part of the Imperial map of the Cape Colony., The map shows grand trunk roads, trunk roads, branch roads, farm roads, rivers, hills, pans, railways, homesteads, farm names, farm boundaries and divisional boundaries in the Hopefield area., Relief shown by hachures., The Imperial map of the Cape Colony was "compiled by the Field Intelligence Division or Department of the British Army in Cape Town during the second Anglo-Boer War. ... [P.H. du P.] Casgrain ... superintended its production ..." (Board, C. "Certainly better than nothing at all" : a re-examination of the Imperial map of South Africa 1899-1902. Proceedings of the 21st International Cartographic Conference, Durban, 2003. Available online: http://icaci.org/files/documents/ICC_proceedings/ICC2003/Papers/109.pdf (accessed 5 Sept. 2012))., "This map is not to be considered as absolutely accurate"., Projection not given., Not all co-ordinates are given., Printed in black and red., Map folds into an outer cover., The map is mounted on linen. The bottom section of the map appears to be cut off, with loss of information.
Publisher: University of Cape Town Libraries, South Africa
Contributor: Great Britain. Army. Field Intelligence Dept. (contributor)
Date: 1901
Type: map
Format: image/jpeg, 1 map ; 44 x 41 cm. folded to 18 x 12 cm.
Identifier: islandora:24829
Source: aslmaps_bml_68_c_4_679.jpg
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Relation: Aleph: 892205, BML 68.c.4 (679)
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