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Kingwilliams Town
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Title
Kingwilliams Town
Creator
Casgrain, P. H. du P.
Subject
South African War, 1899-1902 -- Maps., Kingwilliam's Town Region (South Africa) -- Maps., Eastern 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, telegraph lines, homesteads, farm boundaries and divisional boundaries in the Kingwilliam's Town 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., Printed in black and red., Map folds into an outer cover., Part of the map is shown as an inset., The map is mounted on linen.
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 ; 48 x 61 cm. folded to 17 x 11 cm.
Identifier
islandora:24836
Source
aslmaps_bml_68_c_5_681.jpg
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Aleph: 892207, BML 68.c.5 (681)
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