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Title: [A map of Africa] :
Subject: Africa -- Maps -- Early works to 1800., Europe -- Colonies -- Africa -- Maps -- Early works to 1800.
Description: The map shows the continent of Africa with its kingdoms demarcated by coloured borders. It includes a "Table of the European possessions in Africa" in the lower left corner detailing British, Portuguese, Dutch, French, Spanish, Danish and Genoese holdings. The map depicts Madera [Madeira], the Canaries, Cape Verd [Verde], Fernand [Fernando] Po, Annobon or Good Year Island, Ascension Island, St Helena and George Island (a small rock) in the Atlantic Ocean. To the north, the map shows the Mediterranean coastline of the continent, the Red Sea, a portion of Arabia, the Strait of Babelmandel and the island of Socotra. It also shows the Indian Ocean islands of Amirante, Alphons, Demba [Pemba], Zanguebar [Zanzibar], Monfira, Komoro [the Comoros], Madagascar, Bourbon, Ile de France [Mauritius], Amsterdam, St Paul, Ile de Juan de Lisboa, New Island and the Banks of Nazareth., Relief shown pictorially., Most of the cartouche is missing from the top right hand corner of the map which was identified using visual comparison with the same map at Digmap, http://digmap1.ist.utl.pt:8080/records/Kbr/html/kbr_1_1472755.html.
Identifier: islandora:19555

Title: Ancienne Ethiopie
Subject: Africa -- Maps -- Early works to 1800
Description: Small map of Africa from the "Keras Promontoire" and "Mer d'Ethiopie" in the South [Cape of Good Hope area] to Libye [Libya] and Egypte [Egypt] in the North. The map shows the Golfe d'Arabie [marking the Red Sea not the Arabian Gulf], Asie [currently Yemen and Saudi Arabia], "Isle Menuthias" [Madagascar], Ocean Occidental [Atlantic Ocean], "Golfe Hesperique" [Gulf of Guinea], "Ocean Meridional" [Indian Ocean], "Golfe de Barbarie" [Mozambique Channel] and "Mer d'Hippade" [western part of the Indian Ocean]. The map also indicates lakes, rivers, some mountain ranges and place names., The map is headed "De l'Afrique. Figure LXXXV. [page] 219". Extracted from Mallet's "Description de l'Universe" (Paris: Denys Thierry, 1683), of which volume III comprised a "comprehensive history of ancient and modern Africa." See Richard Betz: The mapping of Africa: a cartobibliography of printed maps of the African continent to 1700 (’t Goy-Houten: Hes & de Graaf, c2007): 409-410., The map is bordered by a graticule and indicates the equator. A classical column base forms the title cartouche., On verso: text in French concerning the content of the map including the names of what Mallet regarded as the principal peoples in the interior of Africa; principal towns in Africa South of Egypt; and the principal islands surrounding the continent. The names of peoples, towns and islands are given in Latin.
Identifier: islandora:19712

Title: Africa divided according to the extent of its principall parts in which are distinguished one from the other empires, monarchies, kingdoms, states, and peoples, which at this time inhabite Africa
Subject: Africa -- Maps -- Early works to 1800.
Description: Title above map has "described by Sanson, corrected and amended by William Berry.", Ornamental cartouche., For further information on this map see R.V. Tooley, Collectors’ guide to maps of the African continent and Southern Africa (London: Carta Press, 1969), p. 56 ; Norwich's maps of Africa : an illustrated and annotated carto-bibliography (Norwich, Vt. : Terra Nova Press, 1997), map 47., Dedication in cartouche: To the most serene and most sacred Majesty Charles II., Scale in English and Italian miles, French, German and Spanish leagues.
Identifier: islandora:19818

Title: Africa
Subject: Africa -- Maps -- Early works to 1800.
Description: The four sheets comprising the map are: Africa, plate I: The Northwest part examined and revised by Mr Bolton; Africa, plate II: The Southwest part [mis-labeled; plate II depicts the South East of Africa including the islands of Madagascar, Bourbon and Isle de France [Mauritius] and should be labeled The Southeast part]; Africa, plate III: The Southwest part (including the island of St Helena); and Africa, plate IV: The Northeast part (including the cartouche). This detailed map of Africa includes copious notes on the terrain and the people occupying the various areas depicted., Relief shown pictorially., Inset: Asores.
Identifier: islandora:19551

Title: Carta geografica del Capo di Buona Speranza
Subject: Cape of Good Hope (South Africa) -- Maps -- Early works to 1800.
Description: The map spans the area from Saldanha Bay to False Bay and shows land cultivated by the Dutch East India Company (with Italian versions of the names of many of the early farmers), sweet water wells, salt pans, woods, rivers and sailing ships off the West Coast. The map indicates "Isola di Robbi" (Robben Island) and "Isola de Daini" (Dassen Island), routes to the homesteads of indigenous peoples and the real or imagined location of "Elefanti", "Tigri" and "Rinoceri". Included is a detailed, ornamental, coloured cartouche depicting an elephant, a rhinoceros, people building a hut with wood and grass, trees, ships at anchor and mountains across the bay., Relief shown pictorially., Appears in: Atlante novissimo che contiene tutti le parti del mondo / Guillaume de l'Isle. Venice : Presso Giambatista Albrizzi, 1740-1750., "Scala di Miglia 15 Italiane 60 in un grado"., Restored and hinged between acid-free boards.
Identifier: islandora:19706

Title: Le Pays des Hottentots aux environs du Cap de Bonne Espérance
Subject: South Africa -- Maps -- Early works to 1800., Cape of Good Hope (South Africa) -- Maps -- Early works to 1800.
Description: Shows coast from St Helena Bay to Mossel Bay and corresponding area inland., Relief shown pictorially., Text in French., Bottom left of map: "Tome V. in 4o. No. 5"; bottom right of map: "Tome 3. in 8o Page 391"., Scale in English, French and German leagues., UCT Libraries hold 3 copies of this map. One copy (425a) is hand coloured. One copy (425c) does not have the statement "Tome V. in 4o. No. 5" at bottom left of map.
Identifier: islandora:19703

Title: A new chart of the southern coast of Africa, from the Cape of Good Hope to Dalagoa [sic] Bay, including the Bank of Cape Agulhas, its soundings, currents, within and without &c.
Subject: Shipwrecks -- South Africa -- Cape of Good Hope -- History -- 18th century., Cape of Good Hope (South Africa) -- Maps -- Early works to 1800., Cape Agulhas (South Africa) -- Maps -- Early works to 1800., Cape Town (South Africa) -- Pictorial works.
Description: Map shows detailed soundings and other hydrographic information along the Cape coast. Map includes an engraving of "A view of the Cape of Good Hope" showing elevations of Table Mountain ("The Table"), "Devils Burg", "the Sugar Loaf" and "Lyon's Rump". Also depicted are houses and other buildings on the slopes of the mountain and a small rowing boat heading for harbour., "Drawn chiefly from the Papers of Mr Gerard De Ruyter., Captain of the Port at the Cape of Good Hope; with the track of the Worcester, Capt. Hall in 1786.", Extract from note on map: "On Thursday the 17th of July 1755, about a quarter before one in the morning, the Doddington outward bound East Indiaman struck on a rock about 3 leagues from the Main of Africa ... Judging they were on the Madagascar shore, and the passage open, they bore away to the Northward. The time they were lost they saw the breakers and in less than a quarter of an hour went all to pieces ...", This copy of the map is defective and the sections north of 28 degrees 5 minutes and east of 32 degrees are missing. Only the final line of the cartouche is visible. Only the lower portions of the two inset maps ("A Plan of Saldhanha Bay geometrically surveyed in 1752", and, "A Plan of Dalagoa Bay called by the Portuguese Bahia de Lorenzo Marques, and by the French Baye du St. Espirit" remain., Restored and placed between acid-free boards., Robert Laurie and James Whittle.
Identifier: islandora:19655

Title: Vûe et description des forts que les hollandois, anglois et danois ont sur la côte de Guinée
Subject: Ghana -- Maps -- Early works to 1800., Fortification -- Ghana -- Pictorial works.
Description: Depictions of forts belonging to Holland, England and Denmark along the coast of West Africa (present-day Ghana). The views border two central panels of text (in French) describing the history of the fortifications., Appears in Atlas historique, ou Nouvelle introduction a l'histoire, à la chronologie & à la géographie ancienne & moderne / Henri Abraham Chatelain. Amsterdam, 1705-1720. Tome VI, no. 14, p. 58., Views: No. 1. Le château S. George d'Elmina ; No. 2. Le fort de Conradsbourg sur la montagne de St. Iago ; No. 3. Le principal château des anglois à Cabacors ; No. 4. Le fort de Nassau à Moure ; No. 5. Le fort des anglois à Annamabon ; No. 6. Le fort d'Amsterdam et Cormantin ; No. 7. Le fort de la Patience à Apam ; No. 8. Le fort des anglois à Simpa ; No. 9. Le fort de Christiansbourg à Acra ; No. 10. Le fort de Crevecœur à Acra ; No. 11. Le fort des anglois à Acra ; No. [12]. Autre vue du château d'Elmina.
Identifier: islandora:19675

Title: Le Pays des Hottentots aux environs du Cap de Bonne Espérance
Subject: South Africa -- Maps -- Early works to 1800., Cape of Good Hope (South Africa) -- Maps -- Early works to 1800.
Description: Shows coast from St Helena Bay to Mossel Bay and corresponding area inland., Relief shown pictorially., Text in French., Bottom left of map: "Tome V. in 4o. No. 5"; bottom right of map: "Tome 3. in 8o Page 391"., Scale in English, French and German leagues., UCT Libraries hold 3 copies of this map. One copy (425a) is hand coloured. One copy (425c) does not have the statement "Tome V. in 4o. No. 5" at bottom left of map.
Identifier: islandora:19704

Title: Afrika in kartographischer Darstellung von Herodot bis heute
Subject: Africa -- Maps -- Early works to 1800., Africa -- Maps.
Description: Africa as depicted in maps from the time of Herodotus ca. 450 BC to 1887. The map features a central map of Africa dated 1887 entitled "Afrika nach Andree & Scobel und Anderen" surrounded by 17 smaller maps: Herodot [Herodotus], ca. 450; Erastosthenes, ca. 200 BC; Pomponius Mela, 41-54 AD; Ptolemäus, 150 AD; Edrisi, 1154 AD; Ibn al Wardi, 1232 AD; Fra Mauro, 1457-1459 AD; Martin Behaim, 1491-1493 AD; Juan de la Cosa, 1493-1500 AD; Diego Ribera, 1529 AD; [Gerardus] Mercator, 1541 AD; Sebastian Münster, 1544 AD; O[lfert] Dapper, 1676 AD; Joh. Bapt. Homann, 1711 AD; [Jean-Baptiste Bourguignon] D'Anville, 1761 AD; C.G. Reichard, 1820 AD (aus A. Stieler's Hand-Atlas 1823); F.V. Stülpnagel, 1850 AD (aus A. Stieler's Hand-Atlas III. Aufl.)., The scale given above is of the principal map of Africa. No scales are indicated for the ancillary maps., The map is torn along fold lines and is in three pieces.
Identifier: islandora:19547

Title: Coste Occidentale D'Afrique, Depuis le XI.e Dégré de Latitude Méridionale, Jusqu'au Cap de Bonne Espérance :
Subject: South Africa -- Maps -- Early works to 1800., Namibia -- Maps -- Early works to 1800., Angola -- Maps -- Early works to 1800., Coasts -- South Africa -- Maps -- Early works to 1800., Coasts -- Namibia -- Maps -- Early works to 1800., Coasts -- Angola -- Maps -- Early works to 1800.
Description: Text in French., Note on map: "Cette marque déssigne les Lieux dont la Lat[itude] et la Longitude ont etes deter minees par des observat[ions] Astronomiques"., Published in Abrégé de l'histoire générale des voyages. - par M. De La Harpe, Tome I. in 4o No. 16. Tome 3. in 8o Page 307, [1780]., Two hand-coloured copies. See also BMSC 68.a.1 (586c) for an uncoloured version of this map.
Identifier: islandora:19744

Title: Abissinie
Subject: Africa -- Maps -- Early works to 1800.
Description: Small map of Africa from the "Cap de Bonne Esperance" in the South to the "Tropique de Cancer" [Tropic of Cancer] and Egypt in the North. The map shows the "Mer Rouge" [Red Sea], the "Ocean Oriental ou Indien" [Indian Ocean], the "Ocean Meridional Aethiopien" and "Mer de Congo". The map also indicates the "Tropique de Capricorne" [Tropic of Capricorn], the "Equinochalle" [the equator], the "Coste des Cafres", the "Pays des Negres", Nubie, Guinée, Congo, Monomotapa, Zanguebar, Ajan, the "Coste Dabey", the "Ile de Madagascar" and Arabie. The map also indicates lakes, rivers, some mountain ranges and place names., The map is headed "De l'Afrique. Figure XCII. [page] 233". Extracted from Mallet's "Description de l'Universe" (Paris: Denys Thierry, 1683), of which volume III comprised a "comprehensive history of ancient and modern Africa." See Richard Betz: The mapping of Africa: a cartobibliography of printed maps of the African continent to 1700 (’t Goy-Houten: Hes & de Graaf, c2007): 409-410., The map is bordered by a graticule and indicates the equator and the tropics. The elaborate title cartouche, which is topped by a gryphon (or griffin), features an aggressive group of leopards, lions, a snake and a crocodile on a rocky outcrop., On verso: text in French giving the names of what Mallet regarded as the newest and most significant discoveries in Africa. Place names are given in Latin.
Identifier: islandora:19713

Title: Africa drawn from the latest and best authorities
Subject: Africa -- Maps -- Early works to 1800.
Description: "Engraved for John Harrison N 115. Newgate Street, Augt 31t 1787.", Reprint. Originally published: [London : John Harrison, 1787].
Identifier: islandora:19660

Title: Grundriss von dem Fort und der Stad auf dem Vorgebirge gutten Hoffnung
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa) -- Maps -- Early works to 1800.
Description: Maass-Stab von dreyhundert Toisen [1cm = 65m]., Indexed for points of interest including the Grand Parade, Church Square, Slave Lodge, Groote Kerk, VOC Hospital and other buildings, Fiscal’s house and Company Gardens., Based on Bellin's plan of Cape Town published in volume 3 of his Le Petit Atlas Maritime (Paris: Ministre de la Guerre et de la Marine, 1764)., See also accession BMSC 6821.g.1 (423) for the French version and BMSC 6821.g.1 (625) for version in both French and Dutch.
Identifier: islandora:19750

Title: Guinea propria, nec non Nigritiae vel Terrae Nigrorum maxima pars
Subject: Guinea -- Maps -- Early works to 1800., Africa, West -- Maps -- Early works to 1800.
Description: The map covers West Africa from modern-day Gabon in the south to Senegal, Niger, Mali, the Sahara and Mauritania in the north. The map also indicates African kingdoms and groups, including Biafra, Benin, Bambara, Pongo, Bituin and others. An illustration in the lower left portion of the map shows houses raised above the ground, villagers cooking or smoking long pipes, two men launching a small canoe on the lake, and examples of West African dress. In the foreground are five children playing on ivory tusks on which are printed the different scales., Title in Latin and French., Projection not given. There are three different scales: in Italian miles, in French leagues and in German miles. North, south, east and west are marked on the top, bottom and sides of the map using the terms Septentrio, Meridies, Oriens and Occidens.
Identifier: islandora:19556

Title: Tabula Africa IIII
Subject: Africa -- Maps -- Early works to 1800.
Description: Map of Africa by Ptolemy, extracted from La geografia di Claudio Tolomeo Alessandrino ... ; [edited by] Girolamo Ruscelli, Giuseppe Moleti and printed by Vincenzo Valgrisi (In Venetia: Appresso Vincenzo Valgrisi, 1561). Map appears in the Geografia on page 96 with Italian text on verso (page 95)., Restored and hinged between acid-free boards, Information derived from Norwich’s maps of Africa : an illustrated and annotated carto-bibliography (Norwich, Vt. : Terra Nova Press, 1997), Map 292, p. 331, and ILAB website: http://www.ilab.org/db/book2250_5488.html (accessed: 3 December 2007)
Identifier: islandora:19733

Title: The Dutch Colony of the Cape of Good Hope
Subject: Cape of Good Hope (South Africa) -- Maps -- Early works to 1800.
Description: The map shows the area from Klipping Eyland to Caap Falso in False Bay with the Draakenstein mountains as the eastern boundary. The map also depicts the locations of several early settlers, as well as villages, fountains, roads and river crossings., Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by soundings., Scale in British miles, Dutch miles and nautical leagues.
Identifier: islandora:19707

Title: Carte de la coste orientale d'Afrique depuis le Cap de Bonne Esperance jusqu'au Cap del Gada :
Subject: Coasts -- South Africa -- Maps -- Early works to 1800., Coasts -- Mozambique -- Maps -- Early works to 1800., South Africa -- Maps -- Early works to 1800., Mozambique -- Maps -- Early works to 1800.
Description: See also uncoloured version at BMSC 69.a.1 (569b)., Text in French., Relief shown pictorially. Note on map: "Nota: Lieux dont la Lat[itude], et la Long[itude] ont etés déterminées par des Obfero Astronom. Lat[itude] obfero d'habiles Navigateurs.", Appears in Prévost's Histoire générale des voyages. 1746-1789., Norwich’s maps of Africa : an illustrated and annotated carto-bibliography (Norwich, Vt. : Terra Nova Press, 1997), Map 306, page 347., Lower left: "Tome
Identifier: islandora:19752

Title: Carte du canal de Mosambique, contenant l'isle de Mosambique, contenant l'isle de Madagascar avec les côtes d'Afrique : depuis le cap de Bonne Espérance jusqu à Melinde
Subject: Mozambique -- Maps, Madagascar -- Maps, Mozambique -- Maps -- Early works to 1800, Madagascar -- Maps -- Early works to 1800
Description: This map was included in Guillaume Raynal's "Atlas de toutes les parties connues du Globe Terrestre"" published in Geneva in 1780. Relief shown pictorially. ""No. 11"" upper right corner. Upper left corner: ""Liv. I, II, III, IV."
Identifier: islandora:25784

Title: Le Pays des Hottentots aux environs du Cap de Bonne Espérance
Subject: South Africa -- Maps -- Early works to 1800., Cape of Good Hope (South Africa) -- Maps -- Early works to 1800.
Description: Shows coast from St Helena Bay to Mossel Bay and corresponding area inland., Relief shown pictorially., Text in French., Bottom left of map: "Tome V. in 4o. No. 5"; bottom right of map: "Tome 3. in 8o Page 391"., Scale in English, French and German leagues., UCT Libraries hold 3 copies of this map. One copy (425a) is hand coloured. One copy (425c) does not have the statement "Tome V. in 4o. No. 5" at bottom left of map.
Identifier: islandora:19705

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