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Title: Africa ... sic describente
Subject: Africa
Description: Four-sheet folio map. Atlas first issued in 1660. "The map appears upside down, as was the custom with other Italian cartographers.", Rome. Nicolosio, Joanne Baptista, 1610-1670
Identifier: islandora:25339

Title: Verkeersweё. Die verhaal van 300 jaar van vervoer in Suid-Africa tesame met 'n geїllustreerde kaart aangebied deur die administratie van die Suid-Afrikaanse spoorweё en hawens by geleentheid van die Van Riebeeck-fees
Subject: Transportation--South Africa--History--Maps, Transportation and state--South Africa--Maps,
Description: Map showing the story of 300 years of transport in South Africa with illustrated forms of transport, and description on the back. White lines indicate air routes, black lines indicate rail routes, and red lines indicate bus or road routes. Illustrated. Coloured. No scale given
Identifier: islandora:29952

Title: New map : Briton or Boer
Subject: South African War, 1899-1902--Maps, South Africa--Maps, ,
Description: Map showing territories under dispute during the Anglo Boer War, 1899-1902 and in the vicinity, including the southern part of Transvaal, the Orange Free State, Basutoland, Natal, Zululand, the Cape Colony and an eastern sliver of British Bechuanaland. The map also shows rivers, roads, hills, telegraph lines, railways and railways under construction. 3rd edition. Relief indicated by contours. Inset maps: Pretoria (scale 1 in. to 2 miles); Kimberley (scale 1 in. to 2 miles); Johannesburg (scale 1 in. to 2 miles); Ladysmith (scale 1 in. to 6 miles); Dundee (scale 1 in. to 4 miles); South Africa (scale 1 in. to 250 miles).
Identifier: islandora:30057

Title: Lake Rudolf
Subject: Rudolf, Lake (Kenya and Ethiopia), ,
Description: United States Army Air Forces aeronautical chart map showing Lake Rudolf in Kenya with its far northern end crossing into Ethiopia, and state and international boundaries with Italian Somaliland and Ethiopia, with landplane facilities, seaplane facilities, lighting facilities, air defence zones or vital defence areas, air navigation hazards, flight lines, civil airways, radio range courses, radio fan markers, radio range facilities, facilities available at airfields, radio direction finder stations, radiobeacons, radio communication stations, radio broadcasting stations, rescue boats, streams and rivers, unsurveyed canals, rapids and falls, intermittent lakes, glaciers, swamps and marshes, shoals, reefs, ledges, sand bars, etc., small coral islands, charted rocks, springs, wells and water holes, mud and tidal flats, cities, towns and villages, highways and roads: road markers, hachures (elevation in feet) sand areas and sand dunes, sand ridges, lava flows, contours, approximate contours, depression contours, bluffs, cliffs and escarpments, power transmission lines, telephone and telegraph lines, dams, highest elevation on chart, spot elevations (in feet), mines and quarries, mountain passes, lookout towers, forts, pipelines, race tracks, railroads, railroad sidings, abandoned railroads, railroad overpasses, railroad underpasses, bridges, tunnels. Relief shown by hachures, contour lines with approximate height in feet, tinted shading. Colour. First edition Scale 1 : 1,000,000.
Identifier: islandora:19301

Title: Sea chart of Simon's Bay
Subject: Africa - Simon's Bay
Identifier: islandora:25253

Title: Map to accompany General Manager's report for the year 1895
Subject: Railroads--South Africa--Maps,
Description: Map showing railways in the Cape Colony through to British Bechuanaland, through the Orange Free State into the South African Republic. Shows territorial boundaries and place names. Some colour. Scale 1 inch to 60 miles.
Identifier: islandora:29807

Title: Impero del Monomotapa e Stati Vicini
Subject: Southeast Africa
Description: The coastline illustrates many Portuguese settlements. Silver and gold mines are shown.
Identifier: islandora:25252

Title: Map of the Eastern Frontier of the Colony of the Cape of Good Hope
Subject: Eastern Africa
Description: First published in 1836 by John Arrowsmith of London. "This map provides a great deal of historical and geographical information regarding the important part of the Cape Colony which was the scene of nine frontier wars between the Cape government and the Xhosa tribe." Inset shows 'Statistical notes 1833'. Dedicated to Sir Benjamin D'Urban., London. Arrowsmith, Aaron, 1750-1823
Identifier: islandora:25463

Title: Marrakech
Subject: Marrakech (Morocco)--Maps, ,
Description: Map with hypsometric tints shows the area around Marrakech, in Morocco, using the Southern Zone Layer System for altitudes, with railways, roads, place names. Relief shown by form lines, heights in metres. Colour. Scale about 1 inch to 10 miles.
Identifier: islandora:19150

Title: German East Africa. Kalula
Subject: German East Africa -- Maps.
Description: 2nd ed. (Railway rev.)., Map showing towns, villages, international boundaries, railways, roads, tracks, telegraph lines, post and telegraph offices, heights in metres above sea level, mission stations, ruins, and "Mbuga" ("Low Country, often swampy in rainy season") in the Kalula area., Relief shown by form lines and spot heights., Projection not given., Map does not have additional reference grid., Index no.: D3.
Identifier: islandora:24775

Title: South Africa Compiled from the M.S. Maps in the Colonial Office
Subject: Southern Africa
Description: Insets of Environs of the Cape district, District of George, Environs of Graham-Town and Cape-Town., London. Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge (Great Britain)
Identifier: islandora:25313

Title: Djinnak
Subject: Senegal--Maps.,
Description: Map of Senegal at the northwestern border with Gambia, showing islands, marshes, mangroves, woods, bushes, rice fields, villages, trails, tracks, and other features in the region of Djinnak., Relief not shown., Projection not given.
Identifier: islandora:19559

Title: Plan van de geproclameerde Goud Velden te Witwatersrand, Z.A.R
Subject: Africa
Description: Photocopy. "This diagram is of great historical importance, as it is believed to be the first diagram depicting the location of the village of Johannesburg on government ground, and the first diagram showing the location of Mynpachts, mining right leases on Witwatersrand gold fields ... ". Inset: Lyst van Mynpachten Toegestaan., Pretoria. Landmeter Generaal's Kantoor
Identifier: islandora:25467

Title: Transvaal and Orange Free State. Bloemhof
Subject: Bloemhof Region (North-West, South Africa) -- Maps., Free State (South Africa) -- Maps.
Description: Topographical map indicating Bloemhof, Wolmaranstad, Christiana, Hoopstad and Schweizer Reneke (Mamusa), roads, mountains, rivers, drifts, pans and other watering places in the area of Bloemhof., Relief shown by form lines., Projection not given., Easternmost longitude co-ordinate estimated., Includes index to adjoining sheets., Copy 285 torn slightly.
Identifier: islandora:24886

Title: Africa, political divisions
Subject: Africa -- Boundaries -- Maps.
Description: Map of Africa showing political boundaries, treaty boundaries (with dates), undefined boundaries and telegraph cables., "Supplement to The African Review, 1st February, 1896"., African Review (London, England)
Identifier: islandora:19663

Title: Sources of mine native labour
Subject: Labour--Southern Africa--History--Maps, Contract labor--Southern Africa--Maps, Miners--Southern Africa--Recruitment, ,
Description: Map of Southern Africa showing native mine workers' recruiting stations of the Native Recruiting Corporation (N.R.C.) and the Witwatersrand Native Labour Association (W.N.L.A.), international boundaries, native transport routes, names of places, and rivers. Illustrated. Scale: 1.5 in. to 100 Statute Miles.
Identifier: islandora:29948

Title: General plan of the diamond fields, to illustrate the Report of the Surveyor of Mines dated Feby. 28th 1883
Subject: Diamond mines and mining--South Africa--Northern Cape--Maps,
Description: Map showing the diamond mines around Kimberley and Beaconsfield, namely, Kimberley Mine, Old de Beer's Mine, Bultfontein Mine and Du Toit's Pan Mine, within the divisions of Alexanderfontein, Bultfontein, Vooruitzigt, Dorstfontein and Benauwheidfontein, with roads. Scale 1 inch to 20 chains.
Identifier: islandora:25122

Title: Central and South Africa
Subject: Africa, Southern -- Maps., Africa, Central -- Maps.
Description: Politically colour-coded map of central Africa and South Africa showing Cameroon, Fernando Po, Spanish Guinea, French Equatorial Africa, Belgian Congo, Uganda, German East Africa, Portuguese East Africa, Nyasaland Protectorate, Northern Rhodesia, Angola, South West Africa, Bechuanaland Protectorate and British Bechuanaland, Transvaal, Orange Free State, Basutoland, Swaziland and the Cape of Good Hope. The map indicates railways (open, under construction and projected), telegraph cables and steamer routes., Bar scale on map in English miles., Map folds into a cover., Insets: East London - street plan. Scale [ca. 1:40 234]; Port Elizabeth - street plan. Scale [ca. 1:40 234]; Table Bay and Table Mountain with topographical detail indicated by contour lines. Scale [ca. 1:40 234]; Cape Town - street plan. Scale [ca. 1:40 234]; Lourenco Marques, Delagoa Bay - showing an outline street plan and soundings in the English River. Scale [ca. 1:40 234]; Durban - street plan. Scale [ca. 1:40 234]; Part of England and Wales on same scale as large map; Coastal area of German East Africa and southern Kenya, showing Mombasa, Shimba, Usambara, Ukhuere, Udoe and Bagamoyo and the islands of Zanzibar and Pemba. Scale [ca. 1:2 145 792].
Identifier: islandora:19770

Title: Divisional map of Wodehouse. Shewing its educational conditons and requirements
Subject: Schools--South Africa--Wodehouse--Maps, Schools--South Africa--Eastern Cape--Maps,
Description: A map showing existing schools and possible centres for schools, with divisional boundaries, main divisional and branch roads, commonages, towns and villages and ordinary roads. Some colour. Scale 1 English inch to 800 Cape roods
Identifier: islandora:25108

Title: Plan of Prince Albert : annexure to report of the Medical Officer of Health for the Colony on an outbreak of typhoid fever at Prince Albert
Subject: Typhoid fever--South Africa--Prince Albert--Maps, Prince Albert (South Afica)-- Maps,
Description: Street map of Prince Albert showing typhoid fever cases, street names, schools, churches, the jail and the market place. Colour. Scale 4 cm to 100 feet.
Identifier: islandora:25171

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