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Title: Philipstown
Subject: South African War, 1899-1902 -- Maps., Philipstown Region (South Africa) -- Maps.
Description: 1st ed., This map forms part of the Imperial map of South Africa., The map shows farm boundaries and fences, farm names, divisional boundaries, roads, rivers and railways in the Philipstown area. The map also indicates hills, pans (often dry), homesteads, cultivated land and trees., Relief shown by hachures., "This map is not to be considered as absolutely accurate.", Projection not given., Map folds into an outer cover., Copies 1064 and 1094 are mounted on linen. Map 1093 is not folded.
Identifier: islandora:24858

Title: Visitor's guide to Pretoria
Subject: Pretoria (South Africa)--Maps, Pretoria (South Africa)--Description and travel--Maps, ,
Description: Pictorial tourist map of Pretoria showing key tourist attractions each accompanied by its own drawing including Paul Kruger's House, Bureau, Old Transvaal Museum, Union Buildings, Government House, Libertas, The New Museum, Zoo, Paul Kruger Monument, Paul Kruger's Grave, New City Hall and Art Gallery, Voortrekker Monument and the steel works. Lesser attractions and landmarks are represented by name alone including Berea Park, municipal plantation, police training depot, mental hospital, new cemetery and the Western sports grouonds. Colouration is predominantly green and purple to reference the city's Jacaranda-lined streets. Verso provides a list of activities and places of interest available to tourists. Scale not given.
Identifier: islandora:30062

Title: City of Cape Town and environs
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa) -- Maps., Cape Town Metropolitan Area (South Africa) -- Maps.
Description: This 1937 monochrome map shows the central business district and the peri-urban and suburban areas of Cape Town including Gardens, Oranjezicht, Vredehoek, Tamboers Kloof, Woodstock, Salt River, Brooklyn, Good Hope model village, Milnerton, Paarden Eiland, Maitland, certificate of registered title for Montagu Gardens, Sanddrift, Tiger Oats Township, Kensington, Windermere, Factreton, Epping plantation, Uitvlugt, Gatesville, Belgravia, Sanatorium Township, Pinelands and the Garden Cities site, Ndabeni, Hazendal, the proposed Bokmakirie Township, Goodwood, Langa, Welcome, Observatory, Mowbray, Rosebank, Rondebosch, Groote Schuur Estate, Kirstenbosch, Newlands, Claremont, Kenilworth, Constantia, Wynberg, Plumstead, Diep River, Heathfield, Retreat, Lotus River, Schaap Kraal, Tokai, Silvermine, Ronde Vlei, Zeekoe Vlei, Grassy Park, Strandfontein Coast Forest Reserve, Montagu's Gift, Ilfracombe Estate, Dreyersdal, Lakeside, Muizenberg, St James, Kalk Bay, Clovelly, Fish Hoek, Glencairn, Red Hill, Simonstown, Simon's Bay, Kommetjie, Sweet Water, Witsands, Noordhoek, Scarborough, Hout Bay, Chapman's Peak, Kronendal, Oude Kraal, Bakoven, Camps Bay, Clifton, Sea Point, Fresnaye, Green Point, Mouille Point and Table Bay harbour., The map also shows municipalities, streets, buildings, erven with property numbers, "native locations", Table Mountain, the Twelve Apostles and other mountains, rivers and dams, salt pans, forested areas, sports and recreation grounds, Kenilworth Race Course, golf courses, aerodromes (including the air mail aerodrome site), hospitals and sanatoria including Groote Schuur, Valkenberg, Rentzkie's Farm Isolation hospital, Oude Molen Mental Hospital, the Alexandra Institution and the Chronic Sick home, churches, railway lines, railway stations, power stations, the zoo, the University of Cape Town, lighthouses, cemeteries and burial grounds., Relief shown pictorially., Text in English and Afrikaans., Dimensions of the printed sheets: 89 x 113 cm. or smaller., The library does not hold a full printed set of the 1937 edition of this map. These digital copies have been made available through the generosity of the Environmental Resource Management Department of the Cape Town City Council.
Identifier: islandora:19867

Title: Compilation of diagrams of the lands at Fort Hare proposed to be granted to the Lovedale Seminary and to be reserved for the Fort Hare erf holders
Subject: Fort Hare Military Reserve (South Africa)--Maps,
Description: Map of the Fort Hare Military Reserve. Relief shown by form lines. Colour. Scale 1 inch to 20 English chains.
Identifier: islandora:25141

Title: Map of the colony of Natal. Pongola
Subject: KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa) -- Maps.
Description: This map section, Pongola, forms part of the Map of the colony of Natal., Map of the Pongola area from Oro Point in the north to Umbama Pan in the south, showing cities and towns, roads, railways, telegraph and telephone lines, county boundaries, magisterial divisions, mission stations, trigonometrical points, magistrate's offices, reserve boundaries, farm boundaries, farm names and numbers, African "locations" with names of clan leaders, rivers and mountains., Relief shown by shading., Collective title, Map of the colony of Natal, from Durban (North Coast) and Scale sections; section title, Pongola, from cover., The map folds into an outer cover.
Identifier: islandora:19531

Title: Divisional map of Malmesbury
Subject: Malmesbury Region (South Africa) -- Maps.
Description: Map of the Malmesbury area in the Western Cape showing the villages of Malmesbury, Moorreesburg, Riebeeck West, Riebeeck Kasteel, Hoetjes Bay, Hopefield, Darling, Mamre, Saldanha Bay, Marcus Island and Dassen Island, divisional and field cornetcy boundaries, farm boundaries, farm names, property numbers and some owner names, main, divisional, ordinary and branch roads, commonages, outspans, trigonometrical stations, rivers and salt pans., Parts 3 and 4 are printed on sheet 3.
Identifier: islandora:24874

Title: Map of the Colony of Natal
Subject: Natal (Colony)--Maps, KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa)--Maps,
Description: A map of Natal showing cities, towns, villages, rivers, mountains and other features., Relief shown by shading., Projection not given.
Identifier: islandora:19529

Title: Map shewing railways of Cape Colony, open in 1882
Subject: Railroads--South Africa--Cape of Good Hope--Maps, , ,
Description: Map of the Cape Colony showing the Western, Midland and Eastern Systems of railways, with an inset of 'Enlarged map of lines near Cape Town.' The System lines show all the train stations and distances. The map also shows towns. Some colour. Scale about 1/2 inch to 10 miles.
Identifier: islandora:25188

Title: Cape Colony. Upington
Subject: Upington Region (South Africa) -- Maps., Northern Cape (South Africa) -- Maps., Cape of Good Hope (South Africa) -- Maps.
Description: Topographical map indicating Upington and other towns and villages, roads, railways, rivers, mountains, dunes and other features in the area surrounding Upington., Relief shown by contours, hachures, form lines and spot heights., Projection not given., Map folds into an outer cover., Includes index to adjoining sheets., Includes a table listing halting places., Includes a general note commenting on: nature of country, roads, drifts, transport, water, fuel, grazing and Upington., Includes ancillary map: Upington (scale 1 in. to 0.5 miles)., Sheet 128-D., Copies 917 and 952 mounted on cloth. Copy 953 printed on cloth. Copy 952 is discoloured.
Identifier: islandora:24924

Title: Plan of the Transkeian Territories, sheet no. 8
Subject: South Africa--Bantustans--Maps, Transkei (South Africa)--History--Maps, , ,
Description: Map showing sheet no. 8 of the Plan of the Transkeian Territories, with the Districts of Mqanduli, Elliotdale, Umtata and parts of Engcobo, reserves, major settlements, names of places, plan numbers, district boundaries, rivers, roads, plantations, and forests. Scale: 800 Cape roods to 1 in. Relief shown by shading. No projection given.
Identifier: islandora:30064

Title: Map of Cape Town (central)
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa) -- Maps.
Description: Bulletin ; no. 141, Map shows principal streets and places of interest including the Company Gardens, the Public Library (National Library of South Africa), St George's Cathedral, the opera house, Tivoli Music Hall, the Old Supreme Court Buildings (Slave Lodge), University of Cape Town, Cartwright's Corner (the halting place for all trams), Monument Station, The Alhambra, Wolfram's Bioscope, the Railway Institute, the Boer War Memorial, the Art Gallery, the War Memorial, the offices of the Deutsche Ost Afrika Linie, the Michaelis School of Art, public conveniences and the position of several statues., Map shows quarter, half and three-quarters of a mile radius lines from the city centre., Inset: Cape Peninsula. Scale 1: 354 816. 1 in. to 5.6 miles., Advertisements on verso of map.
Identifier: islandora:19915

Title: Plan of the Eastern Frontier of the Cape of Good Hope
Subject: Public works--South Africa--Cape of Good Hope--Maps, Cape of Good Hope (South Africa)--Description and travel--Maps, Cape of Good Hope (South Africa)--History--Maps,
Description: Map showing a plan of the Eastern Frontier of the Cape of Good Hope, with districts, district boundaries, cities and towns, rivers, routes, and hachures. Some colours. Scale 30 Miles to 1 Inch. At head of title: Papers respecting the Cape of Good Hope
Identifier: islandora:30032

Title: South Africa : rainfall in May from the averages of observations
Subject: Rain and rainfall--South Africa--Maps, Rain and rainfall--South Africa--Measurement--Maps,
Description: Map of South Africa showing the mean annual rainfall for the month of May, rainfall stations, railways, roads, rivers, and plateaus. Relief shown by hachures. Some colour. Scale: 1 in. to 100 English miles. Projection not given.
Identifier: islandora:30044

Title: Cape of Good Hope. Rietfontein and surrounding country
Subject: Rietfontein Region (South Africa) -- Maps., Northern Cape (South Africa) -- Maps., Cape of Good Hope (South Africa) -- Maps.
Description: Topographical map indicating Rietfontein and other towns and villages, roads, farms, kraals, rivers, springs, pans, vleis, wells, dams, drifts, mountains, dunes and other terrain in the area surrounding Rietfontein., Relief shown by shading, form lines and spot heights., Projection not given., Map folds into an outer cover., "Cape of Good Hope reconnaissance series."--Cover., Mounted on cloth.
Identifier: islandora:24913

Title: Map of the District of Matatiela, sheet no. 1
Subject: Matatiele (South Africa)--Description and travel--Maps, Surveying--South Africa, Land use--South Africa--Matatiele (Eastern Cape),
Description: Map of the District of Matatiela showing Ongeluks Nek, with surrounding areas, commonages, names of places, roads, rivers, district boundaries, and location reserves. Scale 1 English mile to 1 inch.
Identifier: islandora:30008

Title: The Commonage, Van Wyk's Vley. Plan B
Subject: Land capability for agriculture--South Africa--Vanwyksvlei--Maps, Irrigation--South Africa--Vanwyksvlei--Maps,
Description: A map of Van Wyk's Vley showing the main dam and irrigable lands, the Hartebeeste River, two smaller dams, roads and the farms. No scale given.
Identifier: islandora:25120

Title: Transvaal and Orange Free State. Boshof
Subject: Boshof Region (South Africa) -- Maps., Free State (South Africa) -- Maps.
Description: Topographical map indicating Boshof, Bloemfontein, Bultfontein, Brandfort and other towns, roads, railways, stations, mountains, salt pans, rivers, spruits and other watering places in the area of Boshof., Relief shown by form lines., Projection not given., Easternmost longitude co-ordinate estimated., Includes index to adjoining sheets., Copies 287, 288 and 290 mounted on cloth. Copy 289 torn slightly.
Identifier: islandora:24887

Title: Map of Robben Island
Subject: Robben Island (South Africa)--Maps,
Description: This map of Robben Island shows streets, Varney's Fort, Edmund's Pool, the lighthouse, Ladies' Rock, the slaughter house, Irish town, the boat house, restaurant, convict station, nurses' home, buildings housing the male lepers, tramway, kennels, the White House, buildings housing the female lepers, the quarry, sanitary tip, a spring, the old lime kiln and Wreck House. Also marked in a numbered key are the Chief and Medical Superintendent's quarters, workshops, the parsonage, the English Church, male asylum, a masonry tank, the female asylum. the Assistant Medical Officer, offices, the store, the library and billiard room, the Dutch parsonage, the Magistrate's quarters, the Works Department recreation room, the tram line, water pipes, drains and burial ground. Some colour. Scale 1 inch to 600 feet.
Identifier: islandora:25125

Title: Philippolis
Subject: Philippolis Region (South Africa) -- Maps., Free State (South Africa) -- Maps.
Description: Topographical map indicating towns, railways, farms, mountains, rivers and other watering places in the area of Philippolis., Relief shown by contours., Compiled under the direction of A.H.F. Duncan, Field Intelligence Department., Projection not given., A map in the Orange River Colony degree sheet series., Includes index to adjoining sheets.
Identifier: islandora:24955

Title: Map of the District of Matatiela, sheet no. 4
Subject: Matatiele (South Africa)--Description and travel--Maps, Surveying--South Africa, Land use--South Africa--Matatiele (Eastern Cape),
Description: Map of the District of Matatiela showing Little Umzimvubu and Umvenyane, with towns, schools, field cornetcies, district boundaries, names of places, commonages, roads, and rivers. Scale 1 English mile to 1 inch.
Identifier: islandora:30010

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