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Title: Views of Cape Town and vicinity
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa) -- Pictorial works.
Description: Three sketches: View from the road to Stellenbosch; View from the waste behind Dr Lieschings villa; View of the mountains, on entering Table Bay., The views include numbered and labelled topographical features including Devil's Hill [Peak], Lion's Head, Lion's Rump, Cape Town, Table Bay, Table Mountain, "Van Kamp's Bay" (Camp's Bay) and the mountains in the Stellenbosch region., Printed sketches extracted from Christian Ignatius Latrobe, A journal of a visit to South Africa, in 1815, and 1816. With some account of the missionary settlements of the United Brethren, near the Cape of Good Hope (London : L.B. Seeley, 1818)., Restored and hinged between acid-free boards.
Identifier: islandora:19749

Title: Africa from the latest authorities
Subject: Africa -- Maps -- Early works to 1800.
Description: Restored and hinged between acid-free boards.
Identifier: islandora:19736

Title: [Map of land allotted at the Cape of Good Hope giving the numbers of the plots and also the names of the owners]
Subject: Farm ownership -- South Africa -- Cape of Good Hope -- History., Cape Town (South Africa) -- Maps -- Early works to 1800.
Description: Shows Table Mountain and the surrounding mountains in relief as well as the demarcation, size and ownership of farms on the south eastern side of the mountains and along the Liesbeeck River., Text in Dutch., Poor quality photographic copy of reproduction in the Leupe Collection, Western Cape Provincial Archives and Record Services. See WCARS M1/16., For a rather more detailed version of this area, see BMS.6821.c.1 (405).
Identifier: islandora:19724

Title: Biledulgerid Sarra Terra Nigritarum Giune nova descriptio
Subject: Africa, West -- Maps -- Early works to 1800., Africa, North -- Maps -- Early works to 1800.
Description: Title text on map in Latin: "Biledulgerid Sarra Terra Nigritarum Guine Nova Descriptio Robt Morden". Title at head of page: "Biledulgerid and Zaara". Map shows West and North Africa, including offshore islands, rivers and mountains. Text below map:"Billedulgerid improperly is the Numidia of the Ancients, where Inhabited the Getuli, it signifies a Country plentiful in Dates which is a fruit which much enriches the inhabitants. This part of Africa extends from East to West, almost as far as Barbary. Its principal Parts are Sus or Teffet, Darha, Segelomeffa, Jegorain, Zeb and Mezzab, Techort and Guergula, Biledulgerid, and the Desert of Barca.", Morden, Robert, d. 1703. Geography rectified, or, A description of the world, in all its kingdoms, provinces, countries, islands, cities, towns, seas, rivers, bayes, capes, ports ... 3rd ed., enlarged. London, 1693
Identifier: islandora:19717

Title: Africae tabula nova
Subject: Africa -- Maps -- Early works to 1800.
Description: Decorative cartouche; fish and ships on ocean., Hand-coloured.
Identifier: islandora:19695

Title: Africa
Subject: Africa -- Maps -- Early works to 1800
Description: Extracted from Universus terrarum orbis scriptorum calamo delineatus; studio et labore Alphonsi Lasor a Varea. Padua, [1713], [page] 21., Restored and hinged between acid free boards.
Identifier: islandora:19737

Title: Africa, drawn and engraved from the best maps and charts
Subject: Africa -- Maps -- Early works to 1800.
Description: Map shows a Dutch fort at the Cape of Good Hope. Map also indicates Grain Coast, Ivory Coast, Gold Coast and Slave Coast sequentially along the west coast of Africa., Scale given in British statute miles., Prime meridien through London., Restored and hinged between acid-free boards.
Identifier: islandora:19696

Title: Bird's eye view of Muizenberg
Subject: Muizenberg (South Africa) -- Maps., Muizenberg (South Africa) -- Pictorial works.
Description: Lithographic copy of a watercolour pictorial view of Muizenberg showing houses, roads, bridges, mountain and beach with beach huts and swimmers. Below the painting is a plan showing plots in the Muizenberg (Lakeside) Estate area between the Main Road and "Muizenberg Lake"., Label attached to plan: "The Colonial Investment Corporation, Ltd., Chief Offices: Equitable Chambers, St. George's Street, P O. Box 654, Cape Town."
Identifier: islandora:19902

Title: Delineatio sinus illius, quem Hollandi mensalem, sua lingua Taffel Baje, nominarunt
Subject: Cape of Good Hope (South Africa) -- Maps -- Early works to 1800.
Description: The map shows Table Bay with three sailing ships, Tafelberg (Table Mountain), "C. de Bonesperance" and an inlet named Aquada de Sadeyne. The engraver includes depictions of men hunting with bows and arrows, animals, huts and trees. He also depicts two men in a small boat in the Indian Ocean. The engraver has populated the ocean with monster fish and mythical sea creatures., Name of cartographic publisher (Johann Theodor de Bry) and publishing details from British Library website., Probably appeared in: Indiæ Orientalis., Projection not given. Coordinates not given., "III."--Centre top of sheet. "IV.DELI"--Bottom right-hand corner of sheet.
Identifier: islandora:19723

Title: Africae accurata tabula
Subject: Africa -- Maps -- Early works to 1800., Madagascar -- Maps -- Early works to 1800.
Description: Map of Africa, also showing southern Europe, the Arabian Peninsula, Madagascar and islands in the Atlantic and Indian Oceans. The title in a decorative cartouche at the top right depicts two African men and two angels. Dedication to Gerardo Schaep is in an additional decorative cartouche at the lower left. The map features small vignettes of animals inland (including lions, elephants, ostriches and some seemingly mythical creatures) and ships and marine life in the oceans., Prime meridien through Tenerif., Restored and placed between acid-free boards.
Identifier: islandora:19646

Title: Africa
Subject: Africa -- Maps -- Early works to 1800.
Description: Map of Africa and the Middle East. The title is given in a large cartouche at lower left showing human figures, lions, elephant, rhinoceros and vegetation with a view of Cape Town in the background., "Noribergæ in Officina Homanniana" is printed bottom left below the border., This is the Homann family's second map of Africa, based on the work of Guillaume De L'Isle, issued under the name of Homann Heirs under the direction of Johannis Matthias Hase., Parts of the map have been hand-coloured., Restored and placed between acid-free boards., Homann Erben (Firm)
Identifier: islandora:19645

Title: The Dutch colony of the Cape of Good Hope
Subject: Cape of Good Hope (South Africa) -- Maps -- Early works to 1800.
Description: 2nd ed. corrected December 1st 1795., Map shows the area from Klipping Eyland to Caap Falso with the Draakenstein mountains as the eastern boundary. Map also depicts the locations of several early settlers, the topography of the Cape Peninsula and hinterland, as well as villages, fountains, roads, river crossings and depth soundings in major bays., Scale in British miles, Dutch miles and nautical leagues.
Identifier: islandora:19545

Title: Algemeene kaart van de Colonie de Kaap de Goede Hoop, ontworpen volgens de naauwkeurigste berekeningen van de afstanden der plaatsen, en menigvuldige waarnemingen van breedte, gedaan op eene reis door deze landstreek, in de jaaren 1797 en 1798
Subject: Cape of Good Hope (South Africa) -- Maps -- Early works to 1800.
Description: Map of the Cape Colony showing distances between various places. Shows Colony divided into Districts. Based on observations of John Barrow during a journey in the area during 1797 and 1798., "Schaal van Enelsche Mylen"., Hand-coloured., Restored and placed between acid-free boards., This map has been digitised.
Identifier: islandora:19654

Title: Carte des royaumes de Congo, Angola et Benguela avec les pays voisins tiré de l'Anglois
Subject: Silver mines and mining -- Botswana., Africa, Central -- Maps -- Early works to 1800., Congo (Democratic Republic) -- Maps -- Early works to 1800., Angola -- Maps -- Early works to 1800., Benguela Province (Angola) -- Maps -- Early works to 1800.
Description: Scale in French sea leagues., From: Histoire Generale Des Voyages, ou, Nouvelle Collection de Toutes Les Relations de Voyages par mer et par terre; Abbé Prévost, and John Green [Paris: Didot, 1747-1780]., Printed beneath map frame: "Tome IV in 4o. No. 15" (lower left) and "Tome 3 in 8o. Page 368"(lower right)., Relief shown pictorially., Inland map depicts kingdoms of Central Africa with rivers & mountain ranges and two areas of silver mines in the Botswana region (Royaume d'Abutua ou Toroa and Royaume de Chicova)., Restored and hinged between acid-free boards.
Identifier: islandora:19743

Title: Biledulgerid Sarra Terra Nigritarum Giune nova descriptio
Subject: Africa, West -- Maps -- Early works to 1800., Africa, North -- Maps -- Early works to 1800.
Description: Title text on map in Latin: "Biledulgerid Sarra Terra Nigritarum Guine Nova Descriptio Robt Morden". Title at head of page: "Biledulgerid and Zaara". Map shows West and North Africa, including offshore islands, rivers and mountains. Text below map:"Billedulgerid improperly is the Numidia of the Ancients, where Inhabited the Getuli, it signifies a Country plentiful in Dates which is a fruit which much enriches the inhabitants. This part of Africa extends from East to West, almost as far as Barbary. Its principal Parts are Sus or Teffet, Darha, Segelomeffa, Jegorain, Zeb and Mezzab, Techort and Guergula, Biledulgerid, and the Desert of Barca.", Morden, Robert, d. 1703. Geography rectified, or, A description of the world, in all its kingdoms, provinces, countries, islands, cities, towns, seas, rivers, bayes, capes, ports ... 3rd ed., enlarged. London, 1693
Identifier: islandora:19716

Title: A new map of Africk
Subject: Africa -- Maps -- Early works to 1800.
Description: Map shows Africa and islands in the Atlantic and Indian Oceans. The mythical second island of St Helena is included., Dedicated to His Highness, William, Duke of Gloucester., "Scale of English miles according to vulgar computation [and] according to the Norwoods computation"., Restored and placed between acid-free boards.
Identifier: islandora:19649

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:19550

Title: Aethiopia inferior vel exterior :
Subject: Africa, Southern -- Maps -- Early works to 1800 -- Facsimiles.
Description: Map shows illustrations of wild animals and ships and two men holding up an animal skin on which the map title is printed., "Reproductie van de kaart van Zuid-Afrika uit het 'Toonneel des aerdriicx' van Guilj. en Joh. Blaeu (Amsterdam, 1635), uitgegeven door A. A. Balkema, Amsterdam/Kaapstad, 1946."
Identifier: islandora:19575

Title: Africa
Subject: Africa -- Maps -- Early works to 1800.
Description: "This is the earliest, readily available, printed map to show the entire continent of Africa. It is famous for the medieval depiction of the Cyclopses, called the Monoculi on the map, and the parrots and elephant in Southern Africa. Crowns and scepters identify various African kingdoms throughout the continent of Africa …"--The mapping of Africa : a cartobibliography of printed maps of the African continent to 1700 / Richard L. Betz. 't Goy-Houten: Hes & de Graaf, c2007, p. 83-84. On verso: A woodcut containing the words "Des gantzen Landts Africe/ ein gemeine beschreibung" and showing "a phoenix rising from the sun at the top and a group of men at the bottom" (Betz: p. 93). Below this text is printed "xxv"., Cartographic authority, Richard L. Betz, has identified 15 variants of Münster's map of Africa. This copy closely resembles variant number 15 (though with some minor differences). See The mapping of Africa : a cartobibliography of printed maps of the African continent to 1700 / Richard L. Betz. 't Goy-Houten : Hes & de Graaf, c2007, p. 93., German title and text, Latin place names., Published in the German text edition of Münster's Cosmographia [1578]., Restored and placed between acid-free boards.
Identifier: islandora:19697

Title: To the right honourable Charles, Earl of Peterborow and Monmouth, etc this map of Africa according to ye newest and most exact obervations is most humbly dedicated
Subject: Africa -- Maps -- Early works to 1800., Cape Town (South Africa) -- Pictorial works.
Description: Shows portion of Brazil, the island of Trinidada [Trinidad], Cape Virde [Verde] Islands, and the islands of Matheo, Fernando Po, Princes, St Thome, Annaboa, Ascension and St Helena in the Atlantic Ocean. and what is named on the map as the Ethiopia Sea. To the north, the map includes the southernmost portion of Europe, part of Asia, Arabia and the Strait of Babelmandel. In the Indian Ocean, the Comoro Islands, Madagascar, the Mozambique Channel, Mauritius, St Brandon, Diego Rois, the Maldives and other islands are indicated as well as the paths of the trade winds to the East. Ceylon and the Coromandel coast and Malabar in India are also depicted., Relief shown pictorially., "Printed for H. Moll over against Devereux Court without Temple Bar, D. Midwinter at the 3 Crowns in St. Pauls Church yard and Tho. Bowles print and mapseller next to the Chapter house in St. Pauls Church yard, by Philip Overton Map and Printseller near St Dunstans Church Fleet Street.", Prime meridians: London and Ferro., Includes views of "Cape Coast Castle on ye gold coast of Guinea," "James Fort on the island of St Helena", a plan of the "Fort of Good Hope" and "A prospect of the Cape of Good Hope" showing the watering place, the slaughter house, the wall [sea wall], the Lodging House [possibly the old Slave Lodge], the Company's Garden, the hospital, the entertaining house and stall for cattle. Also indicated are Charles Mount or Crown Hill, Windy Hill, the Castle of Good Hope, the Fort of Good Hope, Table Mountain, Sugar Loaf, and James Mount or Lyons Rump.
Identifier: islandora:19759

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