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Title: Union of South Africa : prehistoric rock paintings & engravings
Subject: Art, Prehistoric--South Africa--Maps, Rock paintings--South Africa--Maps, Engravings--South Africa--Maps, ,
Description: Map of South Africa showing sites for prehistoric rock paintings and engravings, shaded areas in which rock paintings and engravings occur, provinces, countries, towns and cities, boundaries, railways, and rivers. Scale: 1:2,500,000. No projection given.
Identifier: islandora:29928

Title: Plan of a portion of the Breede River Basin shewing irrigation schemes between the Hex River and Cogman's Kloof along the Breede River
Subject: Irrigation--South Africa--Breede River Valley--Maps, Breede River (South Africa : River)--Maps,
Description: A map of the Breede River Basin, within the Zonder Ende Mountains and Lange Berg, from Ceres through Worcester and Robertson to Ashton and Montagu, showing irrigable lands, proposed, constructed and partially constructed irrigation schemes, with railway linesand forrows. Some colour. Relief shown by contours and form lines. Scale 1 inch to about 4 miles.
Identifier: islandora:29790

Title: Zur Erläuterung eines mündlichen vortrages über die Säugethier-Fauna von Süd-Africa
Subject: South Africa -- Maps, Mammals -- South Africa
Description: Restored and hinged between acid free boards., English translation of the title: "To explain an oral presentation on the mammal fauna of South Africa"., Data regarding the mammal fauna of South Africa, South America and Europe are included in a table below a map of South Africa., Note on map: "NB Die Zahlen bei den Gebirgen bezeichnen deren Gipfelhöhe (in pariserF.)".
Identifier: islandora:19746

Title: Map of the Union of South Africa, 1944 = Kaart van die Unie van Suid-Afrika. [Sheet 4 of 4]
Subject: South Africa--Maps, Lesotho--Maps, , ,
Description: Map showing Indian Ocean coast of South Africa and parts of the Orange Free State, Natal and Cape of Good Hope Provinces, and Basutoland, with district boundaries, cities, towns and villages, roads, railways, rivers, air bases, lighthouses and mountains. Some colour. No scale given.
Identifier: islandora:19328

Title: Orange Free State. De Brug
Subject: Free State (South Africa) -- Maps.
Description: Topographical map indicating towns, farms, roads, railways, stations, rivers and other watering places in the area of De Brug., Relief shown by contours 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 note on drifts, and a table listing one drift., Includes a general note commenting on: nature of country, roads, water, fuel, grazing, horse sickness and De Brug (a railway station)., Sheet South H-35/H-II., Mounted on cloth.
Identifier: islandora:24947

Title: Beaufort West
Subject: South African War, 1899-1902 -- Maps., Beaufort West Region (South Africa) -- Maps., Fraserburg Region (South Africa) -- Maps., Western Cape (South Africa) -- Maps., Northern Cape (South Africa) -- Maps.
Description: 3rd ed., This map forms part of the Imperial map of the Cape Colony., The map shows main roads, farm roads, rivers, hills, pans, railways, telegraph lines, homesteads, occupiers' names, farm boundaries, divisional boundaries and water for animals in the Beaufort West and Fraserburg areas., Relief shown by hachures., "South Africa having never been properly surveyed, this map must necessarily contain many inaccuracies.", Projection not given., Printed in black, red, brown and blue., The maps are printed on linen.
Identifier: islandora:24798

Title: Zaria
Subject: Zaria Province (Nigeria)--Nigeria--Maps, Nigeria--Administrative and political divisions--Maps, ,
Description: Map of Zaria Province, Nigeria, and surrounding regions, showing railways, metalled roads, all weather motor roads, seasonal roads, other tracks, paths or explorers routes, telegraph and telephone lines, post offices with telegraph or telephone, wireless telegraph stations, minarets, mosques, fortified houses, lighthouses, ruins, waterpoints: wells and pools, mines and quarries, trigonometrical points, heights in metres, depths in metres, towns, native villages, international, intercolonial, provincial and district boundaries, rivers, canals, lakes, salt lakes, low ground liable to temporary flood, marsh, ground liable to flooding, oasis, sandy desert. Relief shown by contours and formlines. Colour. Scale 1: 1 000 000.
Identifier: islandora:19277

Title: Survey of new Bushman settlements, Map item #7
Subject: Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park (Botswana and South Africa), San (African people)--Legal status, laws, etc.--South Africa, Khomani (African people)--Legal status, laws, etc.--South Africa, Indigenous peoples--Land tenure--South Africa, Indigenous peoples--Legal status, laws, etc.--South Africa, San (African people)--Kalahari Desert, Northern Cape (South Africa)--Maps,
Description: A map showing new San settlements including the Kruiper settlement and the new Swartkop settlement in the Northern Cape, South Africa, just outside of the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park. Approximate scale 1:175 000
Identifier: islandora:27329

Title: Tombouctou
Subject: Tombouctou (Mali)--Maps, Mali--Administrative and political divisions--Maps, ,
Description: Map showing Tombouctou in northern Mali, with sand dunes, lakes, rivers, roads, demarcated boundaries, place names. Other regions shown: Azaouad, Timetrine. Colour. Relief shown by form lines and shading. Scale 1: 1 000 000.
Identifier: islandora:19228

Title: Cape of Good Hope
Subject: South Africa--Cape of Good Hope--Maps, Cape of Good Hope (South Africa)--History--Maps, ,
Description: Map of Good Hope showing Table Mountain, Devil's Peak and surrounding mountains, Table Bay, Robben Island, the Dutch Fort at the Cape of Good Hope, settlement, and harbour. No scale or projection given.
Identifier: islandora:29934

Title: Antsalova
Subject: Antsalova (Madagascar)--Maps, ,
Description: Map showing Antsalova, a town and commune in western Madagascar, with roads for carts/wagons, mule driver paths, tracks, bridges/decks, telegraph offices, geodetic points, side points, chief places of subdivisions, chief places of the canton, villages, springs/wells/watersources, woods, boulders/large rounded rocks, tombs, churches, rice paddy fields, marsh, bush, scrublands, palm trees. Relief shown by countours and hachures. [Coordinates estimated]. Colour. Scale 1 : 100 000.
Identifier: islandora:19047

Title: Das Massai-Reservat südlich des Kilimandscharo :
Subject: Maasai (African people) -- Maps., National parks and reserves -- Kenya -- Maps., Kenya -- Maps.
Description: Topographical map of the Masai Reserve in Kenya, south of Mount Kilimanjaro, showing the route taken by Major Georg von Prittwitz und Gaffron in 1906 (and his campsites en route)., Appears in Mitteilungen aus den deutschen Schutzgebieten. Bd. XXIII. 1910.
Identifier: islandora:19766

Title: Coste Occidentale D'Afrique, Depuis le XI.e Dégré de Latitude Méridionale, Jusqu'au Cap de Bonne Espérance :
Subject: Coasts -- South Africa -- Maps -- Early works to 1800., Coasts -- Namibia -- Maps -- Early works to 1800., Coasts -- Angola -- Maps -- Early works to 1800., South Africa -- Maps -- Early works to 1800., Namibia -- Maps -- Early works to 1800., Angola -- Maps -- Early works to 1800.
Description: Text in French., See also BMSC 68.a.1 (586a) and (586b) for two hand-coloured versions of this map., Note on map: "Cette marque déssigne les Lieux dont la Lat[itude] et la Longitude ont etes determinees 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].
Identifier: islandora:19745

Title: Africa XVIII
Subject: Africa -- Maps -- Early works to 1800.
Description: Hand coloured, undated photographic reproduction of Sebastian Munster's woodcut by Arthur Elliot, Cape Town., Relief shown pictorially., Original published in: Cosmographiae uniuersalis ... / autore Sebast. Munstero ... (Basiliae : Apud Heinrichum Petri, 1544).
Identifier: islandora:19658

Title: Tizi-Ouzou
Subject: Tizi Ouzou (Algeria)--Maps,
Description: Map showing the town of Tizi-Ouzou, the capital of the Tizi Ouzou Province in northern Algeria, and state, department, district and town boundaries, with national highways, department roads, irregularly maintained carriage roads, paths, logging roads and mule tracks, remains of Roman roads, railways, bridges, ferries, fords, woods, marshes, dunes and sand, vines, water sources dry in summer, churches, chapels and holy places, houses, wells and fountains, water and wind mills, irrigation canals, fixed and rotating lighthouses, port lights, redoubts, batteries, cemetries, trigonometric points, telegraphs, posts. Colour. Relief in hill shading and form lines and contours. Scale 1 : 50.000.
Identifier: islandora:19191

Title: Sketch of Simons Bay shewing position of batteries &c., to accompany report of Board of Officers assembled 26 & 27 Janry 1865
Subject: Fortification--South Africa--Simons Bay--Maps,
Description: A sketch map of Simon's Bay showing the dockyard, existing batteries to be revised, existing batteries to be abandoned, the site of a proposed new battery and a proposed site for a new magazine, with Coles Point, Simon's Town and barracks. Some colour. Relief shown by form lines. Scale 2 1/8 inches to 1 statute mile.
Identifier: islandora:25103

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: Principales routes et pistes de L'Afrique Français
Subject: Africa, French-speaking Equatorial--Maps, , ,
Description: Map showing major roads and tracks in eastern French Equatorial Africa, including Chad, the Central African Republic and French Cameroon, and parts of Libya, Niger, and the Western Sudan, with international and colonial boundaries, capital towns, railways, hotels, campsites, telephone and telegraph offices, wireless telegraph posts, petrol depots, chief and advanced posts of the Saharan Company. Some colour. Relief shown by hachures and form lines. Scale 1 : 2.500.000. [Coordinates estimated]
Identifier: islandora:19352

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

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