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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: Map of Basuto land and surrounding territories
Subject: Lesotho -- Maps., Eastern Cape (South Africa) -- Maps.
Description: Map of Basutoland [Lesotho], Tembuland, the Transkei, Pondoland and Griqualand East showing magistracies, territorial and district boundaries, towns, villages, mission stations, rivers, roads and forests., Relief shown by shading., 'Supplement with "Cape Argus Weekly Edition" October 12th, 1880.', Argus (Cape Town, South Africa)
Identifier: islandora:19632

Title: Cape Government Railways map shewing approximately the route of a proposed light railway from Victoria West Road to Carnarvon
Subject: Railroads--South Africa--Carnarvon--Maps, Rairoads--South Africa--Victoria West--Maps, ,
Description: Map showing a proposed railway line from Victoria West Road station to Carnarvon, with farms, commonage, roads and rivers. Some colour. Scale 1 inch to 1200 Cape roods. Scale 1 6/8 inch to 5 miles.
Identifier: islandora:29801

Title: Sketch map of South Africa shewing lines of telegraph
Subject: Telegraph lines -- South Africa -- Maps., South Africa -- Maps.
Description: The map shows lines of telegraph, lines open, lines in the course of construction, proposed lines and telegraph stations.
Identifier: islandora:19682

Title: Map of the Pretoria and Heidelberg goldfields
Subject: Transvaal (South Africa) -- Maps., Gold mines and mining -- South Africa -- Transvaal -- Maps.
Description: Map of the goldfields in the Pretoria and Heidelberg areas showing farm boundaries, farm names, property numbers, some owners' names, rivers, unsurveyed lands and hills and mountains, as well as the northern portion of the Orange Free State and the surrounding districts of Rustenberg, Heidelberg and Standerton. The map includes a table of distances by F. Jeppe and an index of mining leases furnished by J.J. Meintjes, Registrar of Deeds., Relief shown by hachures., "The blue border represents the Pretoria District line. All farms on which payable gold has been discovered have been marked with a coloured border, and the small plots equally coloured represent the mining leases granted by Government. I, the undersigned G.R. von Wielligh, Surveyor General of the South African Republic hereby certify that I have examined this compilation and found it correct. [Signed] G.R. Wielligh, Surveyor General's Office, Pretoria, 20th Feby. 1887.", Inset: Plan shewing the proclaimed area at the Witwatersrand and the position of the principal reefs.
Identifier: islandora:19540

Title: Cape Government Railways map shewing approximately the route of a proposed light railway from Carnarvon to Prieska
Subject: Railroads--South Africa--Carnarvon--Maps, Rairoads--South Africa--Prieska--Maps, ,
Description: Map showing a proposed railway line from Carnarvon to Prieska, with farms, commonage, the Karee Bergen, roads and rivers. Some colour. Scale 1 inch to 1200 Cape roods. Scale 1 6/8 inch to 5 miles.
Identifier: islandora:25139

Title: A General Map of the River Sanaga or Senegal from the Falls of Govina to the Ocean, Taken from a French Engineer in 1718
Subject: Africa - Senegal River
Description: Orientation: East at top on 2 insets; Insets: Entrance of Sanaga or Senegal, Island of Sanaga ... St. Louis, Fort St. Joseph plan & area., Labat
Identifier: islandora:25501

Title: An Accurate Map of the Coast of Cape de Verde
Subject: Africa - Cape Verde
Description: Inset: Cape Emanuel and Goree Island. Bottom left: No. 49. Bottom right: Plate XXVII. Vol. 2 p. 245., London. Kitchin, Thomas, d. 1784
Identifier: islandora:25278

Title: Original map of the Transvaal or South-African Republic from surveys and observations by M. Forssmann, C. Mauch, F. Hammar, J. Brooks and other official documents
Subject: Transvaal (South Africa) -- Maps., Transvaal (South Africa) -- Discovery and exploration -- Maps.
Description: Map of the Transvaal or South African Republic showing principal places or districts, villages, missionary stations, abandoned stations, kraals, farms, forest and thorn bushes, tsetse fly boundaries, and the journeys of Dyke (1844), John Sanderson (1851), Paxton and Rider (1853), Joaquim de Santa Rita Montanha (1855-1856), S. Sanderson (1856), Hardeland (1861), Alexander Merensky (1862) and Carl Mauch (1866 and 1867)., Relief shown by hachures, gradient tints and spot heights., Scales in English miles and German geographical miles., Insets: Reduced map of the Transvaal Republic and the surrounding regions / by A. Petermann. Scale 1:5 000 000 -- Plan of Rustenburg -- Plan of Pretoria -- Plan of Potchefstroom.
Identifier: islandora:19538

Title: [Map of Swellendam]
Subject: Swellendam Region (South Africa) -- Maps.
Description: Map of part of the division of Swellendam giving cadastral details including farm boundaries, farm names and quitrent numbers. Also shown are the villages of Swellendam and Port Beaufort, rivers, springs, marshes and trigonometrical stations., Relief shown by contours and shading.
Identifier: islandora:24877

Title: Map of Cape Town central and neighbouring suburbs
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa) -- Maps.
Description: Map shows tramways, railways, principal buildings, bathing places, public conveniences, the cableway, the zoo, the university and vegetation on Table Mountain. The map also gives details of the harbour area marking Victoria Dock, Alfred Dock and the position of the "New Basin (under construction)" as well as other developments on the foreshore. There is additional tourist information on the verso of the map., South African Railways and Harbours.
Identifier: islandora:19893

Title: A Map of Emin Pasha's Province
Subject: Central Africa
Description: London. Sampson Low ...
Identifier: islandora:25625

Title: District Map of Idutywa, Transkei, sheet no. 1
Subject: Transkei (South Africa)--History--Maps, Transkei--Description and travel--Maps, Homelands (South Africa)--Transkei--Maps, ,
Description: Map of Idutywa, Transkei showing a location called Keti, with building lots and plans, location boundaries, trading stations, rivers, and roads. Relief shown by mountain peaks. Scale 400 Cape roods = 1 English inch.
Identifier: islandora:30021

Title: Cape Times war map no. 2, the colony of Natal
Subject: KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa) -- Maps
Description: Map of Natal from Volksrust to Durban showing towns and geographical features such as mountain ranges and peaks, rivers and passes. The key gives distances from Durban to selected towns in Natal and beyond, and the elevation of these places above sea level., The map is mounted on linen.
Identifier: islandora:19624

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:25146

Title: A New Map of Egypt from the best Authorities
Subject: Africa - Egypt
Description: MS note: "Illustrating expedition in 1798".
Identifier: islandora:25548

Title: Map of the coastal plateau in the Divisions of George, Knysna, Humansdorp, and Uniondale
Subject: Geology--South Africa--Maps, Formations (Geology)--South Africa--Maps, , , ,
Description: Map showing rock formation types such as drift sand, old alluvium, uitenhage beds, bokkeveld beds, table mountain beds, pre-cape rocks, and granite and gneiss, in the Divisions of George, Knysna, Humansdorp, and Uniondale. Also shows rivers and towns. Scale: 1 in. to 3 English miles.
Identifier: islandora:29964

Title: A new Map of Africa Designed by Mounsir Sanson, Geographer to the French King. Rendered into English and Illustrated with Figurs by ... by the Kings Especiall Command
Subject: Africa
Description: Similar to Sanson's map (see NOR 0035). Blome added ships, sea monsters and the dedication to the Right Honourable Charles Howard., London. Blome, Richard, d. 1705
Identifier: islandora:25449

Title: Map of part of East Africa including the British Protectorate and adjoining territories
Subject: Protectorates--East Africa--Maps, Africa, East--Description and travel--Maps, Africa, East--History--Maps, ,
Description: Map showing part of East Africa, with the Anglo-German boundary, Lake Tanganyika, Lake Victoria and other lakes, rivers, islands, mountains, names of places and tribes, and routes. Some colours. Scale 1 inch to 25 miles.
Identifier: islandora:29979

Title: A New Map of Africa from the latest Observations, Most humbly inscribed ... Marquis of Annandale, Kt of the most Noble & Ancient Order of the Thistle
Subject: Africa
Description: Watermark.
Identifier: islandora:25533

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