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- 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:19864
- Title
- Route of the South African Gold Fields Exploration Company's expedition 1869 to 1872 (and previous tracks)
- Subject
- South Africa -- Maps., Africa, Southern -- Maps.
- Description
- The map, which shows the route and previous tracks in red, covers the Eastern Cape, Orange Free State, Natal, Transvaal, Southern Rhodesia and Northern Rhodesia. Features and relief such as rivers, valleys and mountains as well as towns are indicated. The map includes detailed annotations regarding the people en route as well as notes on topographical conditions and on earlier expeditions., Map is printed in 3 pieces.
- Identifier
- islandora:19773
- Title
- Steynsburg irrigation scheme : sketch plan of catchment area, reduced from Mr. Ballot's survey
- Subject
- Rain and rainfall--South Africa--Steynsburg--Maps, Steynsburg (South Africa)--Maps,
- Description
- Relief map of the Steynsburg catchment area with relief indicated by hachures, showing average rainfalls, and including roads, rivers, drainage area and the railway line. Scale 600 Cape roods = 1 English inch
- Identifier
- islandora:25169
- Title
- South Africa : rainfall in January 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 January, 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:30040
- Title
- City of Cape Town and environs
- Subject
- Cape Town (South Africa) -- Maps., Cape Town Metropolitan Area (South Africa) -- Maps.
- Description
- Text in English and Afrikaans., This coloured version of the 1937 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., 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 and this coloured digital set is incomplete. These digital copies of sheets 2, 3 and 4 of the series have been made available through the generosity of the Environmental Resource Management Department of the Cape Town City Council.
- Identifier
- islandora:19890
- Title
- German East Africa. Bismarckburg
- Subject
- Kasanga Region (Tanzania) -- Maps., German East Africa -- Maps.
- Description
- 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 Bismarckburg area., Relief shown by form lines and spot heights., Projection not given., Grid reference: G.E.B., Index no.: E2.
- Identifier
- islandora:24767
- Title
- South Africa : rainfall in June 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 June, 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:30045
- Title
- Orange River irrigation schemes : plan to illustrate the reports of inspection made by A. S. le Roex and H. C. Litchfield of the Public Works Department, October, 1896
- Subject
- Irrigation--South Africa--Northern Cape--Maps, Orange River--Maps,
- Description
- A map showing Government lands, farms and irrigable lands along the Orange River from the border with German territory, along the border with Bechuanaland and the Division of Hay above the river, Kenhardt, Prieska and Hope Town below the river, with other rivers. Some colour. Scale 1 2/8 inch to 10 miles.
- Identifier
- islandora:25101
- Title
- Van Rhynsdorp
- Subject
- South African War, 1899-1902 -- Maps., Vanrhynsdorp Region (South Africa) -- Maps., Western Cape (South Africa) -- Maps.
- Description
- This map forms part of the Imperial map of the Cape Colony., The map shows grand trunk roads, trunk roads, branch roads, farm roads, rivers, hills, pans, railways, telegraph lines, homesteads, farm names, farm boundaries and divisional boundaries in the Van Rhynsdorp area., Relief shown by hachures., The Imperial map of the Cape Colony was "compiled by the Field Intelligence Division or Department of the British Army in Cape Town during the second Anglo-Boer War. ... [P.H. du P.] Casgrain ... superintended its production ..." (Board, C. "Certainly better than nothing at all" : a re-examination of the Imperial map of South Africa 1899-1902. Proceedings of the 21st International Cartographic Conference, Durban, 2003. Available online: http://icaci.org/files/documents/ICC_proceedings/ICC2003/Papers/109.pdf (accessed 5 Sept. 2012))., "This map is not to be considered as absolutely accurate"., Projection not given., Printed in black and red., Map folds into an outer cover., Map 702 is printed on linen. Copy 701 is mounted on linen.
- Identifier
- islandora:24867
- Title
- Queenstown
- Subject
- South African War, 1899-1902 -- Maps., Queenstown Region (South Africa) -- Maps., Eastern Cape (South Africa) -- Maps.
- Description
- This map forms part of the Imperial map of the Cape Colony., The map shows grand trunk roads, trunk roads, branch roads, farm roads, rivers, hills, pans, railways, telegraph lines, homesteads, farm names, farm boundaries and divisional boundaries in the Queenstown area., Relief shown by hachures., The Imperial map of the Cape Colony was "compiled by the Field Intelligence Division or Department of the British Army in Cape Town during the second Anglo-Boer War. ... [P.H. du P.] Casgrain ... superintended its production ..." (Board, C. "Certainly better than nothing at all" : a re-examination of the Imperial map of South Africa 1899-1902. Proceedings of the 21st International Cartographic Conference, Durban, 2003. Available online: http://icaci.org/files/documents/ICC_proceedings/ICC2003/Papers/109.pdf (accessed 5 Sept. 2012))., "This map is not to be considered as absolutely accurate.", Projection not given., Printed in black and red., Map folds into an outer cover., The map is mounted on linen.
- Identifier
- islandora:24854
- Title
- Insurance plan of Cape Town, Cape Colony, South Africa
- Subject
- Insurance--South Africa--Cape Town--Maps., Fire risk assessment--South Africa--Cape Town--Maps., Cape Town (South Africa)--Maps., Cape Town (South Africa)--Buildings, structures, etc.--Maps.
- Description
- The plans record street names, widths and numbers; fire-protection facilities (including the location of salt and fresh water hydrants); materials, shape, height, placement and use of buildings; the location of openings, types of stored materials and areas of high-risk activites on industrial sites., Sheet 1 comprises the key plan indicating 9 areas of central Cape Town surveyed by Goad (scale 1:6,000. 1 in. to 500 feet). This key plan includes notes on the water supply (salt and fresh) in central Cape Town, details of personnel and equipment of the Cape Town Fire Brigade and general comments on the city's climate and buildings. Also included is a sheet comprising an index of streets, buildings and firms. The buildings are colour coded by material type., Title from key plan on sheet 1., The 11 sheets (1 index and 10 maps) are in a hardcover volume, each sheet forming 2 leaves., This volume is one of 18 Cape Town fire-insurance atlases surveyed and drawn by Charles Edward Goad and printed in 1895. The bookplate pasted on the inside of the front cover indicates this copy was intended for the Union Assurance Society.
- Identifier
- islandora:19825
- Title
- Plan of the Transkeian Territories, sheet no. 9
- Subject
- Xalanga (South Africa)--Maps, Transkei (South Africa)--History--Maps,
- Description
- Map showing sheet no. 9 of the Plan of the Transkeian Territories, showing the districts of Xalanga and St. Mark's, locations, 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:30076
- Title
- Sketch map of the Cango Cave
- Subject
- Cango Caves (South Africa) -- Maps.
- Description
- Map of the Cango Cave drawn to face page 44 of the First Annual Report of the Geological Commission, 1896 [G81-1897]. Drawn by H.M. Luttman-Johnson, a student of the South African College, in January 1897, to accompany the Notes on the Cango Cave by G.S. Corstophine in the report., The map gives details of the chambers of the cave, showing the location of dolomite, stalactites and stalagmites.
- Identifier
- islandora:19608
- Title
- South Africa
- Subject
- Railroad stations--South Africa--Maps, Transportation--South Africa--Maps,
- Description
- Map of South Africa with illustrations showing railway routes and links, air routes, neighbouring countries, cities and towns, international boudaries, railway stations, and rivers. Scale: 2.5 in. to 100 miles. No projection given.
- Identifier
- islandora:29929
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