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Title: C.G.R. proposed Bontebok Flats rly plan to accompany report by C. Bodtker dated 15th Octr. 1901
Subject: Railroads--South Africa--Eastern Cape--Maps,
Description: A map showing the proposed Bontebok Flats railway in the Eastern Cape, joining the main line to East London close to Cathcart, showing existing railway line, rivers, roads, sidings, commonage, outspans, farms and the towns and villages of Cathcart, Seymour, and Tylden. Some colour. Scale 1/2 inch to 1 mile.
Identifier: islandora:25114

Title: The Keate Award Territory
Subject: Transvaal (South Africa)--Discovery and travel--Maps, Transvaal (South Africa)--History--Maps,
Description: Map showing the Keate Award Territory, with red and yellow lines as markers, Transvaal farms, native kraals and posts, routes, rivers, and names of places. Marked with colours. Scale 10 English Miles to 1.8 Inches
Identifier: islandora:29976

Title: Map of the colony of Natal--[cartographic material]
Subject: KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa)--Maps.
Description: Topographical map of Natal showing districts, towns and villages, mission stations, houses and huts, inns, rivers, bridges, fords and drifts, lakes and ponds, marshes or vleis, mineral springs, forests and woods, thorn bushes, main roads, wagon tracks, ferries, wind mills, steam mills, water mills, coal seams, iron, forts and forges or smithies. The map also indicates the lands owned by African leaders. Also indicated is the territory of Faku, leader of the amaMpondo, ceded to the British government in 1850., "Outline by T. Kips. Hills by W. Wagner.", Map includes table of distances measured by trochiameter.
Identifier: islandora:19789

Title: City of Cape Town and environs
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa) -- Maps., Cape Town Metropolitan Area (South Africa) -- Maps.
Description: This shaded version of the 1933 Cape Town map shows the central business district and the peri-urban and suburban areas of the city 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 and by shading., Text in English and Afrikaans., Dimensions of the printed sheets: 97 x 67 cm., The library does not hold a printed set of the 1933 shaded edition of this map. These digital copies of sheets 09a, 12a, 15a and 23 have been made available through the generosity of the Environmental Resource Management Department of the Cape Town City Council.
Identifier: islandora:19875

Title: Cape Colony reconnaissance series. Port Nolloth & O'Okiep
Subject: Port Nolloth Region (South Africa) -- Maps., Northern Cape (South Africa) -- Maps., Cape of Good Hope (South Africa) -- Maps.
Description: Topographical map indicating Port Nolloth & O'Okiep and other towns, villages, roads, railways, rivers, mountains, dunes and other features in the area of Port Nolloth & O'Okiep., Relief shown by contours and spot heights., "Geographical Section. General Staff."--Cover., Projection not given., Map folds into an outer cover., Includes index to adjoining sheets., Includes a table listng halting places., Includes two inset maps: Port Nolloth (scale 1 in. to 1 mile) and Sketch of O'Okiep (scale 1 in. to 0.5 miles), Sheets 127 K & L., Copy 919 mounted on cloth. Copy 948 printed on cloth.
Identifier: islandora:24923

Title: Map of the colony of Natal--[cartographic material]
Subject: KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa)--Maps.
Description: Topographical map of Natal showing districts, towns and villages, mission stations, houses and huts, inns, rivers, bridges, fords and drifts, lakes and ponds, marshes or vleis, mineral springs, forests and woods, thorn bushes, main roads, wagon tracks, ferries, wind mills, steam mills, water mills, coal seams, iron, forts and forges or smithies. The map also indicates the lands owned by African leaders. Also indicated is the territory of Faku, leader of the amaMpondo, ceded to the British government in 1850., "Outline by T. Kips. Hills by W. Wagner.", Map includes table of distances measured by trochiameter.
Identifier: islandora:19790

Title: District Map of Idutywa, Transkei, sheet no. 4
Subject: Transkei (South Africa)--History--Maps, Transkei--Description and travel--Maps, Homelands (South Africa)--Transkei--Maps, ,
Description: Map of Idutywa, Transkei showing locations of Nqabara, Ngcingwana an Gwadana, location boundaries, building lots and plans, forests, trading stations, rivers, and roads. Relief shown by mountain peaks. Scale 400 Cape roods = 1 Eng. inch.
Identifier: islandora:30020

Title: Zastron
Subject: Zastron Region (South Africa) -- Maps., Free State (South Africa) -- Maps.
Description: Topographical map indicating towns, farms, mountains, rivers and other watering places in the area of Zastron., Relief shown by contours., Projection not given., A map in the Orange River Colony degree sheet series., Includes index to adjoining sheets.
Identifier: islandora:24957

Title: Cape Government Railways. Plan showing approximate route of light railway from Touws River St. to Sutherland via Pienaar's Kloof, Koedoos Berg & Verlaten Kloof, to accompany report by E. George A. Schèle A.M.I.C.E Engineer in Charge of Survey dated 31 August 2899
Subject: Railroads--South Africa--Western Cape--Maps, Railroads--South Africa--Northern Cape--Maps, ,
Description: Map showing railway line from Village of Ceres and Touws River to Village of Sutherland, with rivers, roads and small place names. Some colour. Scale 1 cm to 10 miles
Identifier: islandora:25137

Title: South Africa : rainfall in July 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 July, 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:30046

Title: Living site at the Western Boundary : draft, Map item #6; Map item #28
Subject: Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park (Botswana and South Africa), Africa, Southern--Maps, San (African people)--Social life and customs, ,
Description: A draft map showing the living site on the western boundary of the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park. The map focuses on the living site and it's relation to water and fertile grounds for hunting and gathering, with specific reference to truffles. [Scale included]
Identifier: islandora:27328

Title: Cape Colony reconnaissance series. Orange River mouth
Subject: Orange River Estuary Region (Namibia and South Africa) -- Maps., Northern Cape (South Africa) -- Maps., Cape of Good Hope (South Africa) -- Maps.
Description: Topographical map indicating villages, roads, railways, rivers, mountains, dunes and other features in the area of the Orange River mouth., Relief shown by contours and spot heights., "Geographical Section. General Staff."--Cover., Projection not given., Map folds into an outer cover., Includes index to adjoining sheets., Includes a table listing halting places., Includes two inset sketches: Orange River at Sendling's Drift and Arris Drift., Sheet 127-E., Mounted on cloth.
Identifier: islandora:24940

Title: Graaff Reinet
Subject: South African War, 1899-1902 -- Maps., Graaff-Reinet 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 roads, rivers, hills, pans, railways, homesteads, farm names, farm boundaries and divisional boundaries in the Graaff Reinet 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., Co-ordinates not given., Printed in black only., Map folds into an outer cover., The map is mounted on linen.
Identifier: islandora:24827

Title: Original map of the Transvaal or South-African Republic including the gold and diamondfields
Subject: Transvaal (South Africa) -- Maps., Africa, Southern -- Maps., Diamond mines and mining -- South Africa -- Maps., Gold mines and mining -- South Africa -- Maps.
Description: Map shows the Transvaal Republic with surrounding territories including Bamangoato country, Setshele's country, Griqualand West, Orange Free State, Basutoland [Lesotho], Natal, Utrecht, Zululand and Umzila's territory. The map also indicates British and Portuguese dominions, towns, farms, small villages, mission stations, African kraals and villages, rivers, fountains or pits, and the boundary of the tsetse fly., Relief shown by contours., Bar scales in English and German miles.
Identifier: islandora:19628

Title: Map to accompany report on authorized extension of railway system
Subject: Railroads--South Africa--Cape of Good Hope--Maps, ,
Description: A map of northern and eastern parts of the Cape Colony showing an authorised and alternative railway extension from Cradock to Colesberg, joining the authorised and alternative extension from Beaufort West to Hope Town, with towns and other place names, district boundaries, mountains and rivers. Relief shown by hachures. Some colour. No scale given.
Identifier: islandora:25116

Title: Burghersdorp
Subject: South African War, 1899-1902 -- Maps., Burgersdorp Region (Eastern Cape, South Africa) -- Maps.
Description: 1st ed., Map showing towns including Burghersdorp, Albert, Steynsburg, Venterstad, Sterkstroom, Molteno and Maraisburg, with roads, rivers, hills, railways, telegraph lines, farm names, farm boundaries and fences, divisional boundaries, homesteads, cultivated land and trees., "Route taken by Gorringe's Flying Column with ambulance wagon, etc, and heaviest gun 15 pounder." "Other roads." "Bridletracks available for mounted squadrons and pack mules." "Tracks or roads over which guns, etc were taken on the march.", Relief shown by hachures., "G.F.N. Henderson [,] Colonel. Director of Military Inteligence"., "This map is not to be considered as absolutely accurate"., Map folds into an outer cover., Projection not given., The maps are mounted on linen.
Identifier: islandora:24818

Title: Map of the eastern border districts of the Cape Colony comprising the divisions of East London, King William's Town, Queenstown, Wodehouse, Stockenstrom, Fort Beaufort, Peddie, Victoria East, and a portion of Kaffraria proper
Subject: Eastern Cape (South Africa) -- Maps.
Description: Map shows portions of Natal, Basutoland and the Free State as well as the administrative areas of East London, Peddie, Bathurst, King William's Town, Alexandria, Port Elizabeth, Uitenhage, Humansdorp, Graaff Reinet, Middelburg, Cradock, Colesberg, Albert, Herschel, Aliwal North, Queenstown, Stockenstrom, Victoria East, Fort Beaufort, Bedford and Albany. Also featured are cities, towns and mission stations., Relief shown by hachures., Projection not given. Bar scale in Cape roods and English miles., Publishing date from the website of the National Archives, Great Britain., This set is missing the first sheet.
Identifier: islandora:19616

Title: City of Cape Town and environs
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa) -- Maps., Cape Town Metropolitan Area (South Africa) -- Maps.
Description: This street plan of Cape Town shows the central business district and the peri-urban and suburban areas of the city including the City Bowl area, the Atlantic Seaboard, the Southern Suburbs, the Northern Suburbs, the Cape Flats and the False Bay area. Included are Woodstock, Good Hope model village, 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, Groote Schuur Estate, Kirstenbosch, Lotus River, Ronde Vlei, Zeekoe Vlei, Grassy Park, Strandfontein Coast Forest Reserve and Table Bay harbour., The map also shows municipalities, streets, buildings, erven with property numbers, "native locations", mountains, rivers and dams, salt pans, forested areas, sports and recreation grounds, Kenilworth Race Course, golf courses, aerodromes (including the air mail aerodrome site), schools, hospitals and sanatoria, churches, railway lines, railway stations, power stations, the zoo, lighthouses, cemeteries and burial grounds., Text in English and Afrikaans., Dimensions of the printed sheets: 97 x 67 cm., The library does not hold a printed set of the 1950 edition of this map. Digital copies of sheets AH-1BA, AH-1BB, AH-1BD, AH-1DB, AH-2AA, AH-2AC, BH-7DB, BH-7DD, BH-8CC and BH-8CC have been made available through the generosity of the Environmental Resource Management Department of the Cape Town City Council.
Identifier: islandora:19883

Title: Map of the eastern frontier of the Cape Colony
Subject: Eastern Cape (South Africa) -- Maps., Eastern Cape (South Africa) -- History, Military$$y19th century -- Maps.
Description: Map of the eastern frontier of the Cape of Good Hope showing military posts, old signal towers, mission stations of the Wesleyan Methodist Missionary Society, the London Missionary Society and the Free Church of Scotland, as well as those of the French, Moravian, Berlin and United Presbyterian Church, the eastern boundary of 1848 and 1850, temporary military posts, principal roads, minor roads, sites of engagements, anchorages, farm houses, kraals, signal stations and police stations. In addition, Hall lists the relevant authorities responsible for surveys of specific areas detailed on the map., Relief shown by hachures., Map folds into an outer cover.
Identifier: islandora:19527

Title: Transvaal. Ventersdorp
Subject: Ventersdorp Region (South Africa) -- Maps., Transvaal (South Africa) -- Maps.
Description: Topographical map indicating Ventersdorp and other towns and villages, roads, railways, stations, farms, kraals, rivers, springs, pans, wells, dams, mountains and other features in the area surrounding Ventersdorp., Relief shown by contours, hachures and spot heights., "Surveyed in 1910, by a survey party R.E., under the direction of Capt. C.St.B. Staden, R.E., and Lieut. K.W. Lee, R.F.A.", Projection not given., Map folds into an outer cover., "Transvaal topographical series."--Cover., Sheet South G-35/O-II., Printed on cloth.
Identifier: islandora:24912

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