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Title: Map of the territory of the Chief Nicolas Waterboer
Subject: Griqualand West (South Africa) -- Maps.
Description: One map shows the area in Griqualand West between the Vaal and the Orange Rivers including the territory of Chief Nicholas Waterboer. The other map shows the territory of Captain Adam Kok. The maps include detailed notes as well as references to the various treaties and agreements governing the demarcation of these Griqua territories., Relief shown by hachures., "Maps to accompany Government notice, no. 379"., Projection not given. Coordinates not given. Compass rose shows a variation between magnetic north and true north of 29°40' W.
Identifier: islandora:19620

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: Benguela
Subject: Benguela (Angola)--Maps, ,
Description: Map showing Benguela, a city in western Angola, and northern South West Africa, and international, intercolonial, provincial, district boundaries, with place names, railways, under construction, projected, roads suitable for motor traffic: all seasons, dry weather, motor tracks, tracks, telegraphs or telephones, telegraphs or telephones along roads or tracks, provinces, frontier districts, localities, mountain ranges, peaks, valleys, capes, islands, tribes, bridges, towns of 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th importance, rivers, unsurveyed, canals, marshes and swamps, plains liable to inundation, geodetic trigonometrical stations, altitudes in metres, depths in metres, welsl, springs, waterholes, pools, historical ruins, wireless telegraph stations, limits of navigation, mission stations. Contours are at 200 & 500 metres & thence at 500 metre intervals. Relief shown by form lines with height in metres, tinted shading. Second edition, ground/air. Colour. Scale 1 : 2,000,000.
Identifier: islandora:19286

Title: Gao
Subject: Gao (Mali)--Maps, ,
Description: Map of Gao in Mali, showing national, colonial, district and subdivision boundaries, with roads, rivers, waterholes, swamps, flooded areas, sand dunes, salt marsh, mountains, villages, cemeteries and graves, ruins, post offices and telegraph lines, radio stations, customs offices, landing fields, boabab and palm trees. by form lines and shading. Pictorial symbols. Special edition IV. Scale 1 : 500 000. [Coordinates estimated]
Identifier: islandora:19238

Title: Annexure N
Subject: Botswana--History, Botswana--Description and travel--Maps,
Description: Map of a portion of Bechuanaland showing an area under the rulership of kings such as Montsioa, Moshette, and Mankoroane, with Transvaal on the right, territory defined by Treaty of Peace, Convention Line, outline of inspected and transferred farms, salt pans, rivers, routes, and names of places. Coloured. Scale 5 Miles to 1 Inch.
Identifier: islandora:29997

Title: Ménerville
Subject: Thenia (Algeria)--Maps,
Description: Map showing the town of Ménerville, now Thenia, the chief town in the Thenia daïra, in the wilaya of Boumerdès, in Kabylie 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:19192

Title: Map of the Gambia :
Subject: Slave trade -- Gambia -- Maps., Ethnic groups -- Gambia -- Maps., Gambia -- Maps.
Description: Map of Gambia and hinterland. British settlements and slave trading localities are denoted by a red line and a green line beneath names, respectively. Note on map: "The slave trading factory in Bulama I destroyed and 206 slaves given up to the Commander of the Brisk". The map indicates tribal locations., Relief shown by hachures., The map was produced to accompany Dr Richard Robert Madden’s anti-slavery report published in: Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Select Committee on the West Coast of Africa. Report : together with the minutes of evidence, appendix, and index. 1842.
Identifier: islandora:19674

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: Maroc
Subject: Mixed economy--Morocco--History--Maps, Morocco--History--Maps, ,
Description: Economic map of Morocco showing cities and towns where copper, manganese, molybdenum, iron, petroleum, tin, antimony, phosphate, coal, lead, zinc, and hydrocarbon are distributed. Also shows roads, railways and railways under construction, rivers and pans, places for animal and plant products, olives, palms, and forests. Some colours. Scale 1.500.000
Identifier: islandora:29984

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: Loanda
Subject: Luanda (Luanda, Angola)--Maps, Luanda (Angola : Province)--Maps, ,
Description: Map showing region around Luanda in Angola and Atlantic Coast, and international, intercolonial, provincial, district boundaries, with land aerodromes, landing grounds, marine lights, railways with gauge measurements, under construction and projected, roads suitable for motor traffic, tracks and motor tracks, telephone or telegraph lines along roads or tracks, provinces, districts, localities, mountain ranges, peaks, valleys, capes and islands, tribes, bridges, towns of 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th class importance, rivers, unsurveyed water courses, canals, marshes and swamps, ground liable to inundation, geodetic trigonometric stations, water points, historical ruins, wireless telegraph station,mission stations. Colour with hyposometric tints. Relief shown by form lines. First edition. Scale 1 : 2,000,000.
Identifier: islandora:19287

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: Kerzaz, Colomb-Béchar
Subject: Kerzaz (Algeria)--Maps, ,
Description: Map showing Kerzaz, a town, commune and capital of Kerzaz District in Béchar Province of western Algeria, and military territory boundaries, neighbouring/adjoining boundaries, with automobile tracks, main and secondary roads, permanent water points, temporary water points, wells filled, depth in metres of wells, white blooms gypsum rocks, salt water marshes, dunes with height in metres, sand dunes taking form, longitudinal dunes in the region non elevated, island or board mountains, reinforced towers, mosques, post and telegraph offices, geodetic points, astronomical points, altitude with height in metres, relative side of escarpment, dune, cavity, master and regular curves, landing fields, palm trees, wood and brush. Relief shown by form lines, hachures, height in metres. Colour. Scale 1: 500 000.
Identifier: islandora:19176

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

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