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Title: Parakou
Subject: Parakou (Benin)--Maps, Togo--Maps, Nigeria--Maps, Benin--Maps, ,
Description: Map showing Parakou in Dahomey, now Benin, and parts of Upper Volta, now Burkina Faso, Togo and Nigeria, with lakes, rivers, roads, demarcated boundaries and place names. Colour. Relief shown by form lines. 2nd edition. Scale 1: 1.000.000.
Identifier: islandora:19275

Title: Traditional use of the territory by the Bushmen within the Kalahari Gemsbok National Park : (based on Field Survey, September 1999) : draft, Map item #17
Subject: Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park (Botswana and South Africa), Indigenous peoples--Land tenure--South Africa, Indigenous peoples--Legal status, laws, etc.--South Africa, San (African people)--Kalahari Desert, Africa, Southern--Maps, ,
Description: A draft map showing the use of territory by the San community in the South African section of the Kgalagadi Transfrontier National Park. The map shows the location of Bushmen settlements (including a large camp at Union's End) and includes information about hunting and gathering grounds, waterholes, and the history of the area. [Scale included]
Identifier: islandora:27341

Title: Abẻchẻ
Subject: Abéché (Chad)--Maps, ,
Description: Map showing Abẻchẻ in Chad, with international and intercolonial borders, place names, swamps, rivers and sand. Relief shown pictorially and by contours. 3rd edition. Some colour. Scale 1 : 1 000 000.
Identifier: islandora:19290

Title: Collo
Subject: Collo (Algeria)--Maps,
Description: Map showing Collo, the capital of Collo district in Skikda Province, north-eastern Algeria, and state, department, district and town boundaries, national highways, department roads, irregularly maintained carriage roads, paths, logging roads and mule tracks, remains of Roman roads, railways, bridges, ferries, fords, forests, 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:19198

Title: German East Africa. Gáwiro
Subject: 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 Gáwiro area., Relief shown by form lines and spot heights., Projection not given., Grid reference: G.F.D., Index no.: F4.
Identifier: islandora:24771

Title: Cape Colony reconnaissance series. Britstown
Subject: Britstown Region (South Africa) -- Maps., Northern Cape (South Africa) -- Maps., Cape of Good Hope (South Africa) -- Maps.
Description: Topographical map indicating Britstown and other towns and villages, roads, rivers, dunes and other features in the area surrounding Britstown., 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 ancillary maps: Britstown (scale 1 in. to 1 mile) and Sketch of De Aar (scale 1 in to 0.5 miles)., Sheet 128-R., Mounted on cloth. Slightly torn along folds.
Identifier: islandora:24878

Title: French Africa: north, west and equatorial
Subject: France--Colonies--Africa--History--20th Century, France--Colonies--Africa--Maps, France--Colonies--Africa--Description and travel--Maps,
Description: Map of French Africa, showing countries in north, west, and equatorial regions, French-speaking countries adhering to General De Gaulle, countries under British, Italian, and Spanish rule, boundaries of former German Colonies, roads, railways, and air routes. Also shows minerals in French Africa. Coloured. Scale 384 Miles = 1 Inch.
Identifier: islandora:29994

Title: Cradock
Subject: South African War, 1899-1902 -- Maps., Cradock 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 Cradock 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 and red., Map folds into an outer cover., The maps are mounted on linen.
Identifier: islandora:24820

Title: Ruanda Urundi. Répartition de la population indigène
Subject: Indigenous peoples--Rwanda--Maps, Indigenous peoples--Burundi--Maps, , ,
Description: Map showing the distribution of the indigenous population of the African territories of Ruanda and Urundi which came under Belgian control after they were seized from Germandy during WWI, andthe border of the colony, district boundaries, territory boundaries, state capitals, district capitals, capitals of territories, places with at least 5oo inhabitants. Relief shown by form lines. Edition 1949. Scale 1 : 500.000.
Identifier: islandora:19293

Title: Wakkerstroom
Subject: South African War, 1899-1902 -- Maps., Wakkerstroom Region (South Africa) -- Maps.
Description: 1st ed., Map showing farm boundaries and fences, farm names, divisional boundaries, roads, rivers, telegraph lines and railways in the Wakkerstroom area. The map also indicates hills, pans (often dry), homesteads, cultivated land and trees., Relief shown by hachures., "G.F.N. Henderson [,] Colonel. Director of Military Intelligence.", "This map is not to be considered as absolutely accurate.", Projection not given., Map folds into an outer cover., Maps 845 and 849 are mounted on linen. Map 848 is not folded.
Identifier: islandora:24810

Title: Sylvicultural map of the Union of South Africa
Subject: Forest ecology--South Africa, Trees--Growth, South Africa--Climate--Maps, ,
Description: Map of the Union of South Africa showing winter rainfall, constant rainfall, colder summer rainfall, warmer summer rainfall, sub-tropical summer rainfall, and arid places, names of provinces, divisions and towns, international and divisional boundaries, and divisions between winter and summer rainfall and between constant and summer rainfall. Scale 1:3,000,000.
Identifier: islandora:30030

Title: Ouadane
Subject: Ouadane (Mauritania)--Maps, ,
Description: Map showing Ouadane, a small town in the desert region of central Mauritania, with towns of 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th importance, native villages, boundaries international, international undemarcated, intercolonial or mandate, provincial, district, rivers with falls, nonperennial rivers, canals, lakes, salt lakes, low ground liable to temporary flood, marsh, ground liable to flooding, oasis, sandy desert, contours, formlines, railways, railways under construction, metalled roads 1st class, all weather motor roads, seasonal roads, other tracks paths or explorers routes, telegraph and telephone lines, telegraph and telephone lines along roads and tracks, post offices and post offices with telegraphs or telephones, wireless telegraph stations, Minarets, mosques, fortified houses, lighthouses, ruins, waterpoints: wells and pools, mines and quarries, trig points, heights in metres, depths in metres. Relief shown by form lines and hachures, certain co-ordinates highlighted in blue, Colour. 3rd edition. "Ground/air." Scale 1: 1 000 000.
Identifier: islandora:19212

Title: Cape of Good Hope
Subject: Cape of Good Hope (South Africa)--Maps, ,
Description: Map showing the Cape of Good Hope at the southern tip of Africa, and international, intercolonial, provincial, district boundaries, with place names, railways, under construction, projected, roads suitable for motor traffic: all seasons, dry weather, roads suitable for carts, tracks, telegraphs or telephones, telegraphs or telephones along roads or tracks, provinces, frontier districts, localities, mountain ranges, peaks, valleys, capes, islands, tribes, 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, wells, springs, waterholes, pools, historical ruins, wireless telegraph stations. Contours are at 200 & 500 metres & thence at 500 metre intervals. Relief shown by form lines with height in metres, tinted shading. Third edition, ground/air. Colour. Scale 1 : 2,000,000.
Identifier: islandora:19315

Title: Africa, south coast :
Subject: Cape Peninsula (South Africa) -- Maps.
Description: Map of the Cape Peninsula including Table Bay, Hout Bay and False Bay. Surveyed in 1822, with corrections to 1861, July 1862, September 1863, and November 1864. Table Bay and the coast of the Cape Peninsula from Mouille Point to the western edge of False Bay by F. Skead., Relief shown by spot heights and shading. Depths shown by soundings., Projection not given. Coordinates not given. Compass rose shows a variation between magnetic north and true north of 29°40' W. Bar scale given in nautical miles., Two inset maps: "Cape Hanglip"; "Cape of Good Hope".
Identifier: islandora:19595

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:19889

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:19774

Title: Agades
Subject: Agadeès (Niger)-- Maps, ,
Description: A map of Agades, in Niger, showing district boundaries, with desert trail routes, tracks, paths, routes of explorers, villages and towns, flight and landing fields, astronomical points, radio stations, rivers, wells, water sources, mountains, natural watering holes in the rocks, excavated watering holes, mostly in gravel. Relief shown by form lines. Colour. Special edition VII. Scale 1 : 500 000.
Identifier: islandora:19256

Title: Plan en Caart van 't Vlek aan Caap de Goede Hoop
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa) -- Maps -- Early works to 1800.
Description: Photocopy., Text in Dutch., Original statement of scale: "Schaale van 100 Rhijnlandsche Roeden"., Plan of Cape Town in 1755 showing streets and erven. Features such as the Company's garden, Company's hospital, Groote Kerk and Slave Lodge are marked., Copy in H. W. J. Picard, Gentleman's Walk (Cape Town: Struik, 1968): facing page 38. A description of the plan is given on pages 37-38 and a partial key is printed opposite p. 38., See BA 968.21 PICA.
Identifier: islandora:19927

Title: Compilation of diagrams of the lands at Fort Hare proposed to be granted to the Lovedale Seminary and to be reserved for the Fort Hare erf holders
Subject: Fort Hare Military Reserve (South Africa)--Maps,
Description: Map of the Fort Hare Military Reserve. Relief shown by form lines. Colour. Scale 1 inch to 20 English chains.
Identifier: islandora:29802

Title: Principales routes et pistes de L'Afrique Français
Subject: Africa, French-speaking West--Maps, , ,
Description: Map showing major roads and tracks in French West Africa along the coast, including Mali, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Ivory Coast, Gold Coast, Slave Coast and part of Nigeria, with international and colonial boundaries, railways, hotels, camp grounds, 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:19350

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