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Title: Map of the District of Mount Currie, sheet no. 1
Subject: Mount Currie (South Africa)--History--Maps, Mount Currie (South Africa)--Description and travel--Maps, Surveying--South Africa,
Description: Map of the District of Mount Currie showing commonages, location reserves, roads, cornetcies, district boundaries, and rivers. Scale 1 English mile to 1 inch.
Identifier: islandora:30015

Title: Zuid Afrika--[cartographic material]
Subject: South Africa--Maps.
Description: Map shows: "Boundary of British Colonies"; Boundary of Boer Republics"; African tribes; Betjuana, Hottentot races, Damaras, "Negro Races", missions stations, principal and smaller towns and villages, electoral divisions, districts, military posts, main roads, and railways "authorised and in execution".
Identifier: islandora:19521

Title: Sketch map showing route for Oudtshoorn, Beaufort West Railway vîa Tover Waters Poort
Subject: Railroads--South Africa--Oudtshoorn--Maps, Railroads--South Africa--Beaufort West--Maps, Swartberg Mountains--Maps, ,
Description: Map showing proposed route of railway from Oudtshoorn through the Swartberg Mountains to Beaufort West, with rivers , place names and relief shown by hachures and shading. Some colour. No scale given.
Identifier: islandora:25148

Title: Grahams Town
Subject: South African War, 1899-1902 -- Maps., Grahamstown 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, telegraph lines, railways, homesteads, farm boundaries, farm names and divisional boundaries in the Grahamstown 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 maps are mounted on linen.
Identifier: islandora:24828

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., Relief shown pictorially., Text in English and Afrikaans., Dimensions of the printed sheets: 97 x 67 cm., Includes an index sheet., The library does not hold a full printed set of the 1930 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:19859

Title: South Africa
Subject: South Africa--Description and travel--History--Maps, South Africa--History--Maps,
Description: Map of South Africa showing the Cape of Good Hope and Orange Free State, international and provincial boundaries, with enlarged portions of the Cape Peninsula and Cape Town, railways, roads, shipping routes, and pans . Coloured. Scale: 1 in. to 40 miles. Projection: Conical with two Standard Parallels.
Identifier: islandora:29921

Title: Map of part of Cape Colony
Subject: Railroads--South Africa--Eastern Cape--Maps,
Description: A map showing some eastern districts of the Cape Colony, with Division and Magistrates District boundaries, roads, railways, rivers, place names and relief showing by landform drawing. Some colour. No scale given.
Identifier: islandora:25159

Title: Royal Automobile Club of South Africa
Subject: Automobiles--South Africa--Societies--Maps, South Africa--Description and travel--Maps,
Description: A key map of the Royal Automobile Club of South Africa showing towns, provinces, names of places, international boundaries, described routes and numbered routes not described, names of places, mileages and approximate mileages to places. No scale or projection given.
Identifier: islandora:29959

Title: GPS Land Use and Occupancy Survey : Jakob Malgas, Map item #13
Subject: Indigenous peoples--Land tenure--South Africa, Indigenous peoples--Legal status, laws, etc.--South Africa, San (African people)--Kalahari Desert, Africa, Southern--Maps, Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park (Botswana and South Africa), ,
Description: A map of the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park showing various numbered points of interest within the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park. There is no legend but these numbers are believed to correspond with GPS co-ordinates taken at sites of cultural significance gleaned from interviews with members of the San community.
Identifier: islandora:27337

Title: Map of Central and South Africa
Subject: South Africa -- Maps., Africa, Southern -- Maps., Africa, Central -- Maps.
Description: Map featuring French Equatorial Africa, Cameroon, Belgian Congo, Uganda, Tanganyika, Kenya, Portuguese East Africa, Southern Rhodesia, Northern Rhodesia, Nyasaland, South West Africa, Bechuanaland, Basutoland, Swaziland and South Africa, showing railways in operation, railways under construction, authorised or proposed railways, telegraph and telephone lines, roads, boundaries, mountain ranges, lighthouses, wells, springs, rivers, lakes, pans and dams., Insets: Africa, showing the east coast route and the Cape to Cairo railway. Scale [ca. 1: 25 344 000] -- Beira and district -- Maritzburg -- Durban -- East London -- Port Elizabeth -- Cape Town. Scale [1:804 672] -- Johannesburg -- Luderitzbucht.
Identifier: islandora:19621

Title: [Screenshot of GPS data maps], Map item #9
Subject: water hole, 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 screenshot of geo-positioning software showing several points within the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park. The details of one point - a water hole - are revealed in an open window.
Identifier: islandora:27333

Title: Nylstroom
Subject: South African War, 1899-1902 -- Maps., Nylstroom 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 Nylstroom 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., Map 487 is mounted on linen. The other copies are not folded.
Identifier: islandora:24856

Title: Cape Peninsula
Subject: Cape Peninsula (South Africa)--Maps, Land use--South Africa--Cape Town, ,
Description: Map of the Cape Peninsula showing Twelve Apostles mountain range and other mountains, plantations, gardens, precipices, city, suburbs, rivers, pans, reservoirs, quarries, bays, railways, roads, names of places, and other features. Scale: 1:25,000. Relief shown by contour lines. Gaus conform projection, central meridian 19° East.
Identifier: islandora:29925

Title: Eastern frontier of the Colony of the Cape of Good Hope, ( and part of Kafirland) from Algoa Bay to the Great Kei River
Subject: Eastern Cape (South Africa)--History--Maps, Cape of Good Hope (South Africa)--History--Maps, ,
Description: Partly coloured map of Eastern Frontier of the Colony of the Cape of Good Hope, from Algoa Bay to the Great Kei River showing districts, district boundaries in colour, 'Amatembu Kafirs or Tambookies' and 'Amakosa or Kafirs Proper', and rivers, with an insert map showing the Western Frontier. Some colours. Scale: 3.8 in. to 30 English miles. Projection not given.
Identifier: islandora:29937

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:19874

Title: Map of Cape Colony shewing land reserved for natives
Subject: Blacks--Land tenure--South Africa--Maps, Cape of Good Hope (South Africa)--Administrative and political boundaries--Maps, , ,
Description: A map of the Cape Colony showing native reserves, locations, mission stations and districts, native reserves, locations and districts under the influence of the Glen Grey Act, with district boundaries, rivers, railways, towns and villages. Some colour. Scale 1 inch to 2 1/2 miles.
Identifier: islandora:25195

Title: Map of the District of Mount Currie, sheet no. 3
Subject: Mount Currie (South Africa)--History--Maps, Mount Currie (South Africa)--Description and travel--Maps, Surveying--South Africa,
Description: Map of the District of Mount Currie showing commonages, location reserves, district boundaries, cornetcies, rivers, swamps, and roads. Scale 1 English mile to 1 inch.
Identifier: islandora:30016

Title: Map of the District of Kentani, sheet no. 1
Subject: Kentani (South Africa, Eastern Cape)--Description and travel--Maps, Surveying--South Africa, Land use--South Africa--Kentani (Eastern Cape),
Description: Map of the District of Kentani showing settlements, building lots, native locations, commonages, reserves, district boundaries, roads, and rivers. Scale 1 English mile to 1 inch.
Identifier: islandora:30012

Title: Witwatersrand National Botanical Garden
Subject: Contour maps, Witwatersrand National Botanical Garden (Roodepoort, South Africa), Walter Sisulu National Botanical Garden (Roodepoort, South Africa), Botanical gardens--South Africa--Roodepoort, Contours (Cartography),
Description: Witwatersrand National Botanical Garden, Roodepoort, Gauteng. Contour plan (base image)., Sepia print of hand-drawn original.
Identifier: islandora:28006

Title: Map of the routes to the gold fields
Subject: South Africa -- Maps., Africa, Southern -- Maps., Railroads -- South Africa -- Maps., Mines and mineral resources -- Africa, Southern -- Maps.
Description: Map of southern Africa including the German Protectorate, Great Namaqualand, Mashonaland and Matabeleland in southern Rhodesia, Portuguese possessions, the lower portion of Nyasaland, marked "British", Swaziland, Basutoland, the Kalahari, Bechuanaland and British Bechuanaland, Khama's land, Kaffraria, Pondoland, Zululand, the Amaduma and Amatonga land. The map details the rail routes to the gold and diamond fields, the route to Matabeleland and Mashonaland, agricultural produce and a colour colded key to the mineral deposits of gold, copper, lead, coal, iron, asbestos, crocidolite and diamonds. It also shows the Customs Union boundary proclaimed on 26 June 1893., Scale given in English miles., There are two inset maps: Map of Africa giving the sea and overland routes from London to the gold fields; Enlarged plan showing suburban railway lines from Cape Town to Simonstown., The map is badly damaged. Map detail is missing from the top left corner and text from the title cartouche has been torn away in the bottom right corner.
Identifier: islandora:19580

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