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Title: Africa
Subject: Africa
Description: Another map that resembles the shape of Orlelius. The outline of the oval-shaped cartouche is scrollwork with floral ornamentation. The sea is stippled and contains three ships and two sea monsters., Siena. Arnoldi, Arnoldo de, d. 1602
Identifier: islandora:25236

Title: Sakoa
Subject: Sakoa (Madagascar)--Maps, ,
Description: Map showing Sakoa, a region of southwestern Madagascar, with unpaved roads, roads for carts/wagons, mule driver paths, footpaths, geodetic points, rated points, masonry houses, earthen houses, churches, tombs, large villages, villages, rice paddies, marsh, bush, high bush, baobabs, coconut palms, wet or covered sands, dry sands, mountain names, extractions, rocky escarpments, rocks/boulders, wells. Relief shown by formlines and hachures. Colour. Scale 1 : 100.000.
Identifier: islandora:19050

Title: [North Africa]
Subject: Northern Africa
Description: Map shaped irregular. Volume edited by Michael Servetus or Villanovanus., Lyons. Trechsel, Melchior, fl. 1529-1549; Trechsel, Gaspard, fl. 1529-1549
Identifier: islandora:25267

Title: Mauretania et Numidia
Subject: Northwestern Africa
Description: Tab. XXXII.
Identifier: islandora:25660

Title: Map of part of Africa showing the progress of the expedition under Messrs Richardson, Barth, Overweg & Vogel in the years 1850-1853
Subject: Africa, West -- Maps., Africa, North -- Maps., Africa, West -- Discovery and exploration -- Maps., Africa, North -- Discovery and exploration -- Maps.
Description: The map shows Libya, Sudan, a portion of the Sahara desert, Benin, Cameroon and surrounding countries to the coast of the Gulf of Guinea. The map also indicates the following routes: Richardson, Barth, Overweg and Vogel, 1850-1853; Hornemann, 1798; Ritchie and Lyon, 1818-1825; Oudney, Denham and Clapperton, 1822-1825; Clapperton and Lander, 1825 & 1826; Lander 1830 (the same journey was repeated by Allen and Oldfield in 1833); Dickson 1851 and "Native Routes". The map is surrounded by impressions of Africa including "Ghat, the Tuaricks [Tuareg]", "Mursuk, the Tibbus", Lake Tsad [Chad], "Roman ruins at Ghareah", as well as portraits of James Richardson, Adolf Overweg, Heinrich Barth and Eduard Vogel., "Designed & executed by A. Petermann". "The border del[ineated] & lith[ographed] by F Moras".
Identifier: islandora:19667

Title: Africae Pars Australis
Subject: Southern Africa
Description: Identical style to Scherer's earlier map (see NOR 0062). Includes a cartouche with animals, flying fish, sailing vessel and a sea serpent., Munich. Scherer, Heinrich, 1628-1704
Identifier: islandora:25399

Title: Taungs
Subject: Transvaal (South Africa) -- Maps., Taung (North-West, South Africa : Region) -- Maps.
Description: Rev. 1st Oct. 1903., Map of the Taungs area showing territorial boundaries, district boundaries, ward boundaries, farm names, beacons and boundaries (with sub-divisions, if any), "native reserves", roads, mountains, pans, rivers and dams., Relief shown by contours and spot heights., "Computed and compiled from the Farm Surveys of the Transvaal and all available material.", Folds into an outer cover (20 x 12 cm.).
Identifier: islandora:19807

Title: Plan of north-east part of Griqualand West. Copy of plan explaining Colonel Moysey's proposals
Subject: Farms--South Africa--Griqualand West--Maps, Griqualand West (South Africa)--Maps, ,
Description: A map of the north-east part of Griqualand West showing farms held on title, provisional title and lease, crown land, commonage, native locations, farms surveyed and reported and farms surveyed but not yet reported. Relief shown by hachures. Place names: Kuruman and Taouns. Some colour. Scale 2 1/2 inches to 10 miles. Scale about 1/2 inch to 1000 Cape roods. [Coordinates estimated]
Identifier: islandora:25063

Title: Keetmanshoop
Subject: Namibia--Maps., Keetmanshoop Region--Maps.,
Description: Map of German South West Africa showing cities, towns, villages, roads, railways, stations, telegraph lines, rivers, pans, and other features in the region of Keetmanshoop., Relief shown by contours and spot heights., Projection not given.
Identifier: islandora:19642

Title: Port Gueydon
Subject: Port Gueydon (Algeria)--Maps,
Description: Map showing Port Gueydon, a town in Tizi Ouzou Province, 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:19200

Title: Djebibina
Subject: Djebibina (Tunisia)--Maps,
Description: Map of the region surrounding Djebibina, in Kairouan governorate, northern Tunisia, showing state, administrative, district and communal boundaries, with magnetic declination, long distance roads, communication routes, local highways, irregularly maintained dirt roads, logging roads and mule tracks, remains of Roman roads, stone bridges, suspended bridges with supports, footbridges, ferries, fords navigable by vehicle or foot, rivers, forests, marshes, dunes, vines, water sources dry in summer, churches, chapels or holy places, houses, wells and fountains, water and wind mills, fixed and rotating lighthouses, port lights, cannons, cemetries, irrigation canals, trigonometric points, telegraphs, posts. Colour. relief shown by form lines, contours and shading. Scale 1 : 50.000.
Identifier: islandora:19071

Title: A Plan of Table Bay with the Road of the Cape of Good Hope, from the Dutch Survey, Published by Johannes van Keulen
Subject: Africa - Table Bay
Description: Also published in 1794, by Laurie and Whittle. A compass rose radiates numerous rhumb lines. Inset: South View of the Cape engraved by Abbe de la Caille. Top right: No. 3., London. Robert Sayer and John Bennett (Firm)
Identifier: islandora:25473

Title: South Eastern Africa -- Map of the River Shire, the Lakes Nyassa & Shirwa, the Lower Courses of the Rivers Zambesi, & Rovuma, Based on the Astronomical Observations & Sketches of Dr Livingstone ... Constructed by John Arrowsmith, 1865
Subject: Eastern Africa
Description: London. Arrowsmith, John, 1790-1873?
Identifier: islandora:25656

Title: A Plan of Table Bay, with the Road of the Cape of Good Hope, from the Dutch Survey, Published by Johannes van Keulen
Subject: Africa - Table Bay
Description: Almost identical map to NOR 0269, slightly larger and cartouche. Also published in 1794, by Laurie and Whittle. A compass rose radiates numerous rhumb lines. Inset: South View of the Cape engraved by Abbe de la Caille. Top right: No. 3., London. Robert Laurie and James Whittle
Identifier: islandora:25750

Title: Stauum Maroccanorum, Regnorum nempe Fessani, Maroccani, Tafiletani et Segelomessani Secundum suas Provincias accurate divisorum typus Generalis Novus
Subject: Africa - Morocco
Description: Surrounding the title of the cartouche are four Moorish figures. Nearby a serpent, a lion and an ostrich are illustrated. Inset: Marocco and Mequinetz; Prime meridian through Tenerife., Nuremberg. Homann, Johann Christoph, 1701-1730
Identifier: islandora:25333

Title: Afrika : Woermann-Linie, Deutsche Ost-Afrika-Linie, Hamburg-Amerika Linie (Afrika-Dienst), Hamburg-Bremer Afrika-Linie
Subject: Africa--Maps, Steamboat lines--Africa--Maps, Steamboat lines--Germany--Maps, Ocean travel--Maps, ,
Description: Map of Africa showing ocean liner routes between Africa and Europe as well as coastal and in-land routes on the Woermann Line, German East Africa Line, Hamburg-American Line and the Hamburg-Bremen Africa Line. The map uses different colors to represent the colonial possessions of France, Belgiu, Great Britain, Spain, Portugal and Italy. The map also shows, cities, towns, rivers, heritage sites, railroads, roads, wells, lakes, rivers and swamps. Scale 1:12 000 000
Identifier: islandora:30058

Title: C.G.R. new lines in the Orange Free State, Convention of Dec. 1895 : sketch map shewing approximately the course of routes laid down in Conventn. and followed in the preliminary survey
Subject: Railroads--South Africa--Free State--Maps,
Description: Map of the Orange Free State showing new and existing railway lines, with rivers and place names. Scale 7/8 inch to 1 mile.
Identifier: islandora:25089

Title: Egypt -- Abyssinia
Subject: Africa - Egypt
Description: 2 maps. Egypt 50.5 x 25.5 cm. Abyssinia 50.5 x 33.5 cm., Edinburgh. Thomson, John 1835- pub.
Identifier: islandora:25686

Title: L'Afrique divisee en ses principaux Etats
Subject: Africa
Description: The cartouche depicts a forest-like setting with a leopard, a bird and a crocodile. Top right: 28., Paris. Janvier, Jean
Identifier: islandora:25323

Title: Harrar
Subject: Hārer (Ethiopia)--Maps, ,
Description: Map of Harrar, near the borders of the Somaliland Protectorate and surrounding areas including Hargeisa, Heleya, the Ain Valley and Doih Plain, showing international, provincial and district boundaries, with railways, roads and tracks, caravan routes, footpaths, rivers and dry water courses, swamps, telegraphs, submarine cables, wireless stations, towns, wells, springs and waterholes, aerodromes, seaplane mooring areas. Some colour. Relief shown by form lines. Scale 1 : 1,000,000.
Identifier: islandora:19143

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