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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

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:19862

Title: Azazga
Subject: Azazga (Algeria)--Maps,
Description: Map showing the town of Azazga in the Tizi Ouzou Province 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:19190

Title: Plan of a portion of the Breede River Basin shewing irrigation schemes between the Hex River and Cogman's Kloof along the Breede River
Subject: Irrigation--South Africa--Breede River Valley--Maps, Breede River (South Africa : River)--Maps,
Description: A map of the Breede River Basin, within the Zonder Ende Mountains and Lange Berg, from Ceres through Worcester and Robertson to Ashton and Montagu, showing irrigable lands, proposed, constructed and partially constructed irrigation schemes, with railway linesand forrows. Some colour. Relief shown by contours and form lines. Scale 1 inch to about 4 miles.
Identifier: islandora:25129

Title: Rouxville
Subject: South African War, 1899-1902 -- Maps., Rouxville 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 Rouxville 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"., Projection not given., Map folds into an outer cover., The map is mounted on linen. Advertisements have been pasted onto the map obscuring the key and other information.
Identifier: islandora:24865

Title: Le Cap de Bonne Esperance Suivant les Nouvelles Observations de Messrs. de l'Academie Royale des Sciences
Subject: Africa - Cape of Good Hope
Description: Cartouche is "on a stone pediment surmounted by a lion and lioness, with a view of Table Bay in the background and the Governor's garden and homestead." Map includes a note describing the Cape of Good Hope and a legend explaining the contents of the mainland., Leiden. Aa, Pieter van der, 1659-1773
Identifier: islandora:25275

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: Plan de la Forteresse et Bourg, de l'Isle de Ste. Helene
Subject: Africa - St. Helene
Description: Top right: Tome 3. No. 124., Unknown. Anonymous
Identifier: islandora:25430

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