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Pay-out point, Inanda
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Subject
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Old age pensions--Social aspects--South Africa, Firearms--South Africa, South Africa--Social conditions--20th century, Apartheid, The Cordoned Heart
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A gun rests on a table at a pension pay-out point at the Mamba Store.
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Identifier
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islandora:5751
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Carte des royaumes de Congo, Angola et Benguela avec les pays voisins tiré de l'Anglois
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Silver mines and mining -- Botswana., Africa, Central -- Maps -- Early works to 1800., Congo (Democratic Republic) -- Maps -- Early works to 1800., Angola -- Maps -- Early works to 1800., Benguela Province (Angola) -- Maps -- Early works to 1800.
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Scale in French sea leagues., From: Histoire Generale Des Voyages, ou, Nouvelle Collection de Toutes Les Relations de Voyages par mer et par terre; Abbé Prévost, and John Green [Paris: Didot, 1747-1780]., Printed beneath map frame: "Tome IV in 4o. No. 15" (lower left) and "Tome 3 in 8o. Page 368"(lower right)., Relief shown pictorially., Inland map depicts kingdoms of Central Africa with rivers & mountain ranges and two areas of silver mines in the Botswana region (Royaume d'Abutua ou Toroa and Royaume de Chicova)., Restored and hinged between acid-free boards.
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Identifier
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islandora:19743
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Carte de l'Afrique méridionale au pays entre la ligne Cap de Bonne Espérance et l'Isle de Madagascar
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Slaves -- South Africa -- Cape of Good Hope -- History., Farm ownership -- South Africa -- Cape of Good Hope -- History., Cape of Good Hope (South Africa) -- Maps -- Early works to 1800., Africa, Southern -- Maps -- Early works to 1800.
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The details regarding Elizabeth, Nicolas Visscher's widow, are drawn from Gallica, Bibliothèque Nationale de France: http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b7759505j.notice. See also: Atlas nouveau … by Guillaume de L'Isle (Amsterdam: Covens & Mortier, 1730); R.V. Tooley, Collectors’ guide to maps of the African continent and Southern Africa (London: Carta Press, 1969), p. 120; Norwich's maps of Africa : an illustrated and annotated carto-bibliography (Norwich, Vt. : Terra Nova Press, 1997), map 180 (note)., The inset of the Cape of Good Hope is of particular importance. It indicates the presence of slaves on Robben Island ("daar de Slaven in de Ketting loopen"). It also gives "extensive detailed and fairly accurate topographical information ... together with the names of owners of farms and plots of that period. Amongst these are de Beer, Swart Pieter, Martin de Smit, Roelof Pasman, Gerrit Kloeton, and the French Huguenot settlement. These place names add considerably to the knowledge of the history of the ... Cape of Good Hope"--Norwich's Maps of Africa, p. 203., Three insets: "Élévation du Port et Mont Table au Cap de Bonne Espérance" (5 x 11 cm); "Plan du Port et Mont Table au Cap de Bonne Espérance" (10 x 11 cm); "[Cabo de Bona Esperanca]" (13 x 23 cm)., Text primarily in French. The inset of the Cape is also in Dutch with some Portuguese notations., Restored and hinged between acid-free boards.
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Identifier
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islandora:19819
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Title
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Pays des Cafres
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Southern Africa
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Description
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Includes mountain ranges and tribal kingdoms; Top right: 178., Paris. Robert de Vaugondy, Didier, 1723-1786
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Identifier
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islandora:25414