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Title: Jeppe's map of the Transvaal or S.A. Republic and surrounding territories
Subject: Transvaal (South Africa) -- Maps., Pretoria (South Africa) -- Maps., Johannesburg (South Africa) -- Maps.
Description: Map shows towns, farm boundaries, farm names, farm registration numbers, farms under the jurisdiction of Mining Commissioners, roads, railways, postal routes, custom houses, postal and telegraph information, proclaimed gold fields, mynpachten, kraals and "locations", mountains and rivers. The map also shows portions of the Orange Free State, the Cape Colony, Natal [KwaZulu-Natal], Rhodesia [Zimbabwe], Zululand, Tongaland, the British Protectorate [Botswana] and Portuguese territory [Mozambique]., Relief shown by shading., "The compilers are greatly indebted to Johann Rissik Esq. Surveyor General of the S.A.R. for much valuable information and advice.", "The Freestate portion of the map is reduced from Herfst's map of the O.Freestate. Swaziland is compiled from actual surveys and Miller's map.", Photographic reproduction of the map published: London : Edward Stanford Ltd., 1899., Bar scale of main map in English statute miles., Inset maps include: 'Plan of Johannesburg and surrounding suburbs and townships reduced from "Pritchard's commercial map of J'hburg"' and 'Plan of Pretoria suburbs and surrounding grounds, reduced from original plan compiled in the Surveyor General's Office, Pretoria, S.A.R.' Scale [ca. 1:9 446]. Bar scales in Cape feet., To be used in conjunction with Jeppe's map: Hugh F. Marriot's Alphabetical index to the farms of the Transvaal.
Identifier: islandora:19797

Title: Map of the District of Matatiela, sheet no. 1
Subject: Matatiele (South Africa)--Description and travel--Maps, Surveying--South Africa, Land use--South Africa--Matatiele (Eastern Cape),
Description: Map of the District of Matatiela showing Ongeluks Nek, with surrounding areas, commonages, names of places, roads, rivers, district boundaries, and location reserves. Scale 1 English mile to 1 inch.
Identifier: islandora:30008

Title: German East Africa. Karḗma
Subject: Karema Region (Tanzania) -- Maps., 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 Karḗma area., Relief shown by form lines and spot heights., Projection not given., Grid reference: GDA, GDB., Index no.: D.2. & part of D.1.
Identifier: islandora:24777

Title: The Commonage, Van Wyk's Vley. Plan B
Subject: Land capability for agriculture--South Africa--Vanwyksvlei--Maps, Irrigation--South Africa--Vanwyksvlei--Maps,
Description: A map of Van Wyk's Vley showing the main dam and irrigable lands, the Hartebeeste River, two smaller dams, roads and the farms. No scale given.
Identifier: islandora:25120

Title: Transvaal and Orange Free State. Philipstown
Subject: Philipstown Region (South Africa) -- Maps., Northern Cape (South Africa) -- Maps.
Description: Topographical map indicating Philipstown, Britstown and other towns and villages, roads, railways, stations, rivers, vleis, pans and mountains in the area of Philipstown., Relief shown by form lines., Projection not given., Westernmost longitude co-ordinate estimated., Includes index to adjoining sheets., Copy 893 is torn slightly.
Identifier: islandora:24906

Title: Transvaal
Subject: Transvaal (South Africa)--Maps, ,
Description: Map showing a province in the north of South Africa which was named Transvaal from 1910 until the end of 1994, 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:19317

Title: [Map of the Union of South Africa. Sheet 2 of 4]
Subject: South Africa--Maps, Swaziland--Maps, Botswana--Maps, , ,
Description: Map showing the Transvaal Province of the Union of South Africa, part of the Orange Free State Province, Swaziland, part of the Bechuanaland Protectorate and the borders with Rhodesia and Mozambique, with district boundaries, cities, towns and villages, roads, railways, rivers, native reserves and locations, crown reserves, lakes, mines, mountains and hills. Some colour. No scale given.
Identifier: islandora:19327

Title: Sutherland
Subject: South African War, 1899-1902 -- Maps., Sutherland Region (South Africa) -- Maps., Northern 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 Sutherland 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:24863

Title: Africa from Cape Correntes to Juba Islands including Madagascar, Comoro, Zanzibar Ids & c. by Order of the Right Honble the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty under the direction of Capt. W. F. W. Owens from 1822 - 1826
Subject: Eastern Africa
Description: Sheet V., London. Hydrographical Office
Identifier: islandora:25766

Title: Kenya Colony
Subject: Kenya--Maps, ,
Description: Map of Kenya, showing parts of the Uganda Protectorate and Italian Somalia, including Lake Victoria, and international, provincial and district boundaries, with railways, roads and tracks, telephone or telegraph lines, mountain ranges, peaks, valleys, capes and islands, tribes, bridges, towns, rivers, canals, marsh, plains liable to inundation, geodetic trigonometric stations, water sources, historic ruins and mission stations. Third edition. Colour. Relief shown by form lines and altitude tints. Scale 1 : 2,000,000.
Identifier: islandora:19298

Title: Sketch of road from Ceres Road Sta. to Touws R. via Ceres Village
Subject: Cape of Good Hope (South Africa) -- Maps.
Description: The map, which traces the road from Ceres Road Station to Touws River via Ceres village, gives details of mountains and mountain ranges, bridges, tolls, mills and vleis. The map also shows sections of the railway line from Cape Town to Touws River Station and indicates the onward line to Beaufort West., Relief shown by hachures., Bar scale in miles.
Identifier: islandora:19594

Title: Engraving of Cape
Subject: Africa - Cape of Good Hope
Identifier: islandora:25218

Title: Basutoland. N.E. sheet
Subject: Lesotho--Maps, Lesotho--History--To 1966--Maps, ,
Description: Map of Basutoland [Lesotho] "prepared from a reconnaissance survey in 1904-9 by captain M.C. Dobson R.F.A.". The map shows towns, villages, "native locations", railways, telegraph and telephone lines, mission stations, ruins and rivers. Scale 1:250 000
Identifier: islandora:30071

Title: Burghersdorp
Subject: South African War, 1899-1902 -- Maps., Burgersdorp Region (Eastern Cape, South Africa) -- Maps.
Description: 1st ed., Map showing towns including Burghersdorp, Albert, Steynsburg, Venterstad, Sterkstroom, Molteno and Maraisburg, with roads, rivers, hills, railways, telegraph lines, farm names, farm boundaries and fences, divisional boundaries, homesteads, cultivated land and trees., "Route taken by Gorringe's Flying Column with ambulance wagon, etc, and heaviest gun 15 pounder." "Other roads." "Bridletracks available for mounted squadrons and pack mules." "Tracks or roads over which guns, etc were taken on the march.", Relief shown by hachures., "G.F.N. Henderson [,] Colonel. Director of Military Inteligence"., "This map is not to be considered as absolutely accurate"., Map folds into an outer cover., Projection not given., The maps are mounted on linen.
Identifier: islandora:24818

Title: Graaff Reinet
Subject: South African War, 1899-1902 -- Maps., Graaff-Reinet 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 roads, rivers, hills, pans, railways, homesteads, farm names, farm boundaries and divisional boundaries in the Graaff Reinet 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 only., Map folds into an outer cover., The map is mounted on linen.
Identifier: islandora:24827

Title: Souk el Arba
Subject: Jendouba (Tunisia)--Maps,
Description: Map of the region surrounding Souk el Arba in northwestern Tunisia, and state, administrative, district and town 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, 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, redoubts, batteries, cemetries, irrigation canals, trigonometric points, telegraphs, posts. Colour. relief shown by form lines, contours and shading. Scale 1 : 50.000.
Identifier: islandora:19087

Title: Original map of the Transvaal or South-African Republic including the gold and diamondfields
Subject: Transvaal (South Africa) -- Maps., Africa, Southern -- Maps., Diamond mines and mining -- South Africa -- Maps., Gold mines and mining -- South Africa -- Maps.
Description: Map shows the Transvaal Republic with surrounding territories including Bamangoato country, Setshele's country, Griqualand West, Orange Free State, Basutoland [Lesotho], Natal, Utrecht, Zululand and Umzila's territory. The map also indicates British and Portuguese dominions, towns, farms, small villages, mission stations, African kraals and villages, rivers, fountains or pits, and the boundary of the tsetse fly., Relief shown by contours., Bar scales in English and German miles.
Identifier: islandora:19628

Title: Afrique Nord-Est
Subject: Africa, Northeast--Maps, Arabian Peninsula--Maps, , ,
Description: Map showing north east Africa, including Egypt, Libya, Eritrea, the British Sudan and Chad, and the regions around the Mediterrenean and Red Sea, including the Arabian Peninsula, Iran, Yemen, Transjordan, Palestine and the French Levant, and colonial boundaries and administrative divisions. Map shows towns and important indigenous centres, main military posts, historical ruins, railways, principal Saharan routes, rivers and streams, lakes, stagnant water, swamps, important water sources, rocks and dunes. Colour. Relief is shown in form lines, hatchures and hill shading. Scale 1 : 5.000.000. [Coordinates estimated]
Identifier: islandora:19342

Title: Egypt
Subject: Africa - Egypt
Description: London. Baldwin & Cradock
Identifier: islandora:25676

Title: A Map of the Eastern Watershed of the Kibali - Makua - Welle - Obangi, from the itineraries of Dr. W. Junker & Major Casati
Subject: Central Africa
Description: London. Frederick Warner & Co
Identifier: islandora:25588

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