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Title: Le Cape de Bonne Esperance comme il a ete ci-devant
Subject: Africa - Cape of Good Hope
Description: Similar to Valentijn' s map (see NOR 0215). The mountains are numbered and named in the border. 1. Le chateau. 2. Le Petit-Fort. 3. Montagne du lion. 4. Montagne de la Table. 5. Montagne du Vent. 6. Endroit ou tous les Bataeux Viennent., Leiden. Aa, Pieter van der, 1659-1733
Identifier: islandora:25282

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

Title: Geological map of the Colony of the Cape of Good Hope, sheet I
Subject: Geology--South Africa--Maps, Geology, Stratigraphic--Cape of Good Hope (South Africa)--Maps, Basins (Geology)--South Africa--Maps,
Description: Geological map of the Colony of the Cape of Good Hope with notes and lines marked A to F, showing superficial deposits, Ecca and Dwyka Series of the Karoo System, Wittenberg, Bokkeveld and Table Mountain Series of the Cape System, French Hoek beds, Malmesbury Series, dolerite and diabase, and qartz-porphyry granite, railways, roads, rivers, mountains, and pans. Coloured. Scale: 1 in. to 5 English miles. Projection not given.
Identifier: islandora:29939

Title: City of Cape Town and environs
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa) -- Maps., Cape Town Metropolitan Area (South Africa) -- Maps.
Description: Text in English and Afrikaans., This coloured version of the 1937 map shows the central business district and the peri-urban and suburban areas of Cape Town 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., Dimensions of the printed sheets: 89 x 113 cm. or smaller., The library does not hold a full printed set of the 1937 edition of this map and this coloured digital set is incomplete. These digital copies of sheets 2, 3 and 4 of the series have been made available through the generosity of the Environmental Resource Management Department of the Cape Town City Council.
Identifier: islandora:19888

Title: Cape of Good Hope. Williston
Subject: Williston Region (South Africa) -- Maps., Northern Cape (South Africa) -- Maps., Cape of Good Hope (South Africa) -- Maps.
Description: Topographical map indicating Williston and other towns and villages, roads, rivers, mountains, dunes and other features in the area surrounding Williston., Relief shown by contours, form lines and spot heights., Projection not given., Map folds into an outer cover., Includes index to adjoining sheets., Includes a table listing halting places., Includes a general note commenting on: nature of country, roads, drifts, transport, water, supplies and towns., Sheet South H-34/U., Mounted on cloth.
Identifier: islandora:24920

Title: City of Cape Town and environs
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa) -- Maps., Cape Town Metropolitan Area (South Africa) -- Maps.
Description: Text in English and Afrikaans., This coloured version of the 1937 map shows the central business district and the peri-urban and suburban areas of Cape Town 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., Dimensions of the printed sheets: 89 x 113 cm. or smaller., The library does not hold a full printed set of the 1937 edition of this map and this coloured digital set is incomplete. These digital copies of sheets 2, 3 and 4 of the series have been made available through the generosity of the Environmental Resource Management Department of the Cape Town City Council.
Identifier: islandora:19890

Title: Map of Cape Town central and neighbouring suburbs
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa) -- Maps.
Description: Map shows tramways, railways, principal buildings, bathing places, public conveniences, the cableway, the zoo, the university and vegetation on Table Mountain. The map also gives details of the harbour area marking Victoria Dock, Alfred Dock and the position of the "New Basin (under construction)" as well as other developments on the foreshore. There is additional tourist information on the verso of the map., South African Railways and Harbours.
Identifier: islandora:19893

Title: Insurance plan of Cape Town, Cape Colony, South Africa
Subject: Insurance--South Africa--Cape Town--Maps., Fire risk assessment--South Africa--Cape Town--Maps., Cape Town (South Africa)--Maps., Cape Town (South Africa)--Buildings, structures, etc.--Maps.
Description: The plans record street names, widths and numbers; fire-protection facilities (including the location of salt and fresh water hydrants); materials, shape, height, placement and use of buildings; the location of openings, types of stored materials and areas of high-risk activites on industrial sites., Sheet 1 comprises the key plan indicating 9 areas of central Cape Town surveyed by Goad (scale 1:6,000. 1 in. to 500 feet). This key plan includes notes on the water supply (salt and fresh) in central Cape Town, details of personnel and equipment of the Cape Town Fire Brigade and general comments on the city's climate and buildings. Also included is a sheet comprising an index of streets, buildings and firms. The buildings are colour coded by material type., Title from key plan on sheet 1., The 11 sheets (1 index and 10 maps) are in a hardcover volume, each sheet forming 2 leaves., This volume is one of 18 Cape Town fire-insurance atlases surveyed and drawn by Charles Edward Goad and printed in 1895. The bookplate pasted on the inside of the front cover indicates this copy was intended for the Union Assurance Society.
Identifier: islandora:19824

Title: Insurance plan of Cape Town, Cape Colony, South Africa
Subject: Insurance -- South Africa -- Cape Town -- Maps., Fire risk assessment -- South Africa -- Cape Town -- Maps., Cape Town (South Africa) -- Maps., Cape Town (South Africa) -- Buildings, structures, etc. -- Maps.
Description: The plans record street names, widths and numbers; fire-protection facilities (including the location of salt and fresh water hydrants); materials, shape, height, placement and use of buildings; the location of openings, types of stored materials and areas of high-risk activites on industrial sites., Sheet 1 comprises the key plan indicating 9 areas of central Cape Town surveyed by Goad (scale 1:6,000. 1 in. to 500 feet). This key plan includes notes on the water supply (salt and fresh) in central Cape Town, details of personnel and equipment of the Cape Town Fire Brigade and general comments on the city's climate and buildings. Also included is a sheet comprising an index of streets, buildings and firms. The buildings are colour coded by material type., Title from key plan on sheet 1., The 11 sheets (1 index and 10 maps) are in a hardcover volume, each sheet forming 2 leaves., This volume is one of 18 Cape Town fire-insurance atlases surveyed and drawn by Charles Edward Goad and printed in 1895. The bookplate pasted on the inside of the front cover indicates this copy was intended for the Union Assurance Society.
Identifier: islandora:19891

Title: Westerberg Mine (Cape Asbestos Coy)
Subject: Westerberg Mine (South Africa) -- Maps., Asbestos mines and mining -- South Africa -- Northern Cape -- Maps., Geology -- South Africa -- Northern Cape -- Maps, Northern Cape (South Africa) -- Maps.
Description: Hand-drawn copy of the original plan of Westerberg mine in the Prieska District of the Northern Cape (now Northern Cape Province) which was owned by the Cape Asbestos Company. The map indicates outer, main and inner reefs as well as dykes., Projection not given. Coordinates not given.
Identifier: islandora:19607

Title: Cape of Good Hope. Upington
Subject: Upington Region (South Africa) -- Maps., Northern Cape (South Africa) -- Maps., Cape of Good Hope (South Africa) -- Maps.
Description: Topographical map indicating Upington and other towns and villages, roads, railways, rivers, mountains, dunes and other features in the area surrounding Upington., Relief shown by contours, shading, form lines and spot heights., Projection not given., Map folds into an outer cover., Includes index to adjoining sheets., Includes a table listing halting places., Includes a general note commenting on: nature of country, roads, drifts, transport, water, fuel, grazing, supplies and town of Upington., Includes five ancillary maps (scale 1 in. to 0.5 miles): Upington, Wilgenhouts Drift, Achterkop Drift, Ariegap Drift, Rooilyf Drift., Sheet South-H-34/D., Printed on cloth.
Identifier: islandora:24919

Title: Geological map of the Colony of the Cape of Good Hope, sheet XLV.
Subject: Geology--South Africa--Maps, Geology--Cape of Good Hope (South Africa)--Maps, Geological survey--Cape Colony (South Africa)--Maps, ,
Description: Map shows Sheet 45 of the geological map of the colony of the Cape of Good Hope, with rock layers including superficial deposits, Dwyka, Matsap, Griqua-Town, and Campbell Rand Series, and intrusive rocks, divisions of land with numbers, names of places and mountains, and reserves. Coloured. Scale 1600 Cape Roods to 1 Inch.
Identifier: islandora:29971

Title: Views of Cape Town and vicinity
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa) -- Pictorial works.
Description: Three sketches: View from the road to Stellenbosch; View from the waste behind Dr Lieschings villa; View of the mountains, on entering Table Bay., The views include numbered and labelled topographical features including Devil's Hill [Peak], Lion's Head, Lion's Rump, Cape Town, Table Bay, Table Mountain, "Van Kamp's Bay" (Camp's Bay) and the mountains in the Stellenbosch region., Printed sketches extracted from Christian Ignatius Latrobe, A journal of a visit to South Africa, in 1815, and 1816. With some account of the missionary settlements of the United Brethren, near the Cape of Good Hope (London : L.B. Seeley, 1818)., Restored and hinged between acid-free boards.
Identifier: islandora:19749

Title: Cape Times map of German South-West Africa (southern portion)
Subject: Namibia -- Maps.
Description: This map of German South West Africa shows its eastern border with South Africa and Walvis Bay demarcated as a British possession., Map has been torn and mended badly with adhesive tape. The tape has deposited an oily residue marring the graphic.
Identifier: islandora:19813

Title: Cape Government Railways map
Subject: Africa, Southern -- Maps., Railroads -- South Africa -- Maps.
Description: The map shows the railway routes in the Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, Natal, Zululand, Griqualand East and Pondoland in present-day South Africa as well as in Rhodesia. The map also indicates the neighbouring British Bechaunaland Protectorate, German South West Africa, Basuto Land, and Portuguese Territory but no railway routes are shown in these territories. Also indicated are rivers, lakes, the Atlantic Ocean to the west and the Indian Ocean to the east. The reference key points to the "Cape Government Railways & Lines administered by the Cape Government", "Other Railways", and [railways] "under construction authorised or proposed"., An inset map in the bottom right corner shows Cape Town and surroundings as well as detailed railway routes as far as Kalabas Kraal, Malan, French Hoek [Franschhoek] and Caledon., A small section of the top left side of the map has been torn off but no image or text is affected. The map is torn along the left hand folds., Townshend, Taylor and Snashall (Firm)
Identifier: islandora:19583

Title: Cape Colony reconnaissance series. Orange River mouth
Subject: Orange River Estuary Region (Namibia and South Africa) -- Maps., Northern Cape (South Africa) -- Maps., Cape of Good Hope (South Africa) -- Maps.
Description: Topographical map indicating villages, roads, railways, rivers, mountains, dunes and other features in the area of the Orange River mouth., Relief shown by contours and spot heights., "Geographical Section. General Staff."--Cover., Projection not given., Map folds into an outer cover., Includes index to adjoining sheets., Includes a table listing halting places., Includes two inset sketches: Orange River at Sendling's Drift and Arris Drift., Sheet 127-E., Mounted on cloth.
Identifier: islandora:24940

Title: Cape Colony reconnaissance series. Little Bushmanland
Subject: Boesmanland (South Africa) -- Maps., Northern Cape (South Africa) -- Maps., Cape of Good Hope (South Africa) -- Maps.
Description: Topographical map of Little Bushmanland showing towns and villages, roads, rivers, mountains and other features in the area., Relief shown by contours and hachures., Projection not given., Map folds into an outer cover., Includes index to adjoining sheets., Includes a table listing halting places., Includes: Notes on the intervisibility of signalling stations., Sheet 128-G., Printed on cloth.
Identifier: islandora:24927

Title: Cape of Good Hope. Kamies Berg
Subject: Northern Cape (South Africa) -- Maps., Western Cape (South Africa) -- Maps., Cape of Good Hope (South Africa) -- Maps.
Description: Topographical map indicating the Kamies Berg mountain range and towns and villages, roads, railways, rivers, mountains and other features in the Kamies Berg area., Relief shown by contours, form lines and spot heights., Projection not given., Map folds into an outer cover., Includes index to adjoining sheets., Includes a table listing halting places., Includes a general note commenting on: nature of country, roads, rivers, transport, water, supplies and telegraph., Sheet south H-34/M., Maps mounted on cloth and torn slightly along folds.
Identifier: islandora:24918

Title: Cape Government Railways map shewing approximately the route of a proposed light railway from Victoria West Road to Carnarvon
Subject: Railroads--South Africa--Carnarvon--Maps, Rairoads--South Africa--Victoria West--Maps, ,
Description: Map showing a proposed railway line from Victoria West Road station to Carnarvon, with farms, commonage, roads and rivers. Some colour. Scale 1 inch to 1200 Cape roods. Scale 1 6/8 inch to 5 miles.
Identifier: islandora:25140

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