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Title: Nieuwe Naaukeurige Land-en Zee-Kaart, van het voornaamste Gedeelte der Kaffersche Kust, Begrypende de Sardanje-Bay en de Caap de Bonne Esperanca met alle des Zelfs Plantazien
Subject: Cape of Good Hope (South Africa) -- Maps.
Description: Bar scale on map given in Dutch and French miles., Publisher's advertisement offering a facsimile of Nieuwe Naaukeurige Land-en Zee-Kaart, van het voornaamste Gedeelte der Kaffersche Kust, Begrypende de Sardanje-Bay en de Caap de Bonne Esperanca met alle des Zelfs Plantazien. The original map was included in an atlas compiled by Ottens consisting of 835 maps by various cartographers all dated between 1641 and 1729. The date of this individual map is given as between 1688 and 1702., English translation of the title: "New and accurate map and sea chart of the Cape coast from Saldanha Bay to the Cape of Good Hope"., Dutch, Latin and English text., Title across top of map: Nova et Accurata Tabula Promontorii Bonae Spei vulgo Cabo de Bona Esperanca., Norwich maintains that although Ottens is widely associated with this map because it is listed in an atlas compiled by him, it was neither drawn nor published by him personally., The map gives the location of property owned by early Dutch settlers with names of owners.
Identifier: islandora:19722

Title: Parliamentary Precinct
Subject: South Africa ; Western Cape, Province of the ; Cape Town, Gardens (open spaces), Good Hope Theatre (Cape Town, South Africa), Landscape architecture--South Africa--Cape Town, Public buildings--South Africa--Cape Town--Landscape architecture, Tuynhuys (Cape Town, South Africa)
Description: Good Hope Theatre and part of Tuynhuys, Cape Town, Western Cape. Parliamentary accommodation. Landscape sketch proposals: South Garden to the Good Hope Theatre. This pencil sketch, with pencil crayon rendering, is a design exploration drawing for internal use., Scale 1:100
Identifier: islandora:22393

Title: South Africa
Subject: South Africa -- Maps., Cape of Good Hope (South Africa) -- Maps., Cape Town (South Africa) -- Maps., George Region (South Africa) -- Maps., Grahamstown Region (South Africa) -- Maps.
Description: Map of southern Africa from Angra Pequena in the north west, round the Cape of Good Hope in the south, to Delagoa Bay in the north east. The map shows bays, mountains, drifts, places where eland could be found, farms, springs or wells, kloofs, cliffs, passes or poorts, hills, kraals, mission stations, rivers, ports, valleys and woods. Fiscal divisions are outlined in different colours. Population figures for the fiscal divisions have been added by hand., Relief shown by hachures., Four inset maps: Environs of the Cape -- District of George -- Environs of Graham-Town -- Cape Town from Greig's Almanac. Scale [ca. 1:27 338].
Identifier: islandora:19522

Title: Delineatio sinus illius, quem Hollandi mensalem, sua lingua Taffel Baje, nominarunt
Subject: Cape of Good Hope (South Africa) -- Maps -- Early works to 1800.
Description: The map shows Table Bay with three sailing ships, Tafelberg (Table Mountain), "C. de Bonesperance" and an inlet named Aquada de Sadeyne. The engraver includes depictions of men hunting with bows and arrows, animals, huts and trees. He also depicts two men in a small boat in the Indian Ocean. The engraver has populated the ocean with monster fish and mythical sea creatures., Name of cartographic publisher (Johann Theodor de Bry) and publishing details from British Library website., Probably appeared in: Indiæ Orientalis., Projection not given. Coordinates not given., "III."--Centre top of sheet. "IV.DELI"--Bottom right-hand corner of sheet.
Identifier: islandora:19723

Title: Algemeene kaart van de Colonie de Kaap de Goede Hoop, ontworpen volgens de naauwkeurigste berekeningen van de afstanden der plaatsen, en menigvuldige waarnemingen van breedte, gedaan op eene reis door deze landstreek, in de jaaren 1797 en 1798
Subject: Cape of Good Hope (South Africa) -- Maps -- Early works to 1800.
Description: Map of the Cape Colony showing distances between various places. Shows Colony divided into Districts. Based on observations of John Barrow during a journey in the area during 1797 and 1798., "Schaal van Enelsche Mylen"., Hand-coloured., Restored and placed between acid-free boards., This map has been digitised.
Identifier: islandora:19654

Title: Afrika
Subject: Africa -- Maps., Cape of Good Hope (South Africa) -- Maps., Cape Peninsula (South Africa) -- Maps.
Description: Map of Africa showing Portuguese, Spanish, French, British, Dutch and Danish colonial interests. The map shows portions of the eastern coastlines of North America and Brazil, and islands in the Atlantic and Indian Oceans including the Canary Islands, St. Helena, Madagascar, Mauritius and the Seychelles., Relief shown by shading., "Neue Ausgabe No LI. Stieler's Hand-Atlas (No. 40.)"., Bar scale in geographical miles and sea miles., Two insets: Die Südspitze von Afrika (showing the routes taken by travellers Lichtenstein and Campbell; and, Die Capstadt und Umgegend., Restored and hinged between acid-free boards.
Identifier: islandora:19699

Title: Carte de l'Afrique méridionale au pays entre la ligne Cap de Bonne Espérance et l'Isle de Madagascar
Subject: 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.
Description: 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.
Identifier: islandora:19819

Title: Union of South Africa
Subject: Cape of Good Hope (South Africa)--History--Maps, , , ,
Description: Map of the Union of South Africa showing parts of the Cape of Good Hope, South-West Africa and the Bechuanaland Protectorate, names of towns and places, international boundaries, enlargement of Cape Town, railways, roads, pans, reserves, and mountains. Scale: 1 in 1,500,000. Projection not given.
Identifier: islandora:29963

Title: Sketch of roads from Piquetberg and Ceres Road station to Calvinia, 1889
Subject: Cape of Good Hope (South Africa) -- Maps.
Description: The map traces the road from Piquetberg and Ceres Road station to Calvinia, and shows Tulbagh, Prince Alfred, Porterville, Clanwilliam, Van Rhynsdorp, mountains, passes, tolls, roads, footpaths, bridges, rivers, water availability, some distances and vleis., Relief shown by contours., "The distance of the two lines is practically the same being 169½ & 170 miles. Checked in Surveyor Generals Office - new line if made will be about the same."
Identifier: islandora:19596

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: South Africa
Subject: South Africa -- Maps., Cape of Good Hope (South Africa) -- Maps.
Description: Map of southern Africa from Delagoa Bay in the North to Cape Lagullas [Agulhas] at the southern most point. Includes: Stellenbosh [Stellenbosch]; Groene Kloof Moravian settlement; Tulbach or Rodezand; Genadendal or Grace Vale, a Moravian settlement; Zurbrak [Zuurbrak]; Hooge Kraal; Bethelsdorp; Theopolis; Boshesman Missionary settlement [north of Graaff Reinet]; Griquatown; Latakkoo, intended missionary station; Malapeetz, intended missionary station; Makoons Kraal Boshesman Mission; Orlams Kraal, a missionary station; Schmelens Station; [and] Pella Namacqua Missionary settlement. .The map indicates the route taken by the Reverend John Campbell, mission stations, towns, rivers, mountains and areas inhabited by different groups of people e.g. the "Tambookies" [abaThembu], the "Makoon Boshesmens" [Bushmen], "Wild Boshesmens" country, the "Bootchuana tribes" [baTswana], Damara country, Great Namacqua [Namaqua] country and "Caffraria"., "Published by Black, Parry & Co. Booksellers to the Honble East India Company, Leadenhall Street, London, 1815.", The bar scale representation on the map is given in British statute miles.
Identifier: islandora:19677

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