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Title: Sketch exhibiting the topographical arrangement of British Kaffraria, also shewing the Division of Victoria annexed to the Colony of the Cape of Good Hope, sketch no. 6
Subject: Kaffraria--History--Maps, Xhosa (African people)--Colonisation--South Africa--Cape of Good Hope, Great Britan--Colonies--Administration--History--19th Century,
Description: Sketch of British Kaffraria and the Division of Victoria annexed to the Colony of the Cape of Good Hope, with the old and new boundary of the Cape Colony, districts, names of places, forts, routes, and rivers. Some colour. Scale 10 miles to 1 inch.
Identifier: islandora:30035

Title: A Map of the Cape of Good Hope with its true Situation
Subject: Africa - Cape of Good Hope
Description: Map shows "early routes of one of the early exploring expeditions." Mainland is decorated with various animals, elephants, lion, snakes, ostriches, cows and sheep. The seas contain several sailing vessels and a compass rose. Inset: View of Table Mountain. Top left: Vol. 2 p. 141.
Identifier: islandora:25694

Title: No. I. Cape Colony, 1896-7
Subject: Sheep farming--South Africa--Maps, Cape of Good Hope (Colony)--Administrative and political divisions--Maps,
Description: A map showing success rates of sheep dipping according to divisions. It also shows districts and seats of magistracy and railways current as well as those sanctioned and to be constructed. Chiefly colour. Scale 1 inch to 50 miles
Identifier: islandora:25182

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: Niuewe Kaart van Caap der Goode Hoop in hare rechte jegenwoordige staat vertoond door
Subject: Africa - Cape of Good Hope
Description: Inset: Detail of the Cape Peninsula with names of farms and their owners. Top right: No. 43. This map "served as a source for other map makers over a number of years.", Amsterdam. van Braam, J. and onder de Linden, G.
Identifier: islandora:25266

Title: Cape of Good Hope
Subject: Africa - Cape of Good Hope
Description: Dutch and English legends., Millar & Hogg
Identifier: islandora:25291

Title: Cape Colony reconnaissance series. Strydenburg
Subject: Strydenburg Region (Northern Cape, South Africa) -- Maps., Northern Cape (South Africa) -- Maps., Cape of Good Hope (South Africa) -- Maps.
Description: Topographical map indicating Strydenburg and other towns, villages, roads, railways, rivers, mountains and other features in the area of Strydenburg., 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 eleven ancillary maps (scale 1 in. to 0.5 miles) with notes: Zak Drift, Nieuw Jaars Kraal Drift, Christmas Drift, Zwem Kuil Drift, English Drift, Mooi Draai Drift, Read's Drift, Drift near Zandfontein Farm, Mark's Drift, De Kalk Drift, Kameel Drift., Sheet 128-L., Copy 922 mounted on cloth. Copy 955 printed on cloth.
Identifier: islandora:24925

Title: The colony of the Cape of Good Hope and neighbouring territories
Subject: Cape of Good Hope (South Africa) -- Maps., Africa, Southern -- Maps.
Description: Map of the Cape of Good Hope showing administrative divisions, cities and towns, mountains, rivers, roads, railway lines and mission stations. Also shown on the map are Griqualand West, the Orange Free State, Basuto Land [now Lesotho], Zululand and the Transvaal as well as portions of Great Namaqualand, the Kalahara [Kalahari] Desert, Betchuanaland [now Botswana] and the southernmost tip of Portuguese East Africa [now Mozambique]., Relief shown by shading.
Identifier: islandora:19782

Title: Pageant at the Castle, Cape Town, 1988
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Castle of Good Hope (Cape Town, South Africa), World War, 1939-1945
Description: Controversial flags: participants in the Castle pageant with their Nazi flags - which left a Jewish visitor hysterical on Thursday - during rehearsals yesterday. The pageant, to run from April 5 to 9, will depict scenes from the military history of the Castle and South Africa. The flags are to be used in a scene symbolizing World War II. The show will be staged in an amphitheatre being built beside the Castle. About 50 members of the SADF [South African Defence Force] will take part, along with guest artists.
Identifier: islandora:17097

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: [Map of land allotted at the Cape of Good Hope giving the numbers of the plots and also the names of the owners]
Subject: Farm ownership -- South Africa -- Cape of Good Hope -- History., Cape Town (South Africa) -- Maps -- Early works to 1800.
Description: Shows Table Mountain and the surrounding mountains in relief as well as the demarcation, size and ownership of farms on the south eastern side of the mountains and along the Liesbeeck River., Text in Dutch., Poor quality photographic copy of reproduction in the Leupe Collection, Western Cape Provincial Archives and Record Services. See WCARS M1/16., For a rather more detailed version of this area, see BMS.6821.c.1 (405).
Identifier: islandora:19724

Title: Cape Colony reconnaissance series. Warmbad
Subject: Warmbad Region (Namibia) -- Maps., Northern Cape (South Africa) -- Maps., Namibia -- Maps., Cape of Good Hope (South Africa) -- Maps.
Description: Topographical map indicating Warmbad and other towns and villages, roads, rivers, mountains, dunes and other features in the area surrounding Warmbad., Relief shown by contours., "Geographical Section. General Staff."--Cover., Projection not given., "No reliable topography being available the positions of places on German side of Orange River must be taken as only approximate"., Map folds into an outer cover., Includes index to adjoining sheets., Includes ancillary map (scale 1 in. to 0.5 miles): Raman's Drift ; and two ancillary sketches: Orange River at Raman's Drift., Sheet 128-A., Mounted on cloth.
Identifier: islandora:24921

Title: Il Paese Degli ottentotti ne' Contorni del Capo di Buona Speranza
Subject: Africa - Cape of Good Hope
Description: Prime meridian through Ferro Island., Paris. Bellin, Jacques Nicolas, 1703-1772
Identifier: islandora:25280

Title: Cape Province
Subject: Cape of Good Hope (South Africa)--Description and travel--Maps, Bechuanaland--Colonization--Maps, South Africa-- description and travel--maps, , , , ,
Description: Map of Cape Province showing Protectorate of South West Africa, British Bechuanaland Protectorate, provinces, territories, districts, international and district boundaries, railways and proposed railways. Scale: 1.8 in. to 100 miles. Projection not given.
Identifier: islandora:29957

Title: Restoration work at the Castle, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Castle of Good Hope (Cape Town, South Africa), Colonialism, Architecture, Marching bands
Description: Restoration work at the Governor's residence, Castle, Cape Town
Identifier: islandora:17104

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: Cape of Good Hope and Orange Free State. Philipstown
Subject: Philipstown Region (South Africa) -- Maps., Northern Cape (South Africa) -- Maps., Free State (South Africa) -- Maps., Cape of Good Hope (South Africa) -- Maps.
Description: Topographical map indicating Philipstown and other villages, roads, railways, rivers, mountains and other features in the area surrounding Philipstown., 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, rivers, roads, railways, transport, water, fuel, supplies and towns., Includes ancillary map: Lemoenfontein Drift (scale 1 in. to 0.5 miles)., Sheet South H-34/M., Copy 943 mounted on cloth. Copy 1073 printed on cloth.
Identifier: islandora:24926

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: Africa - Cape of Good Hope
Description: Title across top: Nova et Accurata Tabula Promontorii Bonae Spei vulgo Cabo de Bona Esperanca; Prime meridian through Tenerife. Joaquim "Ottens ... is associated with this map because it is listed in an atlas compiled by him, though it was not drawn up or published by him personally."
Identifier: islandora:25254

Title: Castle of Good Hope, Cape Town, 1979
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Castle of Good Hope (Cape Town, South Africa), Colonialism, Architecture, Marching bands
Description: The Castle is one of the Cape Town's oldest and most interesting buildings and is still in use by the Defence Force. It also houses military and naval museums.
Identifier: islandora:17099

Title: The Dutch colony of the Cape of Good Hope
Subject: Cape of Good Hope (South Africa) -- Maps -- Early works to 1800.
Description: 2nd ed. corrected December 1st 1795., Map shows the area from Klipping Eyland to Caap Falso with the Draakenstein mountains as the eastern boundary. Map also depicts the locations of several early settlers, the topography of the Cape Peninsula and hinterland, as well as villages, fountains, roads, river crossings and depth soundings in major bays., Scale in British miles, Dutch miles and nautical leagues.
Identifier: islandora:19545

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