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Title: Cape of Good Hope--[cartographic material]
Subject: Cape of Good Hope (South Africa)--Maps., Africa, Southern--Maps.
Description: This map shows the administrative districts of the Cape including: Stellenbosch, Zwellendam (Swellendam), Clanwilliam, Tulbagh, Worcester, George, Beaufort, Somerset, Uitenhage, Albany and Graaff Reynet (Reinet) as well as the area called on the map "Hottentotia inhabited by Bosjesmans or Bushmen of various Tribes; Koras or Koranas" and the land of the "Bichuanas". An overlay continues the coastline north from Port Natal (Durban) to Delagoa Bay (Maputo). The map also indicates towns, settlements, rivers and mountains., Relief shown by hachures., Projection not given., Appears in The London atlas of universal geography, exhibiting the physical & political divisions of the various countries of the world / John Arrowsmith. London : J. Arrowsmith, 1842.
Identifier: islandora:19587

Title: Apartheid beach signage, Cape Town
Subject: Simon's Town (Cape of Good Hope, South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Apartheid, South Africa. Separate Amenities Act, 1953, Race discrimination, Segregation, Apartheid signage
Description: Simonstown beach reserved for whites only in the apartheid era
Identifier: islandora:16654

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: Sketch of British Kaffraria
Subject: Kaffraria-- History--Maps, Xhosa (African people)--Colonisation--South Africa --Cape of Good Hope, Great Britain--Colonies--Administration--History--19th Century,
Description: Map showing British Kaffraria, with royal reserve, rivers, and names of places. Coloured. Scale 25 Miles to 3 Inches.
Identifier: islandora:30033

Title: Castle of Good Hope, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Castle of Good Hope (Cape Town, South Africa), Colonialism, Architecture, Marching bands
Description: Archways inside the Castle, Cape Town, before restoration.
Identifier: islandora:17102

Title: Braunsia apiculata (Kensit) L.Bolus
Subject: South Africa--Cape of Good Hope, Aizoaceae--South Africa--Western Cape--Pictorial works, Botany--South Africa--Western Cape--Pictorial works, Vygie
Description: Botanical illustration - coloured - Braunsia apiculata. Dissected drawing of flower included plus dissected flower in attached capsule. Drawn from a collection made by Frith (sub-National Botanical Garden 1378/19), Cape Province.
Identifier: islandora:22916

Title: Wreck of Windsor Castle
Subject: Shipwrecks -- South Africa -- Cape Town., Nautical charts -- South Africa -- Cape of Good Hope., Cape of Good Hope (South Africa) -- Maps.
Description: Marine chart showing where the Windsor Castle, a 2,672 ton steamer, was wrecked off Dassen Island on 19 October 1876. This chart was specially prepared for the Standard and Mail newspaper. In addition to the site of the wreck, the map shows Camps Bay, Green Point, Mouille Point, the Cape Town docks, Observatory, the Salt River and Riet Vlei, Whale Rock, Robben Island, Blaauwberg and Blaauwberg River, Melkbosch Point, Seal Cove, Matroos Bay and Point, Buffels River, Bok River, Bok Point, Jacob's Cove, Gans Kraal Farm, Black Rock, Moeder River, Darling, Rondeberg, Ijzer Fontein Point, Rondeberg Breaker, and Dassen Island with Roaring Sister, South Rock, South West Breakers, West Ledge, The Triangles, Boom Point and Waterloo Bay., Depths shown by soundings., Projection not given. Map shows a variation of 29°50' between magnetic north and true north., Saul Solomon & Co.
Identifier: islandora:19685

Title: Cape Point, Cape Town
Subject: Cape of Good Hope Nature Reserve (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Lighthouses, Navigation, Shipping, Recreation
Description: The two lighthouses at Cape Point. The one on the left was built in 1860. The one on the right, further down the point, was built in 1919 after the sinking of the Lusitania in 1911. The old lighthouse was often shrouded in clouds and invisible to ships at sea.
Identifier: islandora:17012

Title: Cape of Good Hope. De Tuin
Subject: De Tuin Region (Northern Cape, South Africa) -- Maps., Northern Cape (South Africa) -- Maps., Cape of Good Hope (South Africa) -- Maps.
Description: Topographical map indicating De Tuin and towns and villages, roads, rivers, dunes and other features in the area surrounding De Tuin., 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, fuel, grazing and supplies., Sheet South H-34/I., Copy 332 printed on cloth. Copy 964 mounted on cloth.
Identifier: islandora:24928

Title: Cape Colony
Subject: Railroads--South Africa--Cape of Good Hope--Maps, Railroads--South Africa--Cape of Good Hope--History--Maps, Cape of Good Hope (South Africa)--Maps, ,
Description: Map with notes, markings and colourings showing Cape Colony and sorrounding areas, railways, international, provincial and district boundaries, and names of places. Scale: 2.4 in. to 150 miles. Projection not given.
Identifier: islandora:29914

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, within the Parliamentary Precinct, Cape Town. This hand-drawn landscape plan and elevation is rendered with Pantone colour application and shadow projection, and indicates, with annotations, proposed planters, pathways and terraces., Scale 1:100
Identifier: islandora:22391

Title: Cape Colony. Naauwpoort
Subject: Naauwpoort Region (Northern Cape, South Africa) -- Maps., Northern Cape (South Africa) -- Maps., Eastern Cape (South Africa) -- Maps., Western Cape (South Africa) -- Maps., Cape of Good Hope (South Africa) -- Maps.
Description: Topographical map indicating Naauwpoort and other towns and villages, roads, railways, rivers, mountains and other features in the area surrounding Naauwpoort., 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, transport, water, fuel and grazing., Includes two ancillary maps (scale 1 in. to 0.5 miles): Hanover and New Bethesda. Includes two ancillary maps (scale 1 in. to 1 mile): Middelburg and Naauwpoort., Sheet 129-S., Printed on cloth.
Identifier: islandora:24941

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: 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: Philips' new map of Southern Africa, including the Cape Colony, Transvaal, and Natal
Subject: Africa, Southern--Maps, Cape of Good Hope (South Africa)--Maps, Transvaal (South Africa)--Maps, KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa)--Maps, , , , ,
Description: Map of Southern Africa showing the Cape Colony, Transvaal and Natal, and other provinces and teritories, rivers, railways, hachures, salt pans, lakes, names of places and teritorial boundaries. Scale: 3 in. to 300 km. Projection not given.
Identifier: islandora:29913

Title: Carta Geographica del Capo de Buona Speranza
Subject: Africa - Cape of Good Hope
Description: Example of a popular L'Isle map, which others copied. Map "shows the routes from the Cape inland to the kraals of the various tribes, sweet water wells, salt pans, woods, rivers, and many of the early farming settlements." Inset: Spiegazione., Venice. L'Isle, Guillaume de, 1675-1726
Identifier: islandora:25398

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: Enviromentalists protest building of restaurant at Cape Point, Cape Town
Subject: Cape of Good Hope Nature Reserve (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Environmental activists, Demonstrations, Environment, Local government, Urban development
Description: We protest: Environmentalists objecting to the proposed restaurant get their message across to councillors during their visit.
Identifier: islandora:17007

Title: Cape Times Big Walk, Cape Town
Subject: Simon's Town (Cape of Good Hope, South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Sports, Charity, Newspapers
Description: Start of the Cape Times Big Walk in Simonstown, 1980s
Identifier: islandora:16977

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

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