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Title: Map of the Cape Government Railways, the Royal Mail route to the Orange River Colony, Transvaal and Rhodesia
Subject: Railroads -- South Africa -- Maps., Railroads -- Africa, southern -- Maps., Shipping -- South Africa -- Maps., South Africa -- Maps., Africa, Southern -- Maps.
Description: Map of southern Africa, including the Cape Colony, the Orange River Colony, the Transvaal, Natal, Bechuanaland, and Rhodesia, showing the routes of the Cape Government Railways and other existing railways (those already in use and those still under construction) as well as lines that had been proposed or authorised. The map also indicates cities, towns (with an alphabetical index to places on the map), rivers and shipping routes from London to Cape Town and along the South African coast., Townshend, Taylor and Snashall (Firm)
Identifier: islandora:19581

Title: Map of the colony of Natal. Vryheid
Subject: KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa) -- Maps.
Description: This map section, Vryheid, forms part of the Map of the colony of Natal., Map of the Vryheid area from Piet Retief in the north to the town of Vryheid in the south, showing cities and towns, roads, railways, telegraph and telephone lines, county boundaries, magisterial divisions, mission stations, trigonometrical points, magistrate's offices, reserve boundaries, farm boundaries, farm names and numbers, African "locations" with names of clan leaders, rivers and mountains., Relief shown by shading., Collective title, Map of the colony of Natal, from Durban (North Coast) and Scale sections; section title, Vryheid, from cover., The map folds into an outer cover.
Identifier: islandora:19536

Title: Cape Colony. Prieska
Subject: Prieska Region (South Africa) -- Maps., Northern Cape (South Africa) -- Maps., Cape of Good Hope (South Africa) -- Maps.
Description: Topographical map indicating Prieska and other towns and villages, roads, railways, rivers, mountains and other features in the area surrounding Prieska., 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 Prieska., Includes six ancillary maps (scale 1 in. to 0.5 miles): Kliphuis Drift, Naauwgekneld Drift, Buis Vlei Drift, Nouga Drift, Prieska Drift and Muishoek Drift. Includes two ancillary maps (scale 1 in. to 1 mile): Marydale and Prieska., Sheet 128 E & K., Mounted on cloth. Maps torn slightly along folds.
Identifier: islandora:24929

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:19825

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