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Title: Principales routes et pistes de L'Afrique Français
Subject: Africa, French-speaking Equatorial--Maps, , ,
Description: Map showing major roads and tracks in eastern French Equatorial Africa, including Chad, the Central African Republic and French Cameroon, and parts of Libya, Niger, and the Western Sudan, with international and colonial boundaries, capital towns, railways, hotels, campsites, telephone and telegraph offices, wireless telegraph posts, petrol depots, chief and advanced posts of the Saharan Company. Some colour. Relief shown by hachures and form lines. Scale 1 : 2.500.000. [Coordinates estimated]
Identifier: islandora:19352

Title: Visitor's guide to Pretoria
Subject: Pretoria (South Africa)--Maps, Pretoria (South Africa)--Description and travel--Maps, ,
Description: Pictorial tourist map of Pretoria showing key tourist attractions each accompanied by its own drawing including Paul Kruger's House, Bureau, Old Transvaal Museum, Union Buildings, Government House, Libertas, The New Museum, Zoo, Paul Kruger Monument, Paul Kruger's Grave, New City Hall and Art Gallery, Voortrekker Monument and the steel works. Lesser attractions and landmarks are represented by name alone including Berea Park, municipal plantation, police training depot, mental hospital, new cemetery and the Western sports grouonds. Colouration is predominantly green and purple to reference the city's Jacaranda-lined streets. Verso provides a list of activities and places of interest available to tourists. Scale not given.
Identifier: islandora:30062

Title: City of Cape Town and environs
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa) -- Maps., Cape Town Metropolitan Area (South Africa) -- Maps.
Description: This 1937 monochrome 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., Text in English and Afrikaans., 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. These digital copies have been made available through the generosity of the Environmental Resource Management Department of the Cape Town City Council.
Identifier: islandora:19867

Title: Kenya Colony
Subject: Kenya--Maps, ,
Description: Map of Kenya showing parts of Somaliland, Uganda and Tanganyika and territorial boundaries, and Lake Victoria, with railways, roads, tracks,principal towns, centres and administrative posts, villages, settlements, missions, tribal or area names, localities, salt lakes, rivers and watercourses, springs, waterholes, wells, swamps, contours, hill features, cliffs and escarpment, craters, lighthouses, telegraph or telephone lines,aerodromes, landing grounds, seaplane stations, seaplane alighting areas. Colour. Relief shown by form lines, hachures and altitude tints. Sixth edition army/air style. Scale 1 : 2,000,000.
Identifier: islandora:19300

Title: Compilation of diagrams of the lands at Fort Hare proposed to be granted to the Lovedale Seminary and to be reserved for the Fort Hare erf holders
Subject: Fort Hare Military Reserve (South Africa)--Maps,
Description: Map of the Fort Hare Military Reserve. Relief shown by form lines. Colour. Scale 1 inch to 20 English chains.
Identifier: islandora:25141

Title: Kidal
Subject: Kidal (Mali)--Maps, ,
Description: A map of Kidal, in Mali, showing colonial and provincial boundaries,with desert trail roads, routes of explorers, villages and towns, flight and landing fields, astronomical points, wells, rivers, water sources, mountains, natural watering holes in the rocks. Relief shown by form lines and hachures. Some colour. Special edition VI. Scale 1 : 500 000.
Identifier: islandora:19234

Title: Madagascar (Sud)
Subject: Madagascar--Administrative and political divisions--Maps, ,
Description: Map showing south Madagascar and provincial boundaries, with railways, roads, trails, tracks, telegraph and telephone lines, provinces, districts and localities, mountain ranges, peaks, valleys, capes, islands, historical ruins, rivers, watercourses, marshes, wetlands, plains prone to flooding, astronomical geodetic points, and water sources.Colour. Relief shown by form lines and hill shading. Provisional edition. Scale 1 : 2,000,000.
Identifier: islandora:19333

Title: Map of the colony of Natal. Pongola
Subject: KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa) -- Maps.
Description: This map section, Pongola, forms part of the Map of the colony of Natal., Map of the Pongola area from Oro Point in the north to Umbama Pan 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, Pongola, from cover., The map folds into an outer cover.
Identifier: islandora:19531

Title: Divisional map of Malmesbury
Subject: Malmesbury Region (South Africa) -- Maps.
Description: Map of the Malmesbury area in the Western Cape showing the villages of Malmesbury, Moorreesburg, Riebeeck West, Riebeeck Kasteel, Hoetjes Bay, Hopefield, Darling, Mamre, Saldanha Bay, Marcus Island and Dassen Island, divisional and field cornetcy boundaries, farm boundaries, farm names, property numbers and some owner names, main, divisional, ordinary and branch roads, commonages, outspans, trigonometrical stations, rivers and salt pans., Parts 3 and 4 are printed on sheet 3.
Identifier: islandora:24874

Title: Map of the Colony of Natal
Subject: Natal (Colony)--Maps, KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa)--Maps,
Description: A map of Natal showing cities, towns, villages, rivers, mountains and other features., Relief shown by shading., Projection not given.
Identifier: islandora:19529

Title: Aldabra
Subject: Aldabra Islands (Seychelles)--Maps, ,
Description: Map showing Aldabra, the world's second largest coral atoll situated in the Aldabra Group of islands in the Indian Ocean that form part of the Outer Islands of the Seychelles, with place names, heights in metres, scale of nautical miles, coral reefs, roads, altitudes in metres, lighthouses. Relief shown by height in metres. Colour. First edition. Scale 1 : 2,000 000.
Identifier: islandora:19336

Title: Map shewing railways of Cape Colony, open in 1882
Subject: Railroads--South Africa--Cape of Good Hope--Maps, , ,
Description: Map of the Cape Colony showing the Western, Midland and Eastern Systems of railways, with an inset of 'Enlarged map of lines near Cape Town.' The System lines show all the train stations and distances. The map also shows towns. Some colour. Scale about 1/2 inch to 10 miles.
Identifier: islandora:25188

Title: Cape Colony. 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, hachures, 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 Upington., Includes ancillary map: Upington (scale 1 in. to 0.5 miles)., Sheet 128-D., Copies 917 and 952 mounted on cloth. Copy 953 printed on cloth. Copy 952 is discoloured.
Identifier: islandora:24924

Title: Plan of the Transkeian Territories, sheet no. 8
Subject: South Africa--Bantustans--Maps, Transkei (South Africa)--History--Maps, , ,
Description: Map showing sheet no. 8 of the Plan of the Transkeian Territories, with the Districts of Mqanduli, Elliotdale, Umtata and parts of Engcobo, reserves, major settlements, names of places, plan numbers, district boundaries, rivers, roads, plantations, and forests. Scale: 800 Cape roods to 1 in. Relief shown by shading. No projection given.
Identifier: islandora:30064

Title: Porto-Farina
Subject: Ghár al Milḥ (Tunisia)--Maps,
Description: Map of Porto-Farina and surrounding region in north-eastern Tunisia including Lac de Porto-Farina, Domaine d'Utique and Galaat el Andless, showing state, administrative, district and town boundaries, with magnetic declination, long distance roads, communication routes, local highways, irregularly maintained dirt roads, logging roads and mule tracks, remains of Roman roads, stone bridges, suspended bridges with supports, footbridges, ferries, fords navigable by vehicle or foot, forests, marshes, dunes, vines, water sources dry in summer, churches, chapels or holy places, houses, wells and fountains, water and wind mills, fixed and rotating lighthouses, port lights, redoubts, batteries, cemetries, irrigation canals, trigonometric points, telegraphs, posts. Colour. Relief in hill shading and form lines and contours. Scale 1 : 50.000.
Identifier: islandora:19114

Title: Map of part of northern Africa showing the routes of the expedition under Messrs Richardson, Barth, Overweg & Vogel in the years 1850 and 1853
Subject: Libya -- Maps., Libya -- Discovery and exploration -- Maps.
Description: Map of Libya, showing the Mediterranean coastline and the Gulf of Sidra, the Regency of Tripoli, Pashalic of Fezzan, Ghat and the Soudah or Black Mountains. The map also indicates the following routes: the route of Dr Barth and Dr Overweg in the Gharian Mountains, 2-24 February 1850; part of the route of Messrs Richardson, Barth and Overweg from Tripoli to Lake Tsad [Chad], 22 March to 2 August 1850; Dr Vogel's route, June to November 1853., Relief shown by hachures and spot heights., "Lith. by A. Petermann ..."., Includes an illustration of "Artemia oudneyi (Fezzan worm)."
Identifier: islandora:19666

Title: German East Africa. Daressalam
Subject: Dar es Salaam (Tanzania : Region) -- Maps., German East Africa -- Maps.
Description: Map showing towns, villages, international boundaries, railways, roads, tracks, telegraph lines, post and telegraph offices, heights in metres above sea level, mission stations, ruins, and "Mbuga" ("Low Country, often swampy in rainy season") in the Dar es Salaam area., Relief shown by form lines and spot heights., Projection not given., Grid reference: GDF., Index no.: D6.
Identifier: islandora:24768

Title: Dar es Salaam
Subject: Dar es Salaam (Tanzania)--Maps, ,
Description: Map of Dar es Salaam and surrounding areas in East Africa, including Pemba, Zanzibar and Mafia Island, and international, provincial and district boundaries, with railways, roads, paths or tracks, rivers, marshes, telegraphs, submarine cables, telegraph or telephone offices, post offices, wireless telegraph stations, towns, trigonometric stations, missions, wells. Colour. Relief shown by contours and sea contours. Scale 1 : 1,000,000.
Identifier: islandora:19312

Title: El Goléa
Subject: El Goléa (Algeria)--Maps, ,
Description: Map showing El Goléa, an oasis town and commune and capital of El Ménia District in Ghardaia province of Algeria, and military territory boundaries, neighbouring/adjoining boundaries, with automobile tracks, main and secondary roads, permanent water points, temporary water points, wells filled, depth in metres of wells, white blooms gypsum rocks, salt water marshes, dunes with height in metres, sand, island or board mountains, reinforced towers, mosques, post and telegraph offices, geodetic points, astronomical points, altitude with height in metres, relative side of escarpment, dune, cavity, master and regular curves. Relief shown by form lines, hachures and shading, height in metres. Colour. Scale 1: 500 000.
Identifier: islandora:19177

Title: Medjez-el-Bab
Subject: Medjez-el-Bab (Tunisia)--Maps,
Description: Map of the region surrounding Medjez-el-Bab in northern Tunisia, and state, administrative, district and town boundaries, with magnetic declination, long distance roads, communication routes, local highways, irregularly maintained dirt roads, logging roads and mule tracks, remains of Roman roads, stone bridges, suspended bridges with supports, footbridges, ferries, fords navigable by vehicle or foot, forests, marshes, dunes, vines, water sources dry in summer, churches, chapels or holy places, houses, wells and fountains, water and wind mills, fixed and rotating lighthouses, port lights, redoubts, batteries, cemetries, irrigation canals, trigonometric points, telegraphs, posts. Colour. Relief in hill shading and form lines and contours. Scale 1 : 50.000.
Identifier: islandora:19092

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