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Title: Sakoa
Subject: Sakoa (Madagascar)--Maps, ,
Description: Map showing Sakoa, a region of southwestern Madagascar, with unpaved roads, roads for carts/wagons, mule driver paths, footpaths, geodetic points, rated points, masonry houses, earthen houses, churches, tombs, large villages, villages, rice paddies, marsh, bush, high bush, baobabs, coconut palms, wet or covered sands, dry sands, mountain names, extractions, rocky escarpments, rocks/boulders, wells. Relief shown by formlines and hachures. Colour. Scale 1 : 100.000.
Identifier: islandora:19050

Title: Rough sketch of the country between the Kei and Umzimkulu Rivers or the Transkeian Territories, showing the position of crown forests, timber trade routes, &c
Subject: Forests and forestry--South Africa--Transkei--Maps, Forests and forestry--South Africa--Griqualand East--Maps, Forests and forestry--South Africa--Pondoland--Maps, , ,
Description: Map showing crown forests in the Transkei, Tembuland and East Griqualand, with place names, timber routes, mountains, rivers, areas where natives have timber rights and relief shown by hill shading. Colour. Scale 6/8 inch to 5 miles.
Identifier: islandora:25075

Title: Map of part of Africa showing the progress of the expedition under Messrs Richardson, Barth, Overweg & Vogel in the years 1850-1853
Subject: Africa, West -- Maps., Africa, North -- Maps., Africa, West -- Discovery and exploration -- Maps., Africa, North -- Discovery and exploration -- Maps.
Description: The map shows Libya, Sudan, a portion of the Sahara desert, Benin, Cameroon and surrounding countries to the coast of the Gulf of Guinea. The map also indicates the following routes: Richardson, Barth, Overweg and Vogel, 1850-1853; Hornemann, 1798; Ritchie and Lyon, 1818-1825; Oudney, Denham and Clapperton, 1822-1825; Clapperton and Lander, 1825 & 1826; Lander 1830 (the same journey was repeated by Allen and Oldfield in 1833); Dickson 1851 and "Native Routes". The map is surrounded by impressions of Africa including "Ghat, the Tuaricks [Tuareg]", "Mursuk, the Tibbus", Lake Tsad [Chad], "Roman ruins at Ghareah", as well as portraits of James Richardson, Adolf Overweg, Heinrich Barth and Eduard Vogel., "Designed & executed by A. Petermann". "The border del[ineated] & lith[ographed] by F Moras".
Identifier: islandora:19667

Title: L'Afrique dressée sur les observations de Mrs. de l'Academie Royal des Sciences, et quelques autres, & sur les memoires les plus recens
Subject: Africa -- Maps -- Early works to 1800.
Description: Map of the continent of Africa including surrounding islands. The title is set in a decorative cartouche at the top right of map., Dedication across top of map: Africa accuraté in Imperia, Regna, status & populos divisa, ad usum serenissimi Bourgundiæ Ducis., Scale in French, German and Spanish leagues., Hand coloured., Restored and placed between acid-free boards., Cóvens et Mortier.
Identifier: islandora:19651

Title: Taungs
Subject: Transvaal (South Africa) -- Maps., Taung (North-West, South Africa : Region) -- Maps.
Description: Rev. 1st Oct. 1903., Map of the Taungs area showing territorial boundaries, district boundaries, ward boundaries, farm names, beacons and boundaries (with sub-divisions, if any), "native reserves", roads, mountains, pans, rivers and dams., Relief shown by contours and spot heights., "Computed and compiled from the Farm Surveys of the Transvaal and all available material.", Folds into an outer cover (20 x 12 cm.).
Identifier: islandora:19807

Title: Plan of north-east part of Griqualand West. Copy of plan explaining Colonel Moysey's proposals
Subject: Farms--South Africa--Griqualand West--Maps, Griqualand West (South Africa)--Maps, ,
Description: A map of the north-east part of Griqualand West showing farms held on title, provisional title and lease, crown land, commonage, native locations, farms surveyed and reported and farms surveyed but not yet reported. Relief shown by hachures. Place names: Kuruman and Taouns. Some colour. Scale 2 1/2 inches to 10 miles. Scale about 1/2 inch to 1000 Cape roods. [Coordinates estimated]
Identifier: islandora:25063

Title: Keetmanshoop
Subject: Namibia--Maps., Keetmanshoop Region--Maps.,
Description: Map of German South West Africa showing cities, towns, villages, roads, railways, stations, telegraph lines, rivers, pans, and other features in the region of Keetmanshoop., Relief shown by contours and spot heights., Projection not given.
Identifier: islandora:19642

Title: Port Gueydon
Subject: Port Gueydon (Algeria)--Maps,
Description: Map showing Port Gueydon, a town in Tizi Ouzou Province, Algeria, and state, department, district and town boundaries, national highways, department roads, irregularly maintained carriage roads, paths, logging roads and mule tracks, remains of Roman roads, railways, bridges, ferries, fords, forests, marshes, dunes and sand, vines, water sources dry in summer, churches, chapels and holy places, houses, wells and fountains, water and wind mills, irrigation canals, fixed and rotating lighthouses, port lights, redoubts, batteries, cemetries, trigonometric points, telegraphs, posts. Colour. Relief in hill shading and form lines and contours. Scale 1 : 50.000.
Identifier: islandora:19200

Title: Djebibina
Subject: Djebibina (Tunisia)--Maps,
Description: Map of the region surrounding Djebibina, in Kairouan governorate, northern Tunisia, showing state, administrative, district and communal 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, rivers, 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, cannons, cemetries, irrigation canals, trigonometric points, telegraphs, posts. Colour. relief shown by form lines, contours and shading. Scale 1 : 50.000.
Identifier: islandora:19071

Title: Afrika : Woermann-Linie, Deutsche Ost-Afrika-Linie, Hamburg-Amerika Linie (Afrika-Dienst), Hamburg-Bremer Afrika-Linie
Subject: Africa--Maps, Steamboat lines--Africa--Maps, Steamboat lines--Germany--Maps, Ocean travel--Maps, ,
Description: Map of Africa showing ocean liner routes between Africa and Europe as well as coastal and in-land routes on the Woermann Line, German East Africa Line, Hamburg-American Line and the Hamburg-Bremen Africa Line. The map uses different colors to represent the colonial possessions of France, Belgiu, Great Britain, Spain, Portugal and Italy. The map also shows, cities, towns, rivers, heritage sites, railroads, roads, wells, lakes, rivers and swamps. Scale 1:12 000 000
Identifier: islandora:30058

Title: Jakob Malgas childhood area 4 : draft, Map item #10; Map item # 28;
Subject: Malgas, Jakob, Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park (Botswana and South Africa), Indigenous peoples--Land tenure--South Africa, Indigenous peoples--Legal status, laws, etc.--South Africa, San (African people)--Kalahari Desert, Africa, Southern--Maps, ,
Description: A colour map showing the area where Jakob Malgas grew up. The map's text reveals a brief history and insight into the history of the area revealing how Bushmen used to live and contains information about animals (springhare, porcupine, and leopards) and important hunting and gathering grounds with specific reference to berries at the Gray Camel Tree, an important meeting place for the community. [Scale included]
Identifier: islandora:27334

Title: Witwatersrand National Botanical Garden
Subject: Witwatersrand National Botanical Garden (Roodepoort, South Africa), Walter Sisulu National Botanical Garden (Roodepoort, South Africa), Botanical gardens--South Africa--Roodepoort, Botanical gardens--South Africa--Roodepoort--Maps,
Description: Witwatersrand National Botanical Garden, Roodepoort, Gauteng. Site analysis. Map showing built and natural features. Extract from report., Ammonia copy (blueprint) of original, hand-drawn, ink on paper.
Identifier: islandora:28164

Title: Harrar
Subject: Hārer (Ethiopia)--Maps, ,
Description: Map of Harrar, near the borders of the Somaliland Protectorate and surrounding areas including Hargeisa, Heleya, the Ain Valley and Doih Plain, showing international, provincial and district boundaries, with railways, roads and tracks, caravan routes, footpaths, rivers and dry water courses, swamps, telegraphs, submarine cables, wireless stations, towns, wells, springs and waterholes, aerodromes, seaplane mooring areas. Some colour. Relief shown by form lines. Scale 1 : 1,000,000.
Identifier: islandora:19143

Title: City of Cape Town and environs
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa) -- Maps., Cape Town Metropolitan Area (South Africa) -- Maps.
Description: This street plan of Cape Town shows the central business district and the peri-urban and suburban areas of the city including the City Bowl area, the Atlantic Seaboard, the Southern Suburbs, the Northern Suburbs, the Cape Flats and the False Bay area. Included are Woodstock, Good Hope model village, 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, Groote Schuur Estate, Kirstenbosch, Lotus River, Ronde Vlei, Zeekoe Vlei, Grassy Park, Strandfontein Coast Forest Reserve and Table Bay harbour., The map also shows municipalities, streets, buildings, erven with property numbers, "native locations", mountains, rivers and dams, salt pans, forested areas, sports and recreation grounds, Kenilworth Race Course, golf courses, aerodromes (including the air mail aerodrome site), schools, hospitals and sanatoria, churches, railway lines, railway stations, power stations, the zoo, lighthouses, cemeteries and burial grounds., Relief shown pictorially., Text in English and Afrikaans., Dimensions of the printed sheets: 97 x 67 cm., Includes an index sheet., The library does not hold a full printed set of the 1930 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:19862

Title: Azazga
Subject: Azazga (Algeria)--Maps,
Description: Map showing the town of Azazga in the Tizi Ouzou Province in northern Algeria, and state, department, district and town boundaries, with national highways, department roads, irregularly maintained carriage roads, paths, logging roads and mule tracks, remains of Roman roads, railways, bridges, ferries, fords, woods, marshes, dunes and sand, vines, water sources dry in summer, churches, chapels and holy places, houses, wells and fountains, water and wind mills, irrigation canals, fixed and rotating lighthouses, port lights, redoubts, batteries, cemetries, trigonometric points, telegraphs, posts. Colour. Relief in hill shading and form lines and contours. Scale 1 : 50.000.
Identifier: islandora:19190

Title: Plan of a portion of the Breede River Basin shewing irrigation schemes between the Hex River and Cogman's Kloof along the Breede River
Subject: Irrigation--South Africa--Breede River Valley--Maps, Breede River (South Africa : River)--Maps,
Description: A map of the Breede River Basin, within the Zonder Ende Mountains and Lange Berg, from Ceres through Worcester and Robertson to Ashton and Montagu, showing irrigable lands, proposed, constructed and partially constructed irrigation schemes, with railway linesand forrows. Some colour. Relief shown by contours and form lines. Scale 1 inch to about 4 miles.
Identifier: islandora:25129

Title: Rouxville
Subject: South African War, 1899-1902 -- Maps., Rouxville Region (South Africa) -- Maps.
Description: 1st ed., Map showing farm boundaries and fences, farm names, divisional boundaries, roads, rivers, telegraph lines and railways in the Rouxville area. The map also indicates hills, pans (often dry), homesteads, cultivated land and trees., Relief shown by hachures., "G.F.N. Henderson [,] Colonel. Director of Military Intelligence"., Projection not given., Map folds into an outer cover., The map is mounted on linen. Advertisements have been pasted onto the map obscuring the key and other information.
Identifier: islandora:24865

Title: Map of the territory of the Chief Nicolas Waterboer
Subject: Griqualand West (South Africa) -- Maps.
Description: One map shows the area in Griqualand West between the Vaal and the Orange Rivers including the territory of Chief Nicholas Waterboer. The other map shows the territory of Captain Adam Kok. The maps include detailed notes as well as references to the various treaties and agreements governing the demarcation of these Griqua territories., Relief shown by hachures., "Maps to accompany Government notice, no. 379"., Projection not given. Coordinates not given. Compass rose shows a variation between magnetic north and true north of 29°40' W.
Identifier: islandora:19620

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:19864

Title: Benguela
Subject: Benguela (Angola)--Maps, ,
Description: Map showing Benguela, a city in western Angola, and northern South West Africa, and international, intercolonial, provincial, district boundaries, with place names, railways, under construction, projected, roads suitable for motor traffic: all seasons, dry weather, motor tracks, tracks, telegraphs or telephones, telegraphs or telephones along roads or tracks, provinces, frontier districts, localities, mountain ranges, peaks, valleys, capes, islands, tribes, bridges, towns of 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th importance, rivers, unsurveyed, canals, marshes and swamps, plains liable to inundation, geodetic trigonometrical stations, altitudes in metres, depths in metres, welsl, springs, waterholes, pools, historical ruins, wireless telegraph stations, limits of navigation, mission stations. Contours are at 200 & 500 metres & thence at 500 metre intervals. Relief shown by form lines with height in metres, tinted shading. Second edition, ground/air. Colour. Scale 1 : 2,000,000.
Identifier: islandora:19286

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