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Title: Map of the Queenstown and Indwe District, to accompany Mr. R.T. Hall's report
Subject: Queenstown (South Africa)- -Maps, Railroads--South Africa--Eastern Cape --Maps,
Description: A map showing elevations, rivers, mountain ranges, roads, railway infrastructure, towns. Relief shown by shading. Scale 1 inch to 5 miles
Identifier: islandora:25158

Title: Nature's Valley
Subject: Fynbos, Forest, Eastern Fynbos-Renosterveld, Zonal & Intrazonal Forest, , , , ,
Description: Location: Presumably near the river mouth at Nature's Valley., Ecology: Coastal Forest.
Identifier: islandora:10403

Title: Map of the District of Matatiela, sheet no. 1
Subject: Matatiele (South Africa)--Description and travel--Maps, Surveying--South Africa, Land use--South Africa--Matatiele (Eastern Cape),
Description: Map of the District of Matatiela showing Ongeluks Nek, with surrounding areas, commonages, names of places, roads, rivers, district boundaries, and location reserves. Scale 1 English mile to 1 inch.
Identifier: islandora:30008

Title: Africa from Cape Correntes to Juba Islands including Madagascar, Comoro, Zanzibar Ids & c. by Order of the Right Honble the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty under the direction of Capt. W. F. W. Owens from 1822 - 1826
Subject: Eastern Africa
Description: Sheet V., London. Hydrographical Office
Identifier: islandora:25766

Title: Burghersdorp
Subject: South African War, 1899-1902 -- Maps., Burgersdorp Region (Eastern Cape, South Africa) -- Maps.
Description: 1st ed., Map showing towns including Burghersdorp, Albert, Steynsburg, Venterstad, Sterkstroom, Molteno and Maraisburg, with roads, rivers, hills, railways, telegraph lines, farm names, farm boundaries and fences, divisional boundaries, homesteads, cultivated land and trees., "Route taken by Gorringe's Flying Column with ambulance wagon, etc, and heaviest gun 15 pounder." "Other roads." "Bridletracks available for mounted squadrons and pack mules." "Tracks or roads over which guns, etc were taken on the march.", Relief shown by hachures., "G.F.N. Henderson [,] Colonel. Director of Military Inteligence"., "This map is not to be considered as absolutely accurate"., Map folds into an outer cover., Projection not given., The maps are mounted on linen.
Identifier: islandora:24818

Title: Graaff Reinet
Subject: South African War, 1899-1902 -- Maps., Graaff-Reinet Region (South Africa) -- Maps., Eastern Cape (South Africa) -- Maps.
Description: This map forms part of the Imperial map of the Cape Colony., The map shows roads, rivers, hills, pans, railways, homesteads, farm names, farm boundaries and divisional boundaries in the Graaff Reinet area., Relief shown by hachures., The Imperial map of the Cape Colony was "compiled by the Field Intelligence Division or Department of the British Army in Cape Town during the second Anglo-Boer War. ... [P.H. du P.] Casgrain ... superintended its production ..." (Board, C. "Certainly better than nothing at all" : a re-examination of the Imperial map of South Africa 1899-1902. Proceedings of the 21st International Cartographic Conference, Durban, 2003. Available online: http://icaci.org/files/documents/ICC_proceedings/ICC2003/Papers/109.pdf (accessed 5 Sept. 2012))., "This map is not to be considered as absolutely accurate"., Projection not given., Co-ordinates not given., Printed in black only., Map folds into an outer cover., The map is mounted on linen.
Identifier: islandora:24827

Title: Faucaria sp.
Subject: South Africa--Eastern Cape, Province of, Aizoaceae--South Africa--Eastern Cape, Botany--South Africa--Eastern Cape--Pictorial works, Vygie
Description: Botanical illustration - pencil sketch - Faucaria sp. Plate 2. Drawn from a collection made 30 miles from Port Elizabeth on the Uitenhage to Steytlerville Road by F.J. Stayner, June1937. [Refer to Bolus Herbarium 132390 for Plate 1]. [Identified as Faucaria felina (L.) Schwantes according to the corresponding Bolus Herbarium Voucher].
Identifier: islandora:23782

Title: Groot River Poort
Subject: Fynbos, Azonal, Albany Thicket, Succulent Karoo, Eastern Fynbos-Renosterveld, Rainshadow Valley Karoo, Inland Saline Vegetation, , , , ,
Description: Location: South of southwest of the farm Bucklands, on a taller outcrop than for 039-195, above the Groot River, looking due south through the Groot River Poort (portrait)., Ecology: Mixture of vegetation types, including thicket, fynbos, succulent and riverine elements.
Identifier: islandora:10595

Title: Groot River Poort
Subject: Fynbos, Azonal, Albany Thicket, Succulent Karoo, Eastern Fynbos-Renosterveld, Rainshadow Valley Karoo, Inland Saline Vegetation, , , , ,
Description: Location: South of southwest of the farm Bucklands, on a taller outcrop than for 039-195, above the Groot River, looking due south through the Groot River Poort (landscape)., Ecology: Mixture of vegetation types, including thicket, fynbos, succulent and riverine elements.
Identifier: islandora:10594

Title: Glottiphyllum depressum (Haw.) N.E.Br.
Subject: South Africa--Eastern Cape, Province of, Aizoaceae--South Africa--Eastern Cape, Botany--South Africa--Eastern Cape--Pictorial works, Vygie
Description: Botanical illustration - coloured - near Glottiphyllum depressum. Fruit and leaves. Drawn from a collection made near Uitenhage by P.R. Frames (sub-National Botanical Garden 2492/27).
Identifier: islandora:23892

Title: Uniondale
Subject: Acacia mearnsii--Eastern Cape (South Africa), Fabaceae--Eastern Cape (South Africa), Invasive plants--Eastern Cape (South Africa), Plants--Eastern Cape (South Africa), ,
Description: District: Unknown, Location: Kouga State Forest, Uniondale., Ecology: Invasive Acacia mearnsii.
Identifier: islandora:2552

Title: Lampranthus glaucus (L.) N.E.Br.
Subject: South Africa--Eastern Cape, Province of, Aizoaceae--South Africa--Eastern Cape, Botany--South Africa--Eastern Cape--Pictorial works, Vygie
Description: Botanical illustration - coloured - Lampranthus glaucus (L.) N.E.Br. Dissected drawing of flower included. Drawn from a collection made at/near Umtata [Umatata District] by Crowther.
Identifier: islandora:24009

Title: Interior of a hut
Subject: Pondo (African people), Ethnology--South Africa--Pondoland, Eastern Cape (South Africa)--Rural conditions, Implements, utensils, etc.--South Africa--Pondoland
Description: The interior of a hut showing the men's side.
Identifier: islandora:5487

Title: Graham's Town and the outposts with their bearings and distances
Subject: Cape of Good Hope (South Africa) -- Maps., Eastern Cape (South Africa) -- Maps.
Description: South Eastern Cape districts showing Somerset [East], Uitenhage, Albany (Grahamstown, Salem, Bathurst, Post Retief), Victoria (Fort Beaufort, Fort Peddie), King William's Town, and the Great Fish River. Wyld's map features towns, forts and posts with distances between them as well as rivers and mountains.
Identifier: islandora:19526

Title: Pondoland Reserve
Subject: Pondo (African people), Ethnology--South Africa--Pondoland, Eastern Cape (South Africa)--Rural conditions, Cattle--South Africa--Pondoland, Huts--South Africa--Pondoland
Description: Landscape scene in Pondoland Reserve. A distant umzi, a large herd of cattle and a river.
Identifier: islandora:5481

Title: Ritual dance of novice and amagqira
Subject: Pondo (African people), Ethnology--South Africa--Pondoland, Eastern Cape (South Africa)--Rural conditions, Pondo (African people)--Clothing, Pondo (African people)--Social life and customs
Description: Ritual dance of novice and amagqira.
Identifier: islandora:5414

Title: Beer-drink
Subject: Pondo (African people), Ethnology--South Africa--Pondoland, Eastern Cape (South Africa)--Rural conditions, Pondo (African people)--Social life and customs, Pondo (African people)--Clothing
Description: A beer-drink out of doors.
Identifier: islandora:5423

Title: Derived dune grassland near Diaz cross, Alexandria district
Subject: Albany Thicket, Eastern Strandveld, , , ,
Description: Location: Near Diaz cross., Ecology: Derived grassland with dune thicket.
Identifier: islandora:10419

Title: Near Willowmore
Subject: Fynbos, Succulent Karoo, Eastern Fynbos-Renosterveld, Rainshadow Valley Karoo, , , ,
Description: Location: Image taken west of southwest of Willowmore, near Laughing Waters, facing north of northeast towards Aasvogelberg., Ecology: Typical low growing karroid succulent and herbaceous species on sand with quartz pebbles.
Identifier: islandora:10754

Title: Interior of a house
Subject: Pondo (African people), Ethnology--South Africa--Pondoland, Eastern Cape (South Africa)--Rural conditions, Pondo (African people)--Dwellings, Interior decoration--South Africa--Pondoland
Description: Interior of what is probably a round square house in Pondoland. Notice the grinding stone on the bottom left and the picture on the wall.
Identifier: islandora:5428

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