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Title: Sketch of road from Ceres Road Sta. to Touws R. via Ceres Village
Subject: Cape of Good Hope (South Africa) -- Maps.
Description: The map, which traces the road from Ceres Road Station to Touws River via Ceres village, gives details of mountains and mountain ranges, bridges, tolls, mills and vleis. The map also shows sections of the railway line from Cape Town to Touws River Station and indicates the onward line to Beaufort West., Relief shown by hachures., Bar scale in miles.
Identifier: islandora:19594

Title: Map to accompany report on authorized extension of railway system
Subject: Railroads--South Africa--Cape of Good Hope--Maps, ,
Description: A map of northern and eastern parts of the Cape Colony showing an authorised and alternative railway extension from Cradock to Colesberg, joining the authorised and alternative extension from Beaufort West to Hope Town, with towns and other place names, district boundaries, mountains and rivers. Relief shown by hachures. Some colour. No scale given.
Identifier: islandora:25116

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: Carte de l'Afrique méridionale au pays entre la ligne Cap de Bonne Espérance et l'Isle de Madagascar
Subject: Slaves -- South Africa -- Cape of Good Hope -- History., Farm ownership -- South Africa -- Cape of Good Hope -- History., Cape of Good Hope (South Africa) -- Maps -- Early works to 1800., Africa, Southern -- Maps -- Early works to 1800.
Description: The details regarding Elizabeth, Nicolas Visscher's widow, are drawn from Gallica, Bibliothèque Nationale de France: http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b7759505j.notice. See also: Atlas nouveau … by Guillaume de L'Isle (Amsterdam: Covens & Mortier, 1730); R.V. Tooley, Collectors’ guide to maps of the African continent and Southern Africa (London: Carta Press, 1969), p. 120; Norwich's maps of Africa : an illustrated and annotated carto-bibliography (Norwich, Vt. : Terra Nova Press, 1997), map 180 (note)., The inset of the Cape of Good Hope is of particular importance. It indicates the presence of slaves on Robben Island ("daar de Slaven in de Ketting loopen"). It also gives "extensive detailed and fairly accurate topographical information ... together with the names of owners of farms and plots of that period. Amongst these are de Beer, Swart Pieter, Martin de Smit, Roelof Pasman, Gerrit Kloeton, and the French Huguenot settlement. These place names add considerably to the knowledge of the history of the ... Cape of Good Hope"--Norwich's Maps of Africa, p. 203., Three insets: "Élévation du Port et Mont Table au Cap de Bonne Espérance" (5 x 11 cm); "Plan du Port et Mont Table au Cap de Bonne Espérance" (10 x 11 cm); "[Cabo de Bona Esperanca]" (13 x 23 cm)., Text primarily in French. The inset of the Cape is also in Dutch with some Portuguese notations., Restored and hinged between acid-free boards.
Identifier: islandora:19819

Title: Union of South Africa, south western sheet
Subject: South Africa--Description and travel--Maps, Cape of Good Hope (South Africa)--Description and travel--Maps, ,
Description: Map showing the south western part of South Africa, with Cape of Good Hope, districts, towns and villages, names of places, provincial boundaries, railways, roads, and rivers. Scale: 15.77 miles = 1 inch. No projection given.
Identifier: islandora:29930

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: Carta geografica de Africa del Capo de bon Esperanze sino al Regno et Imperio Monamotapo e Ria de la Goa. Scoperto dell' Citadino e Commandante
Subject: Africa - Cape of Good Hope
Description: Across the bottom reads, Landtogt gedaan door de Zuid-Kust van Africa in den Jaare 1781 tot 1793 door Louis Almaro Pisani Burger Commandant en Ingezeetenen der Colonie Zwellendam; Inset of Port Natal., Unknown. Pisani, Almoro Alvise, 1754-1808
Identifier: islandora:25324

Title: Il Paese Degli ottentotti ne' Contorni del Capo di Buona Speranza
Subject: Africa - Cape of Good Hope
Description: Prime meridian through Ferro Island., Paris. Bellin, Jacques Nicolas, 1703-1772
Identifier: islandora:25280

Title: Plan du Cap de Bonne-Esperance et de ses Environs
Subject: Africa - Cape of Good Hope
Description: Near the coastline, soundings in French fathoms. Top right: 8., Paris. Haye, G. de la
Identifier: islandora:25300

Title: Plan of that portion of the demarcated Zitzikamma forests situated between the Storms River and Blaauw Kranz River in the Division of Humansdorp
Subject: Tsitsikamma (South Africa) -- Maps., Cape of Good Hope (South Africa) -- Maps.
Description: Plan of the Tsitsikamma Forest showing different forest areas. The plan also gives cadastral details with farm lot numbers, a table of co-ordinates, a table of connections and areas of forests. Included on the table of co-ordinates is a list of areas of farm lots which have to be deducted from the demarcated figure. A note on the plan indicates the portions of forest which have been opened for felling., Lithographed in the Surveyor General's Office., The map has been badly torn and damaged. Some text is missing and there are substantial tears along the folds.
Identifier: islandora:19602

Title: Sketch of the Territories on the Vaal River to accompany the Award of His Excellency R.W. Keate Esqre Lieut. Governor of Natal in the arbitration between the S.A. Republic & the Batlapin Baralong & Bangoakelze Native tribes and Nicholas Waterboer, paramount Chief of Griqualand West. Appendix map III
Subject: Africans--South Africa--Cape of Good Hope--Administration--Maps, Africans--South Africa--Transvaal--Administration--Maps, Griqualand West (South Africa)--Maps, , ,
Description: Map showing boundaries of territories of the Griqua, the Barolong, Bangoaletze and Batlapin tribes, with rivers and some relief shown by hachures. Some colour. Scale 1/8 inch to 10 miles.
Identifier: islandora:29804

Title: Nieuwe Naaukeurige Land-en Zee-Kaart, van het voornaamste Gedeelte der Kaffersche Kust, Begrypende de Sardanje-Bay en de Caap de Bonne Esperanca met alle des Zelfs Plantazien
Subject: Africa - Cape of Good Hope
Description: Title across top: Nova et Accurata Tabula Promontorii Bonae Spei vulgo Cabo de Bona Esperanca; Prime meridian through Tenerife. Joaquim "Ottens ... is associated with this map because it is listed in an atlas compiled by him, though it was not drawn up or published by him personally."
Identifier: islandora:25254

Title: Niuewe Kaart van Caap der Goode Hoop in hare rechte jegenwoordige staat vertoond door
Subject: Africa - Cape of Good Hope
Description: Inset: Detail of the Cape Peninsula with names of farms and their owners. Top right: No. 43. This map "served as a source for other map makers over a number of years.", Amsterdam. van Braam, J. and onder de Linden, G.
Identifier: islandora:25266

Title: Nieuwe Naaukeurige Land-en Zee-Kaart, van het voornaamste Gedeelte der Kaffersche Kust, Begrypende de Sardanje-Bay en de Caap de Bonne Esperanca met alle des Zelfs Plantazien
Subject: Cape of Good Hope (South Africa) -- Maps.
Description: Bar scale on map given in Dutch and French miles., Publisher's advertisement offering a facsimile of Nieuwe Naaukeurige Land-en Zee-Kaart, van het voornaamste Gedeelte der Kaffersche Kust, Begrypende de Sardanje-Bay en de Caap de Bonne Esperanca met alle des Zelfs Plantazien. The original map was included in an atlas compiled by Ottens consisting of 835 maps by various cartographers all dated between 1641 and 1729. The date of this individual map is given as between 1688 and 1702., English translation of the title: "New and accurate map and sea chart of the Cape coast from Saldanha Bay to the Cape of Good Hope"., Dutch, Latin and English text., Title across top of map: Nova et Accurata Tabula Promontorii Bonae Spei vulgo Cabo de Bona Esperanca., Norwich maintains that although Ottens is widely associated with this map because it is listed in an atlas compiled by him, it was neither drawn nor published by him personally., The map gives the location of property owned by early Dutch settlers with names of owners.
Identifier: islandora:19722

Title: Le Pays des Hottentots aux environs du Cap de Bonne Espérance
Subject: South Africa -- Maps -- Early works to 1800., Cape of Good Hope (South Africa) -- Maps -- Early works to 1800.
Description: Shows coast from St Helena Bay to Mossel Bay and corresponding area inland., Relief shown pictorially., Text in French., Bottom left of map: "Tome V. in 4o. No. 5"; bottom right of map: "Tome 3. in 8o Page 391"., Scale in English, French and German leagues., UCT Libraries hold 3 copies of this map. One copy (425a) is hand coloured. One copy (425c) does not have the statement "Tome V. in 4o. No. 5" at bottom left of map.
Identifier: islandora:19703

Title: Le Cap de Bonne Esperance Suivant les Nouvelles Observations de Messrs. de l'Academie Royale des Sciences
Subject: Africa - Cape of Good Hope
Description: Cartouche is "on a stone pediment surmounted by a lion and lioness, with a view of Table Bay in the background and the Governor's garden and homestead." Map includes a note describing the Cape of Good Hope and a legend explaining the contents of the mainland., Leiden. Aa, Pieter van der, 1659-1773
Identifier: islandora:25275

Title: Le pays des Hottentots aux environs du Cap de Bonne Esperance
Subject: Cape of Good Hope (South Africa) -- Maps -- Early works to 1800.
Description: Map depicts the coast from St Helena Bay to Mossel Bay and the corresponding area inland., Relief shown pictorially., Text is in French and Dutch., "J. v. Schley direx.", "Lieues Marines de France et d'Angleterre de 20 au Degré." "Lieues d'Allemagne de 15 au Degré.", UCT Libraries hold 2 copies. One copy (566a) is hand coloured; one copy (566b) is uncoloured.
Identifier: islandora:19709

Title: Vue et Description du Cap de Bonne Esperance
Subject: Africa - Cape of Good Hope
Description: Two views of the Cape. Inset: Le fort des Hollandois au Cap du Bonne Esperance. Top right: Tom. VI, No. 17, Pag. 74., Paris. Chatelain, Henri Abraham; Gueudeville, Nicolas, ca. 1654-ca. 1721.
Identifier: islandora:25221

Title: Oost Indien van Cabo de Bona Esperanca tot Ceilon
Subject: Africa - Cape of Good Hope
Description: "The top of the cartouche shows a large open-mouthed animal with its fangs overlapping the top edge." The Indian Ocean contain two compass roses with radiating rhumb lines., Amsterdam. Colom, Arnold
Identifier: islandora:25348

Title: South Africa
Subject: South Africa -- Maps., Cape of Good Hope (South Africa) -- Maps.
Description: Map of southern Africa from Delagoa Bay in the North to Cape Lagullas [Agulhas] at the southern most point. Includes: Stellenbosh [Stellenbosch]; Groene Kloof Moravian settlement; Tulbach or Rodezand; Genadendal or Grace Vale, a Moravian settlement; Zurbrak [Zuurbrak]; Hooge Kraal; Bethelsdorp; Theopolis; Boshesman Missionary settlement [north of Graaff Reinet]; Griquatown; Latakkoo, intended missionary station; Malapeetz, intended missionary station; Makoons Kraal Boshesman Mission; Orlams Kraal, a missionary station; Schmelens Station; [and] Pella Namacqua Missionary settlement. .The map indicates the route taken by the Reverend John Campbell, mission stations, towns, rivers, mountains and areas inhabited by different groups of people e.g. the "Tambookies" [abaThembu], the "Makoon Boshesmens" [Bushmen], "Wild Boshesmens" country, the "Bootchuana tribes" [baTswana], Damara country, Great Namacqua [Namaqua] country and "Caffraria"., "Published by Black, Parry & Co. Booksellers to the Honble East India Company, Leadenhall Street, London, 1815.", The bar scale representation on the map is given in British statute miles.
Identifier: islandora:19677

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