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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: Africa corrected from observations of Mess. of ye Royal Societies at London and Paris
Subject: Africa
Description: Parts of the cartouche appear in other maps. Left side of the cartouche is similar to Pieter van der Aa's map (see NOR 0070). While the figure on the right side is identical to Senex's map, see NOR 0069. Inset: Instruments used in map making. Scenes of cannibalism., London. Price, Charles, fl. 1680-1720
Identifier: islandora:25769

Title: A new and accurate map of the southern parts of Africa Containing Lower Guinea, Monoemugi, Zanguebar, the Empire of Monomotapa, Country of the Cafres & c. and the Island of Madagascar. Drawn from the best Authorities, assisted by the most approve
Subject: Southern Africa
Description: Duplicate map. This edition was reissued in 1752, 1766. A Dutch edition was published in 1764 and later reissued in 1782 (see NOR 0176). Geographical features similar to L'Isle's map. Compass rose in the Indian Ocean. Bottom left: No. 56; Prime meridian through London., London. Bowen, Emanuel, d. 1767
Identifier: islandora:25315

Title: South Africa Compiled from the M.S. Maps in the Colonial Office
Subject: Southern Africa
Description: Insets of Environs of the Cape district, District of George, Environs of Graham-Town and Cape-Town., London. Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge (Great Britain)
Identifier: islandora:25313

Title: A new and accurate map of the southern parts of Africa Containing Lower Guinea, Monoemugi, Zanguebar, the Empire of Monomotapa, Country of the Cafres & c. and the Island of Madagascar. Drawn from the best Authorities, assisted by the most approve
Subject: Southern Africa
Description: This edition was reissued in 1752, 1766. A Dutch edition was published in 1764 and later reissued in 1782 (see NOR 0176). Geographical features similar to L'Isle's map. Compass rose in the Indian Ocean. Bottom left: No. 56; Prime meridian through London., London. Bowen, Emanuel, d. 1767
Identifier: islandora:25316

Title: [Depicts Africa from the Mediterranean to The Cape, excluding West Africa]
Subject: Africa
Description: Pigafetta's depiction of the origin of the Nile is an important landmark in the historical cartography of the Nile water basin, completely changing the traditional Ptolemaic concept. Dedicated to Antonio Miglioni Vescovo S. Marco., Rome. Pigafetta, Filippo, 1533-1604
Identifier: islandora:25261

Title: Africa with the discoveries to May 1858 of Livingstone, Barth, Vogel and the Chadda expedition from documents in possession of the Royal Geographical Society
Subject: Africa
Description: Map based on exploration of Livingstone and Barth. Insets: Cape Verde Islands, Delta of the Niger, Cape Colony and Mauritius. Right hand side (top and bottom): 64; Prime meridian through Greenwich., Edinburgh. A. Fullarton & Co.
Identifier: islandora:25378

Title: A New map of Africa from the latest Observations
Subject: Africa
Description: The cartouche includes a shield, which is surrounded by a dragon, two pyramids, two male figures, a lion and a snake. Dedicated to the Marquis of Annandale; Prime meridian through London., London. Senex, John, d. 1740
Identifier: islandora:25387

Title: Africa with all its States, Regions, Islands & ca. from the most Approved Authorities
Subject: Africa
Description: Prime meridian through Ferro Island., London. Sayer, Robert, 1725-1794
Identifier: islandora:25346

Title: An Accurate Map of Africa Drawn from the best Authorities
Subject: Africa
Description: Includes a portion of the bulge of Brazil; Prime meridian through London., London. Bowen, Emanuel, d. 1767
Identifier: islandora:25230

Title: Postcard from Lisel Alsberg, Cape Town to Edith Bruch, Green Point (Cape Town, South Africa), 1937
Subject: Bruch, Edith--Correspondence, Alsberg, Lisel--Correspondence
Description: Postcard from Lisel Alsberg, Cape Town to Edith Bruch, Green Point (Cape Town, South Africa), 1937. On the front of the postcard is a photograph of a farmer ploughing a field with a horse-drawn plough. There is a South African Springbok stamp on the reverse.
Identifier: islandora:29870

Title: The Bay of Algoa on the South Coast of Africa; Plan of Mossel Bay on the South Coast of Africa; Plan of Flesh Bay or Bay St. Bras on the South Coast of Africa; from van Keulen
Subject: Africa - Oceans
Description: Three sea charts includes soundings and rhumb lines of the South Coast of Africa. Bottom right: No. 4., London. Robert Sayer and John Bennett (Firm)
Identifier: islandora:25444

Title: The Western Coast of Africa from Cape Blanco to Cape Virga, Exhibiting Senigambia Proper
Subject: Western Africa
Description: Note: "This map is copied from an original drawn by Mons. d'Anville at the expense of the French East India Company and published at Paris in 1751. But since the Peace of 1762 that Map has been supressed. The Country through which the R. Senegal runs has been improved & corrected from a large & curious survey of the river found in the fort of Senegal"; Prime meridian through Ferro Island., London. Sayer, Robert, 1725-1794
Identifier: islandora:25574

Title: South Africa, From Official and other authentic Authorities
Subject: Southern Africa
Description: Inset: Peninsula of the Cape; Prime meridian through Greenwich. Top left and right: No. 65., Edinburgh. A. Fullarton & Co.
Identifier: islandora:25435

Title: A New and Correct Map of the Coast of Africa from Cape Blanco, to the Coast of Angola. Exhibiting all the European Forts & Settlements
Subject: Western Africa
Description: Inset: Map of Gold Coast on a larger scale., London. Hinton
Identifier: islandora:25664

Title: A New and Correct Map of the Coast of Africa from Cape Blanco, to the Coast of Angola. Exhibiting all the European Forts & Settlements
Subject: Western Africa
Description: Includes explanatory notes., London. Knapton
Identifier: islandora:25634

Title: Letter from Ernst (last name unknown), Durham, North Carolina, to Edith Bruch, Cape Town, South Africa, 1937
Subject: Bruch, Edith--Correspondence
Description: A letter from Ernst (last name unknown), Durham, North Carolina, to Edith Bruch, Cape Town, South Africa, 1937.
Identifier: islandora:29871

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