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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: 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:19708

Title: Karte vom Süd-Ende Afrika's und dem Cap-Colonie-Lande
Subject: Cape of Good Hope (South Africa)--Maps., South Africa--Maps, , ,
Description: Map of South Africa and the Cape Colony. The map shows districts, towns, villages, roads, rivers and mountains. The map also indicates the routes taken by Henry Lichtenstein and John Campbell. An inset map depicts the cape peninsula and False Bay. Scale not given.
Identifier: islandora:30097

Title: Plan du fort et de la ville du Cap de Bonne Esperance :
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa) -- Maps -- Early works to 1800.
Description: Statement of scale: Echelle de trois cent toises; Schaal van 300 halve-roeden., Text in French and Dutch., Restored and hinged between acid-free boards., See also BMSC 6821.g.1 (573) for German version and BMSC 6821.g.1 (423) for French version., Indexed for points of interest including the Grand Parade, Church Square, Slave Lodge, Groote Kerk, VOC Hospital and other buildings, Fiscal’s house and Company Gardens.
Identifier: islandora:19928

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: Cap de Bonne Esperance
Subject: Africa - Cape of Good Hope
Description: Insets: Table Bay and a whaling station, the other a ground-plan of the Fort. Top right: 327., Paris. Fer, Nicolas de, 1646-1720
Identifier: islandora:25274

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:19704

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: Coutumes, Moeurs et Habillemens des Peuples qui Habitent aux Environs du Cap de Bonne Esperance avec une Description des Animaux et Reptiles qui se Trouvent dans ce Pais
Subject: Africa - Cape of Good Hope
Description: Includes ten engravings of natives and animals and Tachard's map (see NOR 0161). Map: 10.5 cm x 13 cm. Title of map: Carte des Pays et des Peuples de Bonne Esperance. Nouvellement decouverts par les Hollands. Top right: Tom. VI. No. 18. Pag. 74., Amsterdam. Gueudeville, Nicolas, ca. 1654-ca. 1721
Identifier: islandora:25437

Title: Carte des Isle de Cap-Verd. Plan de la Rade de la Praye
Subject: Africa - Cape Verde
Identifier: islandora:25243

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:19705

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: Plan du fort et de la ville du Cap de Bonne Esperance :
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa) -- Maps -- Early works to 1800.
Description: Statement of scale: Echelle de trois cent toises; Schaal van 300 halve-roeden., Text in French and Dutch., Restored and hinged between acid-free boards., See also BMSC 6821.g.1 (573) for German version and BMSC 6821.g.1 (423) for French version., Indexed for points of interest including the Grand Parade, Church Square, Slave Lodge, Groote Kerk, VOC Hospital and other buildings, Fiscal’s house and Company Gardens.
Identifier: islandora:19930

Title: Carte du Canal de Mosambique, contenant l'Isle de Madagascar avec les côtes d'Afrique, depuis le cap de Bonne Espérance jusqu à Melinde
Subject: Africa, Southern -- Maps. -- Early works to 1800., Western Cape (South Africa) -- Maps -- Early works to 1800., Madagascar -- Maps -- Early works to 1800., Mozambique -- Maps -- Early works to 1800., Coasts -- Africa, Southern -- Maps -- Early works to 1800.
Description: The map shows the coast of southern Africa from northern Mozambique to St Helena Bay on the west coast. Madagascar is also shown., Relief indicated pictorially., Paris or Ferro meridian., Scale in Portuguese and French marine leagues and Dutch miles., Inset: Cape of Good Hope from St Helens Baay [St Helena Bay] to Hanglip, showing coast and interior., Restored and placed between acid-free boards.
Identifier: islandora:19700

Title: Plan militaire de la péninsule du Cap
Subject: Cape Peninsula (South Africa) -- Maps.
Description: Map of Cape Town and the Cape Peninsula showing military installations including the Castle, Fort Knokke, Craig's tower and battery, and other batteries including Roggebay [Roggebaai], Amsterdam and Chavonne. The map also shows topography of the peninsula including Table Mountain, as well as the layout of the city with several detailed keys to the many features included., "I have added a military map of the said peninsula, the outline of which was taken, I believe, some years ago by a French engineer, was afterwards filled up by different officers in the Dutch service, and was examined, corrected, and verified with great care and accuracy, by Captain (now Lieutenant-Colonel) Bridges of the British engineers ..."--Travels into the interior of Southern Africa / by John Barrow. London : T. Cadell & W. Davies, 1806. 2nd ed. Vol. II, p. 223., Appears in Nouveau voyage dans la partie méridionale de l'Afrique / par John Barrow. Paris : Dentu, 1806., Bar scales given in "Roods hollandaises" and "Yards ou verges anglaises".
Identifier: islandora:19684

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: 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

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