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Title: Novissima et perfectissima Africae descriptio--[cartographic material]
Subject: Africa--Maps--Early works to 1800.
Description: Map shows Africa, the southern part of Europe, Middle East and Madagascar, as well as the islands surrounding Africa. The elaborate cartouche depicts a woman wearing a headdress of peacock feathers sitting with a child on the banks of a river. Also depicted is a second child astride a lion, using a long thong to lead a large and reluctant bird. The artist, Phillip Tidemann, has added snakes, a crocodile, water birds, fruit, vegetation and severed elephant tusks. A note in the cartouche reads: "Cum privilegio potentissimorum D.D. ordinum Hollandie et Westfrisie"., Relief shown pictorially., Drawn by Phillip Tidemann; engraved by Gilliam van der Gouwen., Projection not given., The lower left corner of the map is missing and has been replaced by a photocopied fragment attached to the map by tissue paper.
Identifier: islandora:19553

Title: Table Bay Harbour : plan of proposed new works
Subject: Harbours--South Africa--Table Bay--Design and construction--Maps, Harbours--South Africa--Table Bay--Maps, Table Bay (South Africa)--Maps,
Description: Plan of the Table Bay Harbour showing proposed additions in colour, surrounding areas, Lion's Rump and Cape Town. Scale: 1.9 in. to 1000 feet. No projection given.
Identifier: islandora:29931

Title: [Map showing location of various villages, towns, and rest camps], Map item #33
Subject: San (African People), Northern Cape (South Africa)--Maps,
Description: An untitled map showing the location of several San villages as well as small towns and rest camps in the Northern Cape, South Africa
Identifier: islandora:27348

Title: Important hunting grounds : draft, Map item #27; 26
Subject: 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 draft map of the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park showing three of the San community's important hunting grounds and an important gathering ground. Additional information includes waterholes, rivers, travelling routes and living sites. [Scale included]
Identifier: islandora:27345

Title: Rough sketch showing imperfectly the divisions of the Volta River District.
Subject: Ghana--Description and travel--Maps, Volta Region (Ghana)--Description and travel--Maps, Ghana--Volta River--Description and travel--Maps,
Description: Rough sketch, showing imperfectly the divisions of the Volta River District, with towns and divisions, Volta River, time between distances, and plantations. Coloured. Scale not given.
Identifier: islandora:29974

Title: GPS Land Use and Occupancy Survey : Jakob Malgas, Map item #14
Subject: 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 map of the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park showing various numbered points of interest within the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park. There is no legend but these numbers are believed to correspond with GPS co-ordinates taken at sites of cultural significance gleaned from interviews with members of the San community.
Identifier: islandora:27338

Title: Jakob Malgas : traditional land use and occupancy : draft, Map item #18
Subject: 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 draft map showing three important hunting grounds and an important gathering area. Additional information includes waterholes, rivers, traveling routes and living sites. [Scale included]
Identifier: islandora:27342

Title: Witwatersrand National Botanical Garden
Subject: Soil maps, Witwatersrand National Botanical Garden (Roodepoort, South Africa), Walter Sisulu National Botanical Garden (Roodepoort, South Africa), Botanical gardens--South Africa--Roodepoort, Soils--South Africa--Roodepoort--Maps,
Description: Witwatersrand National Botanical Garden, Roodepoort, Gauteng. Soil series. Map with key showing the different types of soil in the Garden. Extract from report., Copy of original, hand-drawn, ink on paper.
Identifier: islandora:28158

Title: A Kalahari heritage : ǂHanasen-Kruiper Family territory
Subject: ǂHanassen-Kruiper Family, San (African people), San (African people)--Africa, Southern--Ethnic identity, South Africa--Maps, San (African people)--Social life and customs,
Description: Map showing the ǂHanassen-Kruiper family territories in the Northern Cape, South Africa. It includes a family tree and photographs of selected family members. Also included are personal anecdotes as well as notes relating to how and why the family moved. [Scale included]
Identifier: islandora:27308

Title: Telegraph chart of the world (sheet 2)
Subject: Telecommunication--World--History--Maps, Telegraph--History--Maps, ,
Description: Sheet 2 of the Telegraph Chart of the World showing submarine cables, principal land lines, and wireless telegraph stations open for commercial purposes, with names of countries, letters representing governments, numbers representing telegraph companies. No scale given.
Identifier: islandora:29945

Title: Importance of fresh water points concentrated in the lower section versus land towards Mata Mata, Map item #32
Subject: 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 hand-drawn map of Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park and the immediate surroundings indicating the distribution of water points through the San community's living area. Handwritten notes draw attention to further details around water availability and cleanliness in the different areas
Identifier: islandora:27347

Title: Map of the colony of Natal--[cartographic material]
Subject: KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa)--Maps.
Description: Topographical map of Natal showing districts, towns and villages, mission stations, houses and huts, inns, rivers, bridges, fords and drifts, lakes and ponds, marshes or vleis, mineral springs, forests and woods, thorn bushes, main roads, wagon tracks, ferries, wind mills, steam mills, water mills, coal seams, iron, forts and forges or smithies. The map also indicates the lands owned by African leaders. Also indicated is the territory of Faku, leader of the amaMpondo, ceded to the British government in 1850., "Outline by T. Kips. Hills by W. Wagner.", Map includes table of distances measured by trochiameter.
Identifier: islandora:19787

Title: Division of Hope Town--[cartographic material].
Subject: Hopetown (South Africa)--Maps.
Description: Map of the division of Hope Town showing the town of Hope Town, divisional and field cornetcy boundaries, farm boundaries, farm names and property numbers. Also shown are railways and railway stations, roads, commonages, outspans, powder magazines, rivers, dams, vleis and pans., Projection not given. Co-ordinates not given. Bar scale in Cape roods and English miles.
Identifier: islandora:19605

Title: Grave sites at Bushman Camp 1934-36, Map item #4
Subject: Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park (Botswana and South Africa), San (African people), Africa, Southern--Maps, San (African people)--Social life and customs, San (African people)--Rites and ceremonies, ,
Description: This poster provides information about the death and burial of a number of San community members within the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park. It includes an inset map showing the Nossob and Twee Rivieren rest camps in the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park. [Scale included]
Identifier: islandora:27325

Title: Ethnographic map : draft, Map item #1
Subject: San (African people), Africa, Southern--Maps, San (African people)--Languages, San languages--History,
Description: A draft map showing the migration of several San communities and the dispersal of numerous San languages throughout South Africa, Botswana and Namibia. [Scale included]
Identifier: islandora:27349

Title: Africa--[cartographic material]
Subject: Africa--Maps., Africa--Discovery and exploration--Maps.
Description: The map shows possessions of England, France, Spain, Portugal, Netherlands and Denmark, with boundaries colour-coded. The map also depicts the travel routes of Frederick Horneman (1797), William George Brown [i.e. Browne] (1794) and James Bruce (1769) as well as caravan routes., "Maastaebe von geographischen Meilen 15 auf einen Grad.; von Franzosischen Lieues 25 auf einen Grad.; van Seemeilen 60 auf einen Grad.", Prime meridien through Ferro Island., Restored and placed between acid-free boards.
Identifier: islandora:19650

Title: Map of the colony of Natal--[cartographic material]
Subject: KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa)--Maps.
Description: Topographical map of Natal showing districts, towns and villages, mission stations, houses and huts, inns, rivers, bridges, fords and drifts, lakes and ponds, marshes or vleis, mineral springs, forests and woods, thorn bushes, main roads, wagon tracks, ferries, wind mills, steam mills, water mills, coal seams, iron, forts and forges or smithies. The map also indicates the lands owned by African leaders. Also indicated is the territory of Faku, leader of the amaMpondo, ceded to the British government in 1850., "Outline by T. Kips. Hills by W. Wagner.", Map includes table of distances measured by trochiameter.
Identifier: islandora:19788

Title: Rough sketch of the Jong River
Subject: Jong River (Sierra Leone)--Description and travel--Maps, Sierra Leone--Description and travel--Maps,
Description: Rough sketch of the Jong River in Sierra Leone, showing villages and settlements, measurements of the rivers, bushes and surrounding environment. Some colours. Scale 1 Sea Mile to 1 Inch.
Identifier: islandora:29983

Title: Plan to show the boundary of the Tambookie Location
Subject: South Africa--Tambookie Location (Eastern Cape)--History--Maps, Queenstown (South Africa)--History--Maps,
Description: Plan showing the boundary of the Tambookie Location marked red, with names of places, mountain ranges, rivers, and wagon roads. Relief shown by hachures. Some colours. Scale 6 Miles to 1 Inch.
Identifier: islandora:29973

Title: A Kalahari heritage : |Khasi-Kassie Family territory
Subject: |Khasi-Kassie Family, San (African people), San (African people)--Africa, Southern--Ethnic identity, South Africa--Maps, San (African people)--Social life and customs,
Description: This map shows the |Khasi-Kassie family territories in Northern Cape, South Africa. It includes a family tree, photographs of selected family members and their anecdotes. It also includes personal and family stories relating to how and why the family moved. [Scale included]
Identifier: islandora:27309

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