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Title: Africa XVIII
Subject: Africa -- Maps -- Early works to 1800.
Description: Hand coloured, undated photographic reproduction of Sebastian Munster's woodcut by Arthur Elliot, Cape Town., Relief shown pictorially., Original published in: Cosmographiae uniuersalis ... / autore Sebast. Munstero ... (Basiliae : Apud Heinrichum Petri, 1544).
Identifier: islandora:19658

Title: Map of portion of Hay
Subject: Hay (South Africa) -- Maps., Northern Cape (South Africa) -- Maps., Asbestos mines and mining -- South Africa -- Northern Cape -- Maps., Geology -- South Africa -- Northern Cape -- Maps.
Description: Map of the asbestos mining district of Hay in the Northern Cape showing the Dwyka series, Matsap beds, Ongeluk volcanic rocks, the Griquatown beds, the Blink Klip breccias, the Campbell Rand beds, the Kheis series and mineral deposits including alluvium, gravels, sand, limestone and dykes. The map also shows the field cornetcies of Blink Klip, Paarde Kloof and Koegas, Griqua Town commonage, Prieska village, the division of Vryburg and farms with farm names and property numbers.
Identifier: islandora:24882

Title: Sketch of Simons Bay shewing position of batteries &c., to accompany report of Board of Officers assembled 26 & 27 Janry 1865
Subject: Fortification--South Africa--Simons Bay--Maps,
Description: A sketch map of Simon's Bay showing the dockyard, existing batteries to be revised, existing batteries to be abandoned, the site of a proposed new battery and a proposed site for a new magazine, with Coles Point, Simon's Town and barracks. Some colour. Relief shown by form lines. Scale 2 1/8 inches to 1 statute mile.
Identifier: islandora:25103

Title: Philipstown
Subject: South African War, 1899-1902 -- Maps., Philipstown Region (South Africa) -- Maps.
Description: 1st ed., This map forms part of the Imperial map of South Africa., The map shows farm boundaries and fences, farm names, divisional boundaries, roads, rivers and railways in the Philipstown area. The map also indicates hills, pans (often dry), homesteads, cultivated land and trees., Relief shown by hachures., "This map is not to be considered as absolutely accurate.", Projection not given., Map folds into an outer cover., Copies 1064 and 1094 are mounted on linen. Map 1093 is not folded.
Identifier: islandora:24858

Title: Visitor's guide to Pretoria
Subject: Pretoria (South Africa)--Maps, Pretoria (South Africa)--Description and travel--Maps, ,
Description: Pictorial tourist map of Pretoria showing key tourist attractions each accompanied by its own drawing including Paul Kruger's House, Bureau, Old Transvaal Museum, Union Buildings, Government House, Libertas, The New Museum, Zoo, Paul Kruger Monument, Paul Kruger's Grave, New City Hall and Art Gallery, Voortrekker Monument and the steel works. Lesser attractions and landmarks are represented by name alone including Berea Park, municipal plantation, police training depot, mental hospital, new cemetery and the Western sports grouonds. Colouration is predominantly green and purple to reference the city's Jacaranda-lined streets. Verso provides a list of activities and places of interest available to tourists. Scale not given.
Identifier: islandora:30062

Title: City of Cape Town and environs
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa) -- Maps., Cape Town Metropolitan Area (South Africa) -- Maps.
Description: This 1937 monochrome map shows the central business district and the peri-urban and suburban areas of Cape Town including Gardens, Oranjezicht, Vredehoek, Tamboers Kloof, Woodstock, Salt River, Brooklyn, Good Hope model village, Milnerton, Paarden Eiland, Maitland, certificate of registered title for Montagu Gardens, Sanddrift, Tiger Oats Township, Kensington, Windermere, Factreton, Epping plantation, Uitvlugt, Gatesville, Belgravia, Sanatorium Township, Pinelands and the Garden Cities site, Ndabeni, Hazendal, the proposed Bokmakirie Township, Goodwood, Langa, Welcome, Observatory, Mowbray, Rosebank, Rondebosch, Groote Schuur Estate, Kirstenbosch, Newlands, Claremont, Kenilworth, Constantia, Wynberg, Plumstead, Diep River, Heathfield, Retreat, Lotus River, Schaap Kraal, Tokai, Silvermine, Ronde Vlei, Zeekoe Vlei, Grassy Park, Strandfontein Coast Forest Reserve, Montagu's Gift, Ilfracombe Estate, Dreyersdal, Lakeside, Muizenberg, St James, Kalk Bay, Clovelly, Fish Hoek, Glencairn, Red Hill, Simonstown, Simon's Bay, Kommetjie, Sweet Water, Witsands, Noordhoek, Scarborough, Hout Bay, Chapman's Peak, Kronendal, Oude Kraal, Bakoven, Camps Bay, Clifton, Sea Point, Fresnaye, Green Point, Mouille Point and Table Bay harbour., The map also shows municipalities, streets, buildings, erven with property numbers, "native locations", Table Mountain, the Twelve Apostles and other mountains, rivers and dams, salt pans, forested areas, sports and recreation grounds, Kenilworth Race Course, golf courses, aerodromes (including the air mail aerodrome site), hospitals and sanatoria including Groote Schuur, Valkenberg, Rentzkie's Farm Isolation hospital, Oude Molen Mental Hospital, the Alexandra Institution and the Chronic Sick home, churches, railway lines, railway stations, power stations, the zoo, the University of Cape Town, lighthouses, cemeteries and burial grounds., Relief shown pictorially., Text in English and Afrikaans., Dimensions of the printed sheets: 89 x 113 cm. or smaller., The library does not hold a full printed set of the 1937 edition of this map. These digital copies have been made available through the generosity of the Environmental Resource Management Department of the Cape Town City Council.
Identifier: islandora:19867

Title: Compilation of diagrams of the lands at Fort Hare proposed to be granted to the Lovedale Seminary and to be reserved for the Fort Hare erf holders
Subject: Fort Hare Military Reserve (South Africa)--Maps,
Description: Map of the Fort Hare Military Reserve. Relief shown by form lines. Colour. Scale 1 inch to 20 English chains.
Identifier: islandora:25141

Title: Map of the colony of Natal. Pongola
Subject: KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa) -- Maps.
Description: This map section, Pongola, forms part of the Map of the colony of Natal., Map of the Pongola area from Oro Point in the north to Umbama Pan in the south, showing cities and towns, roads, railways, telegraph and telephone lines, county boundaries, magisterial divisions, mission stations, trigonometrical points, magistrate's offices, reserve boundaries, farm boundaries, farm names and numbers, African "locations" with names of clan leaders, rivers and mountains., Relief shown by shading., Collective title, Map of the colony of Natal, from Durban (North Coast) and Scale sections; section title, Pongola, from cover., The map folds into an outer cover.
Identifier: islandora:19531

Title: Divisional map of Malmesbury
Subject: Malmesbury Region (South Africa) -- Maps.
Description: Map of the Malmesbury area in the Western Cape showing the villages of Malmesbury, Moorreesburg, Riebeeck West, Riebeeck Kasteel, Hoetjes Bay, Hopefield, Darling, Mamre, Saldanha Bay, Marcus Island and Dassen Island, divisional and field cornetcy boundaries, farm boundaries, farm names, property numbers and some owner names, main, divisional, ordinary and branch roads, commonages, outspans, trigonometrical stations, rivers and salt pans., Parts 3 and 4 are printed on sheet 3.
Identifier: islandora:24874

Title: Map of the Colony of Natal
Subject: Natal (Colony)--Maps, KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa)--Maps,
Description: A map of Natal showing cities, towns, villages, rivers, mountains and other features., Relief shown by shading., Projection not given.
Identifier: islandora:19529

Title: Map shewing railways of Cape Colony, open in 1882
Subject: Railroads--South Africa--Cape of Good Hope--Maps, , ,
Description: Map of the Cape Colony showing the Western, Midland and Eastern Systems of railways, with an inset of 'Enlarged map of lines near Cape Town.' The System lines show all the train stations and distances. The map also shows towns. Some colour. Scale about 1/2 inch to 10 miles.
Identifier: islandora:25188

Title: Cape Colony. Upington
Subject: Upington Region (South Africa) -- Maps., Northern Cape (South Africa) -- Maps., Cape of Good Hope (South Africa) -- Maps.
Description: Topographical map indicating Upington and other towns and villages, roads, railways, rivers, mountains, dunes and other features in the area surrounding Upington., Relief shown by contours, hachures, form lines and spot heights., Projection not given., Map folds into an outer cover., Includes index to adjoining sheets., Includes a table listing halting places., Includes a general note commenting on: nature of country, roads, drifts, transport, water, fuel, grazing and Upington., Includes ancillary map: Upington (scale 1 in. to 0.5 miles)., Sheet 128-D., Copies 917 and 952 mounted on cloth. Copy 953 printed on cloth. Copy 952 is discoloured.
Identifier: islandora:24924

Title: Plan of the Transkeian Territories, sheet no. 8
Subject: South Africa--Bantustans--Maps, Transkei (South Africa)--History--Maps, , ,
Description: Map showing sheet no. 8 of the Plan of the Transkeian Territories, with the Districts of Mqanduli, Elliotdale, Umtata and parts of Engcobo, reserves, major settlements, names of places, plan numbers, district boundaries, rivers, roads, plantations, and forests. Scale: 800 Cape roods to 1 in. Relief shown by shading. No projection given.
Identifier: islandora:30064

Title: German East Africa. Daressalam
Subject: Dar es Salaam (Tanzania : Region) -- Maps., German East Africa -- Maps.
Description: Map showing towns, villages, international boundaries, railways, roads, tracks, telegraph lines, post and telegraph offices, heights in metres above sea level, mission stations, ruins, and "Mbuga" ("Low Country, often swampy in rainy season") in the Dar es Salaam area., Relief shown by form lines and spot heights., Projection not given., Grid reference: GDF., Index no.: D6.
Identifier: islandora:24768

Title: Map of Cape Town (central)
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa) -- Maps.
Description: Bulletin ; no. 141, Map shows principal streets and places of interest including the Company Gardens, the Public Library (National Library of South Africa), St George's Cathedral, the opera house, Tivoli Music Hall, the Old Supreme Court Buildings (Slave Lodge), University of Cape Town, Cartwright's Corner (the halting place for all trams), Monument Station, The Alhambra, Wolfram's Bioscope, the Railway Institute, the Boer War Memorial, the Art Gallery, the War Memorial, the offices of the Deutsche Ost Afrika Linie, the Michaelis School of Art, public conveniences and the position of several statues., Map shows quarter, half and three-quarters of a mile radius lines from the city centre., Inset: Cape Peninsula. Scale 1: 354 816. 1 in. to 5.6 miles., Advertisements on verso of map.
Identifier: islandora:19915

Title: South Africa : rainfall in May from the averages of observations
Subject: Rain and rainfall--South Africa--Maps, Rain and rainfall--South Africa--Measurement--Maps,
Description: Map of South Africa showing the mean annual rainfall for the month of May, rainfall stations, railways, roads, rivers, and plateaus. Relief shown by hachures. Some colour. Scale: 1 in. to 100 English miles. Projection not given.
Identifier: islandora:30044

Title: Cape of Good Hope. Rietfontein and surrounding country
Subject: Rietfontein Region (South Africa) -- Maps., Northern Cape (South Africa) -- Maps., Cape of Good Hope (South Africa) -- Maps.
Description: Topographical map indicating Rietfontein and other towns and villages, roads, farms, kraals, rivers, springs, pans, vleis, wells, dams, drifts, mountains, dunes and other terrain in the area surrounding Rietfontein., Relief shown by shading, form lines and spot heights., Projection not given., Map folds into an outer cover., "Cape of Good Hope reconnaissance series."--Cover., Mounted on cloth.
Identifier: islandora:24913

Title: Southern Africa
Subject: Southern Africa--Discovery and exploration--Maps, Southern Africa--Description and travel--Maps, Southern Africa--Kingdoms--Maps, ,
Description: An early map of southern Africa without boundaries, showing kingdoms, names of kings, with images of ships, descriptions of Hottentot women, South East islands and Southern and Eastern Parts, and rivers. Some colours. No scale given.
Identifier: islandora:29932

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: The Commonage, Van Wyk's Vley. Plan B
Subject: Land capability for agriculture--South Africa--Vanwyksvlei--Maps, Irrigation--South Africa--Vanwyksvlei--Maps,
Description: A map of Van Wyk's Vley showing the main dam and irrigable lands, the Hartebeeste River, two smaller dams, roads and the farms. No scale given.
Identifier: islandora:25120

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