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Title: Sylvicultural map of the Union of South Africa
Subject: Forest ecology--South Africa, Trees--Growth, South Africa--Climate--Maps, ,
Description: Map of the Union of South Africa showing winter rainfall, constant rainfall, colder summer rainfall, warmer summer rainfall, sub-tropical summer rainfall, and arid places, names of provinces, divisions and towns, international and divisional boundaries, and divisions between winter and summer rainfall and between constant and summer rainfall. Scale 1:3,000,000.
Identifier: islandora:30030

Title: Cape of Good Hope
Subject: Cape of Good Hope (South Africa)--Maps, ,
Description: Map showing the Cape of Good Hope at the southern tip of Africa, and international, intercolonial, provincial, district boundaries, with place names, railways, under construction, projected, roads suitable for motor traffic: all seasons, dry weather, roads suitable for carts, tracks, telegraphs or telephones, telegraphs or telephones along roads or tracks, provinces, frontier districts, localities, mountain ranges, peaks, valleys, capes, islands, tribes, towns of 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th importance, rivers, unsurveyed, canals, marshes and swamps, plains liable to inundation,, geodetic trigonometrical stations, altitudes in metres, depths in metres, wells, springs, waterholes, pools, historical ruins, wireless telegraph stations. Contours are at 200 & 500 metres & thence at 500 metre intervals. Relief shown by form lines with height in metres, tinted shading. Third edition, ground/air. Colour. Scale 1 : 2,000,000.
Identifier: islandora:19315

Title: Africa, south coast :
Subject: Cape Peninsula (South Africa) -- Maps.
Description: Map of the Cape Peninsula including Table Bay, Hout Bay and False Bay. Surveyed in 1822, with corrections to 1861, July 1862, September 1863, and November 1864. Table Bay and the coast of the Cape Peninsula from Mouille Point to the western edge of False Bay by F. Skead., Relief shown by spot heights and shading. Depths shown by soundings., Projection not given. Coordinates not given. Compass rose shows a variation between magnetic north and true north of 29°40' W. Bar scale given in nautical miles., Two inset maps: "Cape Hanglip"; "Cape of Good Hope".
Identifier: islandora:19595

Title: City of Cape Town and environs
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa) -- Maps., Cape Town Metropolitan Area (South Africa) -- Maps.
Description: Text in English and Afrikaans., This coloured version of the 1937 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., 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 and this coloured digital set is incomplete. These digital copies of sheets 2, 3 and 4 of the series have been made available through the generosity of the Environmental Resource Management Department of the Cape Town City Council.
Identifier: islandora:19889

Title: Route of the South African Gold Fields Exploration Company's expedition 1869 to 1872 (and previous tracks)
Subject: South Africa -- Maps., Africa, Southern -- Maps.
Description: The map, which shows the route and previous tracks in red, covers the Eastern Cape, Orange Free State, Natal, Transvaal, Southern Rhodesia and Northern Rhodesia. Features and relief such as rivers, valleys and mountains as well as towns are indicated. The map includes detailed annotations regarding the people en route as well as notes on topographical conditions and on earlier expeditions., Map is printed in 3 pieces.
Identifier: islandora:19774

Title: Plan en Caart van 't Vlek aan Caap de Goede Hoop
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa) -- Maps -- Early works to 1800.
Description: Photocopy., Text in Dutch., Original statement of scale: "Schaale van 100 Rhijnlandsche Roeden"., Plan of Cape Town in 1755 showing streets and erven. Features such as the Company's garden, Company's hospital, Groote Kerk and Slave Lodge are marked., Copy in H. W. J. Picard, Gentleman's Walk (Cape Town: Struik, 1968): facing page 38. A description of the plan is given on pages 37-38 and a partial key is printed opposite p. 38., See BA 968.21 PICA.
Identifier: islandora:19927

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:29802

Title: Principales routes et pistes de L'Afrique Français
Subject: Africa, French-speaking West--Maps, , ,
Description: Map showing major roads and tracks in French West Africa along the coast, including Mali, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Ivory Coast, Gold Coast, Slave Coast and part of Nigeria, with international and colonial boundaries, railways, hotels, camp grounds, telephone and telegraph offices, wireless telegraph posts, petrol depots, chief and advanced posts of the Saharan Company. Some colour. Relief shown by hachures and form lines. Scale 1 : 2.500.000. [Coordinates estimated]
Identifier: islandora:19350

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: GPS Land Use and Occupancy Survey : Karel "Vet Piet" Kleinman and Jakob Malgas, Map item #16
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 and around 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:27340

Title: Map of Table Mountain
Subject: Cape Peninsula (South Africa) -- Maps., Table Mountain (Western Cape, South Africa) -- Maps.
Description: The Mountain Club of South Africa is responsible for the preparation of the map. Lithographed by Van der Sandt de Villiers Printing Company, Ltd., Topographical map of the Table Mountain area including the coastline from Sea Point to Kommetje's Bay [Kommetjie]. The map shows detailed features of Table Mountain including the Central Table, Back Table, Orange Kloof, Victorskloof or Kronen Dal and Modder Gat. It also indicates the location of the major water sources on the mountain including the Woodhead Reservoir, the Hely Hutchinson Reservoir and the Wynberg Reservoirs, as well as the Molteno Dam and the Newlands Reservoir at the foot of the mountain on its north and east flanks. It also shows the Wynberg Disa Stream, the Palmiet River, Camp's Bay Tram station and the route of the Camp's Bay tramline. Other peaks and ridges depicted are the Twelve Apostles, Little Lion's Head, Klaasen Kop and Constantia Nek. The key indicates (a) the Catchment area, Cape Town Waterworks, (b) the Catchment area, Wynberg Waterworks and (c) the Reserve (fenced). Also shown are heights of peaks in English feet., This sheet map was originally issued as a folded map glued into a cover. Both front and back covers of copy 717 are intact but only the back cover of copy 17 is still appended.
Identifier: islandora:19593

Title: Umtamvuna River to Tugela River
Subject: KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa) -- Maps., Nautical charts -- South Africa -- KwaZulu-Natal., Coasts -- South Africa -- KwaZulu-Natal -- Maps.
Description: Africa. South East Coast ; Sheet 7, Natal, Nautical chart of the Colony of Natal coast from the Tugela River to the Umzamba River, south of the Umtamvuna River, showing soundings in fathoms, the location of navigation lights and beacons, and the presence of a range of mineral and other features such as pebbles, coral, gravel, rocks and sand. Figures on the land show the heights in feet above the sea's high water mark., First published at the Admiralty, 1 July 1873, under the superintendence of Rear Admiral G.H. Richards, with large corrections March 1885 and smaller corrections up to July 1895., Inset: Aliwal Shoal / by Captain P. Aldrich and the Officers of H.M.S. Sylvia, 1884., Includes illustration of "Appearance of the land at half a mile to the west of Aliwal Shoal" between the mouths of the Umpambinyoni River [Blood River] and the Umkomass [Umkomaas] River.
Identifier: islandora:19792

Title: German East Africa. Kilimatinde
Subject: Kilimatinde Region (Tanzania) -- 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 Kilimatinde area., Relief shown by form lines and spot heights., Projection not given., Grid reference: GDD., Index no.: D4.
Identifier: islandora:24779

Title: South Africa : rainfall in December 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 December, 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:30051

Title: Vrede
Subject: Vrede Region (South Africa) -- Maps., Free State (South Africa) -- Maps.
Description: Topographical map indicating towns, farms, railways, mountains, rivers, drifts, pans, vleis and other watering places in the area of Vrede., Relief shown by contours., Projection not given., A map in the Orange River Colony degree sheet series, Includes index to adjoining sheets.
Identifier: islandora:24884

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: Übersicht der Trigonometrischen & Nautischen aufnehmen in Kaplande bis 1867--[cartographic material]
Subject: Cape of Good Hope (South Africa)--Maps., Nautical charts--South Africa--Cape of Good Hope.
Description: Trigonometrical and navigational map of the southern portion of the Cape of Good Hope showing the southern African coast from St Helena Bay, Saldanha Bay and False Bay in the south and west to Cape Morgan in the east and the Compassberg in the north., Relief shown by spot heights. Depths shown by contours and soundings., Projection not given. Bar scale in German miles., Inset: Südliches Ende der Agulhas Bank [the southern end of the Agulhas Bank]., Appears in Mittheilungen aus Justus Perthes' geographischer Anstalt über wichtige neue Erforschungen auf dem Gesammtgebiete der Geographie / von A. Petermann. Gotha : Justus Perthes, 1868.
Identifier: islandora:19590

Title: Miller's new map of British South Africa
Subject: Africa, Southern -- Maps., South Africa -- Maps.
Description: Topographical map of South and Southern Africa showing British Bechuanaland, Basutoland, Swaziland, the southern portion of Southern Rhodesia, and a section of Portuguese East Africa. The map includes a key indicating British South Africa, Portuguese Territory, German Territory, railways and telegraph lines, railways under construction, roads, principal steamship routes (distances in nautical miles), heights in feet, mission stations, passes and proclaimed goldfields. It also gives tables of steamship and railway distances., The map folds into an outer cover (21 x 12 cm.)., Inset maps: Rhodesia and British Central Africa (Scale 1:5 000 000); Witwatersrand - cadastral plan of the Witwatersrand area showing farm names and boundaries, buildings, railways reefs and names of mines (Scale [ca. 1:178 816]); Plan of Pretoria showing streets of the central city area (Scale [ca. 1:63 660]); Cape Town showing streets, principal buildings and other landmarks from Fort Knokke to the Green Point Common (Scale [ca. 1:26 822]); Pietermaritzburg - main streets and buildings (Scale [ca. 1:30 480]); Durban - main streets and buildings (Scale [ca. 1:30 480]); Kimberley - plan of Kimberley area showing mines, Beaconsfield and Du Point's Pan (Scale [ca. 1:63 660]); Port Elizabeth (Scale [ca. 1:26 822]); The Cape Peninsula from Robben Island to Cape Maclear and Anvil Rock showing railways, roads and lighthouses (Scale [ca. 1:459 813]); South eastern England on the scale of the general map; and a Track chart showing the routes to South Africa.
Identifier: islandora:19767

Title: Bloemfontein
Subject: South African War, 1899-1902 -- Maps., Bloemfontein Region (South Africa) -- Maps.
Description: Map showing farm boundaries and fences, farm names, divisional boundaries, roads, rivers, telegraph lines and railways in the Bloemfontein area. Map also indicates hills, pans (often dry), homesteads, cultivated land and trees., Relief shown by hachures., "G.F.N. Henderson [,] Colonel. Director of Military Intelligence"., Projection not given., Map folds into an outer cover., The map is mounted on linen. Advertisements have been pasted onto the map obscuring the key and other information.
Identifier: islandora:24817

Title: Ladybrand
Subject: South African War, 1899-1902 -- Maps., Ladybrand Region (South Africa) -- Maps.
Description: 1st ed., Map showing farm boundaries and fences, farm names, divisional boundaries, roads, rivers, telegraph lines and railways in the Ladybrand area. The map also indicates hills, pans (often dry), homesteads, cultivated land and trees., Relief shown by hachures., Most of compiler's name cut off at the bottom of the map., "G.F.N. Henderson [,] Colonel. Director of Military Intelligence"., "This map is not to be considered as absolutely accurate.", Projection not given., Map folds into an outer cover., The map is mounted on linen.
Identifier: islandora:24842

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