The University of Cape Town African Maps Collection

The University of Cape Town African Maps Collection

University of Cape Town

Special Collections has a significant map collection, covering the whole African continent, and including rare and valuable items as well as a variety of atlases. Much of the collection was assembled by the first professor of Geography at UCT, Professor William Talbot.


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UCT: University of Cape Town · 1 October 1959

A street map of Salisbury showing suburbs and streets, with rivers, banks, government buildings, municipal buildings, parks, churches, police stations, post offices, cinemas, hospitals, hotels, shopping centres, public swimming baths, …


UCT: University of Cape Town · 1 October 1957

Street map of Bulawayo showing suburbs, African and Coloured villages and African locations, roads, banks, churches, cineamas, general public buildings, government buildings, hospitals, hotels, municipal buildings, police stations, post offices …


UCT: University of Cape Town · 1 October 1957

Map showing main roads in Uganda, Kenya, Belgian Congo, Angola, Tanganyika, Northern and Southern Rhodesia, Nyasaland, Mozambique, Bechuanaland Protectorate, South-West Africa and South Africa and frontiers, with place names, mileages, …


UCT: University of Cape Town · 1 October 1957

Map of Southern Rhodesia showing international, territorial, provincial, district, native reserve, native purchase area, special native area, forest area or reserve, game reserve and national park boundaries, towns, outstations, native …


UCT: University of Cape Town · 1 October 1956

Street map of Salisbury showing suburbs, roads, schools, police stations, post offices, government buildings, shopping centres, municipal buildings, banks, hospitals, town management offices, cinemas, parks, public gardens, golf courses, race …


UCT: University of Cape Town · 1 October 1953

Map of Salisbury showing numbered postal districts and land lots, with suburbs, native reserves, quarries, water sources and catchment areas, police camps, police stations, parks, schools, government experiment stations, the …


UCT: University of Cape Town · 1 October 1950

Map of Bulawyo showing Riverside, Sunninghill, Hillcrest, Waterford Estate, Douglasdale suburbs and Matsheumhlope, with golf and racing courses, schools, the city hall, hospitals, parks, sports grounds, reservoirs, dams, rivers and …


UCT: University of Cape Town · 1 October 1950

Map of Bulawayo, Southern Rhodesia, showing Woodville Estate, Woodville North, Woodville South, Queensdale, Queen's Park, Orange Grove, Marvel, Kumalo, Bulawayo North, Glengarry Estates, suburbs, Sauers Township and Umguzu agricultural lots, …


UCT: University of Cape Town · 1 October 1949

Map showing the official roads of the African territories of Ruanda and Urundi which came under Belgian control after they were seized from Germany during WWI, and main roads of …


UCT: University of Cape Town · 1 October 1949

Map of the Belgian Congo and the borders and parts of Angola, Tanganyika, Rhodesia, French Equitorial Africa and Anglo-Egyptian Sudan, with routes of general interest, routes of local interest, train …