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 1941
Map showing El-Mreiti, a waterwell located near the town Crampel in Mauritania, and state, colonial, boundaries, with roads and ways for motor traffic, heavy duty roads, light duty roads, other …
UCT: University of Cape Town · 1 October 1941
Map with hypsometric tints showing Tunis, in the Gulf of Tunis in Tunisia, using the Southern Zone Layer System for altitudes, with railways, roads, place names. Relief shown by form …
UCT: University of Cape Town · 1 October 1940
Map showing the Niger river and surrounding areas of Mali, Niger and Burkino Faso, and international, international undemarcated, intercolonial, provincial, frontier district boundaries, with towns of 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th …
UCT: University of Cape Town · 1 October 1940
Map showing a section of the Sahara, a desert region which covers most of North Africa, and surrounding regions of Mali and Algeria, and international, international undemarcated, intercolonial, provincial, frontier …
UCT: University of Cape Town · 1 October 1940
Map showing the Niamey and other departments in Niger, with radio stations, airports, landing strips, float plane beaches, harbours, mines, lighthouses, rivers with canals and falls, nonperennial rivers, unsurveyed rivers, …
UCT: University of Cape Town · 1 October 1940
Compiled on the basis of Bonne's Projection (central meridian 25 east longitude. A map showing South African railways, Rhodesian railways, Katanga railways, private railways, railways under construction and grain elevator …
UCT: University of Cape Town · 1 October 1940
Map showing the Djado region of Niger and other regions in Libya with plateaus and mountains, railways, all weather motor roads, seasonal roads, other tracks paths or explorers routes, towns …
UCT: University of Cape Town · 1 October 1940
Map showing Fezzan, a southwestern region of modern Libya, and international, international undemarcated, intercolonial, provincial, frontier district boundaries, with towns of 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th importance, rivers, unsurveyed …
UCT: University of Cape Town · 1 October 1940
Map showing the Djado region of Niger and other regions in Libya with plateaus and mountains, towns,roads, railways, national borders, colonial, provincial and district borders, towns, posts and telegraphs, airports, …
UCT: University of Cape Town · 1 October 1940
Map showing Senegal, a country in West Africa, which owes its name to the Sénégal River that borders it to the east and north, and international, international undemarcated, intercolonial, provincial, …