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 1934

Map showing southern Africa, including Angola, Northern and Southern Rhodesia, South West Africa, Bechuanaland, Mozambique and the Union of South Africa, and colonial boundaries and administrative divisions, with towns and …


UCT: University of Cape Town · 1 October 1934

Map showing Sfax, a city and Mediterranean port in Tunisia and surrounding regions and state boundaries, military territory boundaries, and intercolonial or mandate boundaries, with metalled roads normal routes, metalled …


UCT: University of Cape Town · 1 October 1934

Map showing north east Africa, including Egypt, Libya, Eritrea, the British Sudan and Chad, and the regions around the Mediterrenean and Red Sea, including the Arabian Peninsula, Iran, Yemen, Transjordan, …


UCT: University of Cape Town · 1 October 1934

Map showing Ghardaïa, the capital city of Ghardaïa Province in Algeria, and district boundaries, with metalled roads normal routes, metalled roads narrow paths, tramways, in construction, main roads, secondary roads, …


UCT: University of Cape Town · 1 October 1934

Map showing French West Africa including parts of Niger and Chad on the borders of Libya, Sudan and Nigeria, and international, undemarcated, intercolonial, north-south boundaries, with railway tracks, roads, camel …


UCT: University of Cape Town · 1 October 1934

Map showing Alger, and the Alger bay area in northern Algeria, and national, military, district and town boundaries, with railways, tramways, tracks, major and secondary roads, camel paths, intermittent water …


UCT: University of Cape Town · 1 October 1934

Map showing the postal railways, postal routes, district post offices, head post office, sub post office, post office agencies. 3 insets showing Cape Town, Pietermaritzburg to Durban and Witswatersrand. Scale …


UCT: University of Cape Town · 1 October 1934

Map showing Agadés in northern Niger, with relief shown by form lines and hachures, towns, rivers, roads and boundaries. Names of regions shown: Aïr, Lak, Azbine, Dagades, the Ténéré region …


UCT: University of Cape Town · 1 October 1934

Map showing North West Africa including Senegal, Gambia, Mauritania, Spanish Sahara, Morocco and Algeria, Tunisia, Senegal, and parts of Libya and Niger, and colonial boundaries and administrative divisions, with towns …


UCT: University of Cape Town · 1 October 1934

Map showing the West African coast including Portuguese Guinea, French Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Gold Coast, Togo, Dahomey, Nigeria, Cameroon, Spanish Guinea and Gabon, and colonial boundaries and …