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 1933
Map showing the north eastern Niger oasis town of Bilma, surrounding plains and regions, with mountain names, dune names, place names, other tracks and explorers routes, non-perennial rivers, intercolonial or …
UCT: University of Cape Town · 1 October 1933
Map showing Tidjikja in Mauritania, with intercolonial and district boundaries, place names, sand dunes, wells, rivers and post offices. Relief shown by form lines. Colour. Scale 1 : 1 000 …
UCT: University of Cape Town · 1 October 1933
Map showing Tindouf in Algeria, the region of the borders between Western Sahara, Mauritania. Relief is shown with form lines. Map shows wadis, streams and flow direction of groundwater sources. …
UCT: University of Cape Town · 1 October 1933
Map showing the well Bir en Natrun and other wells in the Northern Darfur State of Sudan, with place names, international and provincial boundaries, paths or tracks, trigonometrical or astronomical …
UCT: University of Cape Town · 1 October 1933
Map showing East Africa, including Abyssinia, Kenya Tanganyika, Belgian Congo, Equatorial France and parts of Egypt and colonial boundaries and administrative divisions,with towns and administrative centres, important indigenous centres, main …
UCT: University of Cape Town · 1 October 1933
Map showing In Salah in Algeria, and territorial and district boundaries, with place names, tracks, roads, water sources, dunes, geodesic and astronomical points, landing fields, rivers, palm trees, shrubs and …
UCT: University of Cape Town · 1 October 1932
Map of Oued Sedjenane and surrounding region in Tunisia, showing state, administrative, district and town boundaries, with magnetic declination, long distance roads, communication routes, local highways, irregularly maintained dirt roads, …
UCT: University of Cape Town · 1 October 1932
Map of the Hedil area in northern Tunisia including Djebel Anntra, Djebel el Faidjel, Djebel Tabouna and El Harchia, showing state, administrative, district and town boundaries, with magnetic declination, long …
UCT: University of Cape Town · 1 October 1932
Map of the region surrounding Grombalia in the northeast of Tunisia, and state, administrative, district and town boundaries, with magnetic declination, long distance roads, communication routes, local highways, irregularly maintained …
UCT: University of Cape Town · 1 October 1932
Map showing Ambositra, in western Madagascar, with paved and unpaved roads, roads for carts/wagons, mule driver paths, trails or tracks, bridges/decks of iron, stone, wood, unsurveyed roads, geodetic signals, key …