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 1930

Map showing the town of Tizi-Ouzou, the capital of the Tizi Ouzou Province in northern Algeria, and state, department, district and town boundaries, with national highways, department roads, irregularly maintained …


UCT: University of Cape Town · 1 October 1930

Map of Algeria based on the work of L.C. Flatters. Also shows roads, rivers, ministry of the colonies, and shows borders of Tunisia-Tripoli. Boundaries highlighted in pink. 2nd edition. Scale …


UCT: University of Cape Town · 1 October 1930

Map of the region surrounding Fernana in the in the Jendouba Governorate in the northwest of Tunisia, and state, administrative, district and town boundaries, with magnetic declination, long distance roads, …


UCT: University of Cape Town · 1 October 1930

Map showing the port of La Calle, now Qālah or El Kala, on the Mediterranean coast of Algeria, and the surrounding region including Lake Tonga, with state, department, district and …


UCT: University of Cape Town · 1 October 1929

Map showing the town of Blandan on the Tunisian border in the Annaba region of Algeria, and state, department, district and town boundaries, national highways, department roads, irregularly maintained carriage …


UCT: University of Cape Town · 1 October 1929

Map of Bukama region in Belgian Congo, showing colonial and district boundaries, with triangulation points of second and third orders and points determining the plane tables, rivers, rapids and waterfalls, …


UCT: University of Cape Town · 1 October 1929

Map showing place names, topography, roads, and rivers. Colour. Map of Spanish Sahara, References include airplane photographs, Surveys reconnaisannce of L. Pegeot. Boundaries highlighted in pink. Scale 1:1,000,000


UCT: University of Cape Town · 1 October 1929

Map showing Tombouctou in northern Mali, with sand dunes, lakes, rivers, roads, demarcated boundaries, place names. Other regions shown: Azaouad, Timetrine. Colour. Relief shown by form lines and shading. Scale …


UCT: University of Cape Town · 1 October 1929

Map of the region surrounding Les Salines in El Kef Governorate, northwestern Tunisia near the border of Algeria, showing state, administrative, district and communal boundaries, with magnetic declination, long distance …


UCT: University of Cape Town · 1 October 1929

Map showing Timimoun in south-central Algeria, and territorial and district boundaries, with place names, automotive tracks, major and secondary roads, perennial and intermittent water sources, filled wells, rivers, saltflats and …