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 1899

Map showing railway line from Village of Ceres and Touws River to Village of Sutherland, with rivers, roads and small place names. Some colour. Scale 1 cm to 10 miles


UCT: University of Cape Town · 1 October 1899

Map showing railway line from Village of Ceres and Touws River to Village of Sutherland, with rivers, roads and small place names. Some colour. Scale 1 cm to 10 miles


UCT: University of Cape Town · 1 October 1898

Map showing railway line from Klipkraal and Biesjies Poort to Naauwpoort, with rivers and small place names. Some colour. Scale 1 cm to 10 miles


UCT: University of Cape Town · 1 October 1898

Map showing railways in the Cape Colony, the Orange Free State, the South African Republic, Bechuanaland and into Rhodesia, with administrative boundaries, place names and rivers. Some colour. Scale 1/8 …


UCT: University of Cape Town · 1 October 1898

Map showing railway line from Peddie to East London, with rivers, locations, cornetcies and small place names. Some colour. Scale 1 inch to 1 mile


UCT: University of Cape Town · 1 October 1898

Map showing railways in the Cape Colony, the Orange Free State, the South African Republic, Bechuanaland and into Rhodesia, with administrative boundaries, place names and rivers. Some colour. Scale 1/8 …


UCT: University of Cape Town · 1 October 1898

Map showing railway through the Swartland from Malmesbury to Grey's Pass, with rivers and small place names. Some colour. Scale 1/2 inch to 1 mile, 1 2/8 inch to 1000 …


UCT: University of Cape Town · 1 October 1898

Map showing railway line from Avontuur to Port Elizabeth, with rivers, roads and small place names. Some colour. Scale 1 cm to 10 miles


UCT: University of Cape Town · 1 October 1898

Map showing railway line from East London to Butterworth, with rivers and locations. Some colour. Scale 400 Cape roods to an inch, or 0.938 miles to an inch


UCT: University of Cape Town · 1 October 1897

A map showing a proposed railway line from Alexandria to Sandflats through the Field Cornetcies of Alexandria, Oliphant's Hoek, Bushman's River, Gorah and Zuurberg. The area is bordered by Somerset, …