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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South Africa
Publication Type
- 524
Organization
- 524
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Map showing the territory of Nicholas Waterboer in Griqualand West, in relation to the Cape Colony, Orange Free State and the Transvaal Republic, with boundaries, rivers, place names and relief …
Map showing the territory of Nicholas Waterboer in Griqualand West, in relation to the Cape Colony and the Orange Free State, with the boundaries according to treaties, rivers, place names …
A map showing the proposed irrigation project in the Division of Steynsburg, with contours for heights, rivers, railways, roads and place names. Chiefly colour. Scale 1/2 inch to 1 mile.
Map showing proposed water sources, reservoirs and intake points on Table Mountain and pipe tracks around the mountain for schemes 1 and 2, to serve the suburbs from Newlands to …
Map of the Orange Free State showing new and existing railway lines, with rivers and place names. Scale 7/8 inch to 1 mile.
A sketch map of Simon's Bay showing the dockyard, existing batteries to be revised, existing batteries to be abandoned, the site of a proposed new battery and a proposed site …
Map showing boundaries and names of farms in Botswana, with roads and rivers. No scale given.
A map showing proposed extensions of the existing railway line at Graham's Town to Peddie, also showing H. H. Ellioott's proposed line from the Round Hill siding to Peddie and …
Map showing the travel route from Tabora, the capital of Tanzania's Tabora region, to Victoria-Nyansa on the southern shore of Lake Victoria, with place names, tembe, huts, abandoned or destroyed …