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 1949

Map showing the official roads of the African territories of Ruanda and Urundi which came under Belgian control after they were seized from Germany during WWI, and main roads of …


UCT: University of Cape Town · 1 October 1949

Map of the Belgian Congo and the borders and parts of Angola, Tanganyika, Rhodesia, French Equitorial Africa and Anglo-Egyptian Sudan, with routes of general interest, routes of local interest, train …


UCT: University of Cape Town · 1 October 1949

Map showing the African territories of Ruanda and Urundi which came under Belgian control after they were seized from Germandy during WWI, and intercolonial or mandate boundaries, state boundaries, district …


UCT: University of Cape Town · 1 October 1949

Map of Alula and surrounding areas on the tip of the Horn of Africa along the Gulf of Aden and the Indian Ocean coast, showing territorial boundaries, with railways, principal …


UCT: University of Cape Town · 1 October 1949

Map showing the distribution of the indigenous population of the African territories of Ruanda and Urundi which came under Belgian control after they were seized from Germandy during WWI, andthe …


UCT: University of Cape Town · 1 October 1949

Map showing Catholic mission stations in the African territories of Ruanda and Urundi which came under Belgian control after they were seized from Germandy during WWI, and state boundaries, intercolonial …


UCT: University of Cape Town · 1 October 1949

Map showing the railway network, road network, isolated telegraph lines, submarine cables, lighthouse. Major civil airports, Major civil flying boat alighting areas, wells, waterholes and springs. Also shows major towns …


UCT: University of Cape Town · 1 October 1949

Topocadastral map showing gold mining company holdings in the areas of Randfontein, Roodepoort, Johannesburg, Germiston, Boksburg, Heidelburg, Potchefstroom, Klerksdrop, Vredefort, Heilbron, Frankfort, Lindley, Bethlehem, Senekal, Kroonstad, Winburg, Ventersburg and Bothaville. …