A new chart of the southern coast of Africa, from the Cape of Good Hope to Dalagoa [sic] Bay, including the Bank of Cape Agulhas, its soundings, currents, within and without &c.

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Associated with	Ruyter, Gerard de

Subject	Africa > Maps > Early works to 1800
Subject	Good Hope, Cape of (South Africa : Cape) > Maps > Early works to 1800
Subject	Western Cape (South Africa) > Maps > Early works to 1800
Subject	Pictorial maps > Cape Town (South Africa) > Early works to 1800
Subject	Shipwrecks > South Africa > Cape of Good Hope > Maps > Early works to 1800
Genre	Map
Genre	Early maps

Note	Map shows detailed soundings and other hydrographic information along the Cape coast. Map includes an engraving of "A view of the Cape of Good Hope" showing elevations of Table Mountain ("The Table"), "Devils Burg", "the Sugar Loaf" and "Lyon's Rump". Also depicted are houses and other buildings on the slopes of the mountain and a small rowing boat heading for harbour.
Note	Bar scale on map given in "English and French Sea Leagues."
Note	This copy missing top of map; title not shown.
Location	https://purl.stanford.edu/qy808xx3486
Repository	University of Cape Town

Use and reproduction: Image courtesy University of Cape Town Libraries, Special Collections: Maps scanned under the William and Yvonne Jacobson Digital Africana Program at UCT. If you have questions, please contact David Rumsey Map Center at rumseymapcenter@stanford.edu.
License: This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial 3.0 Unported license (CC BY-NC).

Africana Historical Maps

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