Philips' library map of British South Africa
Description
| Type of resource | cartographic |
|---|---|
| Form | cartographic image |
| Extent | 1 map : color, dissected and mounted on linen ; 100 x 74 cm folded to 21 x 13 cm |
| Place | London & Liverpool |
| Publisher | G. Philip & Son |
| Publication date | 1901 |
| Language | English |
| Digital origin | reformatted digital |
| Map data | Scale not determined ; E 15°00'00"--E 34°30'00"/S 8°00'00"--S 36°00'00" |
Subjects
| Subject | Africa > Maps > 20th century |
|---|---|
| Subject | South Africa > Maps > 19th century |
| Subject | Zimbabwe > Maps > 20th century |
| Subject | Africa, Central > Maps > 20th century |
| Genre | Map |
Bibliographic information
| Note | Map of South Africa showing British South Africa, Portuguese territory [Mozambique], German territory [Namibia], roads, railways and telegraph lines, railways under construction, mountain passes, proclaimed goldfields, mission stations and principal steamship routes with distances in nautical miles. |
|---|---|
| Note | Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. |
| Note | Bar scale on map given in "English Miles." |
| Note | Legend at bottom. |
| Note | Tables at bottom showing "Steamship distances" and "Railway distances." |
| With | Inset maps: Rhodesia and British Central Africa on half of the general map. Scale 1:5 000 000. 1 in. to 80 miles -- Witwatersrand, showing railways, reefs, buildings and farm boundaries. Scale [ca. 1:183 925] -- Plan of Pretoria. Scale [ca. 1:63 360] -- Track chart showing the routes to South Africa -- Pietermaritzburg. Scale [ca. 1:24 000] -- Durban. Scale [ca. 1:24 000] -- Kimberley. Scale [ca. 1:53 645] -- Port Elizabeth. Scale [ca. 1:10 400] -- South Eastern England. Scale 1:2 500 000 -- The Cape Peninsula. Scale [ca. 1:443 520] -- Cape Town. Scale [ca. 1:10 400]. |
| Note | Some inset maps are indexed. |
| Location | https://purl.stanford.edu/vc514nm3279 |
| Repository | University of Cape Town |
Access conditions
- 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.
- Copyright
- Property rights reside with the repository. Copyright © Stanford University. All Rights Reserved.
- License
- This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial 3.0 Unported license (CC BY-NC).
Collection
Africana Historical Maps
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