Hugh Solomon Map Collection
http://hdl.handle.net/10019.2/653
Historical maps of Africa2024-03-28T08:50:11ZAfrica imagined : a selection of maps from the Hugh Solomon Collections Stellenbosch University Library and Information Service
http://hdl.handle.net/10019.2/5196
Africa imagined : a selection of maps from the Hugh Solomon Collections Stellenbosch University Library and Information Service
Seyffert, Mimi
An introduction on the Hugh Solomon map collection and descriptions and depictions of 18 selected maps from the collection.
Cape of Good Hope (sea chart). [unidentified]
http://hdl.handle.net/10019.2/838
Cape of Good Hope (sea chart). [unidentified]
Manuscript coloured chart.
3 insets : 1,"Aldus vertoondt Caap de Bona Esperanca als men uijt de west komt aan zijlen, gelekent op schip Westerdycks loertroen (?) 24 February Ao. 1720". - 2, "Taffel baaij...". - 3, "Aldus vertoondt de Caap de Goede Hoop als men op de reeden ten anker legt benevens de woon plaas der burgers en het Casteel..."
Buildings are shown pictorially & there is a large attractive compass rose.
This chart is described & noted as unidentified in Johannesburg Pub. Lib. : Exhibition of-decorative maps of Africa up to 1800. 1952, descriptive Catalogue, p.156.
Cape of Good Hope
http://hdl.handle.net/10019.2/837
Cape of Good Hope
Coloured map with overlay 24x12cm.
Line scale given.
An overlay continues the coastline north from Port Natal (Durban) to Delagoa Bay.
The first ed. of this map appeared in 1834.
1842-01-01T00:00:00ZGrahams Town and the out posts
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Grahams Town and the out posts
Coloured map.
London. Published by James Wyld. Geographer to the Queen & H.R.H. Prince Albert, Charing Cross East. 3rd edition May 3rd., 1851.
Below map: Pubd. by Jas. Wyld. March 6th. 1851.
1851-01-01T00:00:00Z