The Castle Line map of South Africa

Description:

Map of southern Africa showing British, German, French and Portuguese territories, Orange Free State, Congo State, Swaziland, goldfields, minerals, industries, railways (already constructed, in course of construction, authorised or projected), coach routes, direct sea routes of the "Castle" steamers and table of distances. Bar scale on map given in "English Miles." "Issued by Donald Currie & Co., 3 & 4, Fenchurch Street, London, E.C. Managers of the Castle Line to South Africa." The map is varnished. It is damaged and cracking as a result of the varnishing. Inset maps: Central Africa, by T. Ruddiman Johnston; Track chart of the Royal Mail steamships of the Castle Mail Packets Co. Ltd. Photograph of the Royal Mail steamship "Dunottar Castle" outside Cape Town harbour with Table Mountain in the background.

Resource Link:

https://purl.stanford.edu/hp729kc5370

Identifier:

https://purl.stanford.edu/hp729kc5370

Language:

eng

Publisher:

Ruddiman Johnston & Co., Limited

Provider:

Stanford

Resource Class:

Maps

Resource Type:

Digital maps

Subject:

Shipping

Date Issued:

1800

Spatial Coverage:

Africa, Africa, Southern, and South Africa

Rights:

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.

Rights Holder:

Property rights reside with the repository. Copyright (c) Stanford University. All Rights Reserved.

License:

https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/legalcode

Access Rights:

Public

Format:

JPEG2000

Georeferenced:

false