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The Times map of British South Africa, the Transvaal and Orange Free State

Description:

Map of South Africa during the South African War (1899-1902), showing British South Africa, the South African Republic, the Orange Free State, Portuguese and German territory, cities and towns, roads, railways in use, railways under construction, proclaimed goldfields, telegraph lines, mountains and mountain passes, mission stations, rivers, principal steamship routes with distances plus a table of railway distances and a table of heights above sea level in feet.

Relief shown by hachures and spot heights.

Bar scale on map given in "English Miles" (1:2,500,000).

Key at bottom.

Map folds into an outer cover.

Insets: Map of the Natal frontier from Ladysmith to Charlestown. Scale [ca. 1:160 934] -- Witwatersrand. Scale [ca. 1:482 803] -- Kimberley district. Scale [ca. 1: 804 672] -- Mafeking district. Scale [ca. 1:804 672] -- Wales. Scale 1:2 500 000.

Resource Link:

https://purl.stanford.edu/vt731hn8528

Identifier:

https://purl.stanford.edu/vt731hn8528

Language:

eng

Publisher:

The Times

Provider:

Stanford

Resource Class:

Maps

Resource Type:

Digital maps

Subject:

South African War, 1899-1902

Date Issued:

1900

Spatial Coverage:

Africa, South Africa, and Africa, Southern

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