Politically colour-coded map of central Africa and South Africa showing Cameroon, Fernando Po, Spanish Guinea, French Equatorial Africa, Belgian Congo, Uganda, German East Africa, Portuguese East Africa, Nyasaland Protectorate, Northern Rhodesia, Angola, South West Africa, Bechuanaland Protectorate and British Bechuanaland, Transvaal, Orange Free State, Basutoland, Swaziland and the Cape of Good Hope. The map indicates railways (open, under construction and projected), telegraph cables and steamer routes. Bar scale on map given in "English Miles." Map folds into a cover. Inset maps: East London - street plan. Scale [ca. 1:40 234] -- Port Elizabeth - street plan. Scale [ca. 1:40 234] -- Table Bay and Table Mountain with topographical detail indicated by contour lines. Scale [ca. 1:40 234] -- Cape Town - street plan. Scale [ca. 1:40 234] -- Lourenco Marques, Delagoa Bay - showing an outline street plan and soundings in the English River. Scale [ca. 1:40 234] -- Durban - street plan. Scale [ca. 1:40 234] -- Part of England and Wales on same scale as large map -- Coastal area of German East Africa and southern Kenya, showing Mombasa, Shimba, Usambara, Ukhuere, Udoe and Bagamoyo and the islands of Zanzibar and Pemba. Scale [ca. 1:2 145 792].
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.
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