Map of southern Africa including the German Protectorate, Great Namaqualand, Mashonaland and Matabeleland in southern Rhodesia, Portuguese possessions, the lower portion of Nyasaland, marked "British", Swaziland, Basutoland, the Kalahari, Bechuanaland and British Bechuanaland, Khama's land, Kaffraria, Pondoland, Zululand, the Amaduma and Amatonga land. Details the rail routes to the gold and diamond fields, the route to Matabeleland and Mashonaland, agricultural produce and a colour colded key to the mineral deposits of gold, copper, lead, coal, iron, asbestos, crocidolite and diamonds. It also shows the Customs Union boundary proclaimed on 26 June 1893. Coordinates approximate and based on Greenwich meridian. Bar scale on map given in "English Miles." The map is badly damaged. Map detail is missing from the top left corner and text from the title cartouche has been torn away in the bottom right corner. 2 inset maps: Map of Africa giving the sea and overland routes from London to the gold fields; Enlarged plan showing suburban railway lines from Cape Town to Simonstown.
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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