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.
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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