Map of the colony of Natal

Description:

Topographical map of Natal showing districts, towns and villages, mission stations, houses and huts, inns, rivers, bridges, fords and drifts, lakes and ponds, marshes or vleis, mineral springs, forests and woods, thorn bushes, main roads, wagon tracks, ferries, wind mills, steam mills, water mills, coal seams, iron, forts and forges or smithies. Indicates the lands owned by African leaders. Also indicated is the territory of Faku, leader of the amaMpondo, ceded to the British government in 1850. Table of distances measured by trochiameter. Coordinates approximate and based on Greenwich meridian. Bar scale on map given in "Miles." Legend beneath title. "Outline by T. Kips. Hills by W. Wagner."

Creator:

James, H, 1803-1877 and Great Britain, War Office, Topographical Depot

Publisher:

Lithd. & printed at the Topographical Dept. War Office under the direction of Major A. C. Cooke R. E.

Provider:

Stanford

Resource Class:

Maps

Date Issued:

1863

Spatial Coverage:

Africa, South Africa, and KwaZulu-Natal (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:

More details at:

https://purl.stanford.edu/mz288ck0506