Pre 1910 Maps

Item set

Title
Pre 1910 Maps
Alternative Title
Cory Library Historical Map Collection
Description
This digital collection comprises 95 historical maps and plans created before 1910, drawn from the cartographic holdings of the Cory Library for Humanities Research at Rhodes University. The maps encompass a range of colonial-era topographic surveys, military sketches, regional cartographic representations, and early colonial settlement plans, covering parts of Southern Africa, particularly the Eastern Cape, Cape Colony, and adjacent territories. The collection includes manuscript plans and lithographed maps, many of which were compiled under the auspices of colonial government departments, military engineers, and early surveyors. It reflects early geographical knowledge and spatial organisation during the 19th century and the period just before the turn of the 20th century, including maps of military engagements (e.g., Spion Kop, 1900), indigenous territories, settlement expansions, and early infrastructural landscapes.
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These pre-1910 maps are vital resources for historians, geographers, archaeologists, and researchers interested in colonial cartography, frontier history, military history, settlement patterns, indigenous landscapes and early colonial administration in South Africa. Each map provides unique insights into historical spatial understandings and territorial control at a formative stage in South African cartographic history.
Language
English
Type
Collection
Genre
Topological maps
Maps
Subject
Topographic maps — South Africa
Cartography — South Africa
Historical Maps
Format
Digital Images (various scans) - Various map scales and projections
Spatial Coverage
Southern Africa (includes Cape Colony divisions, Transkei, Natal region, etc.)
Temporal Coverage
19th century – very early 20th century (pre-1910)
Relation
Part of the Cory Map Collection; Related to other map sets such as 1910-pre-1994 Maps
Extent
95 map items (digital)

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