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Plan of Talana Battlefield'. Signed by 'D.M. McKeehuis Lt. R.E.
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Covers Dundee in northern Natal and surrounding area up to 4 miles to the north and east. Portrays hydrology, relief by spot heights and form lines, railways, roads, telegraph lines, settlements and individual buildings, place names, fences, cultivation, civilian and military cemeteries, collier...
'Sheet 38a (Ladysmith); 38b (Upper Tugela); & 38d (Pietermaritzburg). Jackson's Series. with MS Corrections. Corr[ection]s by Lt. Finlayson R.F.A.' - War Office ledger
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Three map sheets titled Ladysmith, Upper Tugela and Pietermaritzburg West in western Natal. Sheets folded in covers bearing the title 'Transvaal (Major Jackson's Series)'. Sheets portray hydrology, relief by occasional spot heights and form lines, roads and tracks, railways, telegraph and teleph...
'Richmond - Hella Hella road.' - War Office ledger. Signed by 'S. Gore-Brown 2 Lieut. R[oyal].F[ield].A[rtillery].' July 1903.
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Covers a road corridor in southern Natal between Richmond and Hella Hella, 13 miles south-westwards, to a width of approximately 5 miles. Portrays hydrology, relief by spot heights, form lines and rock drawing, vegetation, roads and tracks, railways, settlements, camping grounds, signalling stat...
'N[atal]G[overnment]R[ailways]. Natal Cape Railway. Plan shewing Line from Pietermaritzburg to Cape Border'. Created by 'W.H. Cobley Sup[erin]t[ending] Engineer Surveys & Const[ructio]n. 17.6.03.'
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Covers the proposed rail corridor in southern Natal from Pietermaritzburg 50 miles south-westwards to the border with Cape Colony to a width of approximately 8 miles. Portrays hydrology, relief by spot heights and occasional form lines, roads, settlements, farm boundaries, place names and the pr...
Jackson's Series Maps with Manuscript Corrections and Additions. Created by 'Mapping Section - Field Intelligence Dep[artmen]t.'
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Eleven map sheets as follows: Sheet 36 Part of Zululand West (2 copies, both November 1901, but with different manuscript annotations) Sheet 37 Melmoth (1901, with eastward manuscript extension to Indian Ocean) Sheet 38 Pomeroy (February 1902) Sheet 38a Petermaritzburg E[ast]. (No date; cover an...
Country Between N[atal].G[overnment].R[ailways]. Main Line, Nottingham R[oa]d. Station to Estcourt St[atio]n & Drakensberg M[oun]t[ain]s. S. Gore-Browne 2 Lieut[enant] R[oyal].F[ield].A[rtillery]. July 1903.
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Title on verso. Composite sun-print covering the area extending approximately 30 miles south and west from Estcourt in western Natal. Portrays hydrology, relief by form lines, vegetation, railways, roads and tracks, telegraph lines, settlements and isolated buildings, place names, camping ground...
'Map of the Country Round Pietermaritzburg with Corrections. Copied by Corpl H Bunce 1st. Wilts[hire] Regiment P[ieter]M[aritz]B[urg] June 1911'.
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Covers Pietermaritzburg and surrounding area to a radius of approximately 13 miles. Portrays hydrology, relief by spot heights and form lines, vegetation, railways, roads and tracks, settlements and isolated buildings, fences and place names. The sheet also bears an illegible signature. The ve...
'Sketch of Country Round Volksrust. Copied in Field Intelligence Department from sketch by Major T.H.B. Forster D[eputy].A[ssistant].A[djutant].G[eneral]. 11th. July 1900.'
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Covers Volksrust in south-eastern South African Republic and surrounding area to a radius of approximately 6 miles. Portrays hydrology, relief by form lines and spot heights, railways, roads, telegraph lines, settlements and isolated buildings, and place names. The sheet bears the reference 'F/...
Sketch of Ground Near Sand Spruit. Original sketch by Captain W.S. Melvill 1st Leicestershire Regiment. Reproduced by Mapping Section Field Intelligence Division. 17th. July 1900.
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Covers Sand Spruit in south-eastern South African Republic and the surrounding area to a radius of approximately 6 miles. Portrays hydrology, relief by form lines, railways, roads, settlements and isolated buildings, place names, an army camp and the limit of view of 4.7-inch guns. The sheet be...
