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'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.'
Scope & Content:
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...
Pretoria, Neighb[ourhoo]d.' - War Office ledger. Signed by 'H.M. Jackson Maj. R.E. F[ie]ld. Int[elligence]. Dep[artmen]t. June 1900.
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Covers Pretoria in the south of the South African Republic and the area within 25 miles to the east, and 7 miles to the north, south and west. Portrays hydrology, relief by hill shading, roads, railways, settlements and place names. The sheet bears the note 'Accomp[anie]d. Lord Robert's despatc...
Plane Table Survey of Defences of Standerton. Surveyed & Drawn by II Corpl. P.F. Stancliffe, R.E., Mapping Section Intelligence Division, Standerton, August 2nd., 1900.
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Covers the area around Standerton, southern South African Republic, to a distance of approximately of 2 miles to the west and 1 mile to the north, south and east. Portrays hydrology, relief by spot heights and form lines, roads and tracks, railways, settlements and military defences. The map be...
