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Map of the Surveyed Portion of British Bechuanaland. Compiled in the Surveyor General's Office.
Scope & Content:
Portrays hydrology, relief by form lines and hill shading, railways, telegraph lines, roads and tracks, settlements, place names, farm boundaries and land ownership. Reduced from an original produced in 1894 at scale approximately 1:297,504. Latest date derived from accession stamp.
A collection of miscellaneous sheets at a variety of scales, reduced from originals of similarly various scales. Sheets portray a selection of hydrology, relief by form lines and hill shading, railways, telegraph lines, roads and tracks, settlements, place names, farm boundaries and land ownersh...
Covers Mafeking and the area up to 15 miles westwards, including the village of Saani. Portrays hydrology, relief by form lines, roads, railways, settlements and isolated buildings, place names, British and Boer defences and the routes of the Relief Column and retreating forces.
'Route taken by Column from Vryburg.' - War Office ledger
Scope & Content:
Covers the route of the Relief Column in British Bechuanaland from Vryburg 120 miles north-northwestwards to Mafeking. Portrays hydrology, relief by form lines, roads and tracks, railways, settlements, place names, the Relief Column route, alternative routes and routes held by Boers. Also includ...
Setlagoli to Vryburg via Mosite, Moroquane & Genesa
Scope & Content:
Covers a road corridor to a width of approximately 10 miles from Setlagoli 110 miles westwards to Moroquane, then a further 100 miles south-eastwards to Vryburg. Portrays hydrology, relief by form lines and hill shading, roads, settlements and isolated buildings, landmark features and place name...
Covers a road corridor to a width of approximately 4 miles from Moroquane 20 miles north-westwards to Konche, then a further 12 miles north-eastwards to Letabing. Portrays hydrology, relief by hill shading, vegetation and cultivation, roads, settlements and isolated buildings, landmark features ...
