Media Information

 
 
 
Collection name:
Maps of Africa
Record:
Title:
Map of the Eastern Frontier of the Colony of the Cape of Good Hope.
Publication Place:
London
Publisher:
Arrowsmith, Aaron, 1750-1823
Publication Date:
1838
Cartographer:
Chase, John Centlivres
Height:
50.5 cm.
Width:
58 cm.
Scale:
No scale given
Color:
Colored
Descriptive Notes:
First published in 1836 by John Arrowsmith of London. "This map provides a great deal of historical and geographical information regarding the important part of the Cape Colony which was the scene of nine frontier wars between the Cape government and the Xhosa tribe." Inset shows 'Statistical notes 1833'. Dedicated to Sir Benjamin D'Urban.
Provenance:
Dr. Oscar I. Norwich
General Area:
Africa
Geographic Focus:
Eastern Africa
Period:
19th c.
Norwich Number:
235
Call Number:
NOR 0235
References:
Norwich (2nd ed.), ckey = 3871463
Page:
map 0235, p. 262
Program:
Jacobson Africana Program

Map of the Eastern Frontier of the Colony of the Cape of Good Hope.