Media Information

 
 
 
Collection name:
Maps of Africa
Record:
Title:
Plan van de geproclameerde Goud Velden te Witwatersrand, Z.A.R.
Title in Translation:
Plan of the proclaimed gold-fields at the Witwatersrand.
Publication Place:
Pretoria
Publisher:
Landmeter Generaal's Kantoor
Publication Date:
1886
Cartographer:
Rissik, Johann F.B., 1857-1925
Height:
12 cm.
Width:
23.5 cm.
Scale:
No scale given
Color:
Uncolored
Descriptive Notes:
Photocopy. "This diagram is of great historical importance, as it is believed to be the first diagram depicting the location of the village of Johannesburg on government ground, and the first diagram showing the location of Mynpachts, mining right leases on Witwatersrand gold fields ... ". Inset: Lyst van Mynpachten Toegestaan.
Provenance:
Dr. Oscar I. Norwich
General Area:
Africa
Geographic Focus:
Africa
Period:
19th c.
Norwich Number:
345
Call Number:
NOR 0345
References:
Norwich (2nd ed.), ckey = 3871463
Page:
map 0345, p. 394
Program:
Jacobson Africana Program

Plan van de geproclameerde Goud Velden te Witwatersrand, Z.A.R.