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Historical Maps

  • Shipwrecks and Survivors: Epic Tales Hidden in a Rare 18th-Century Map of Southern Africa
  • The traveller in the map
  • Spies, spices, scurvy, and a small map of Madagascar
  • A Secret Sea Chart Revealed
  • He changed the shape of the Cape coast
  • Confessions of a Collector of Heritage Maps
  • The first printed map of South Africa - The Martin Waldseemüller map
  • Africana map collection resurfaces after half a century
  • An Unusual 1954 Railway Map of South Africa
  • When did Johannesburg first appear on a map?

From our Archive

  • Wanton destruction of a blue plaque is to be deplored - City of Joburg to the rescue
  • A Short History of one of the oldest houses in South Africa
  • The Tickey – a legendary South African Coin
  • Dolobran mansion sits smugly among Baker's Joburg icons
  • Sandton's Forgotten Race Track
  • Alluvial Diamond Digging at Holpan
  • A Boer War Novelty
  • The Forgotten Orphans of the Anglo-Boer War: the Irene and Pietersburg Orphanages
  • New publication highlights Africa’s remarkable geology
  • Celebrating Mandela through the lens of graphic heritage
  • Mystery photographs of two forgotten Salvation Army jamborees in South Africa
  • Pageview hero stood his ground for 20 years
  • A few photographs of Johannesburg at the turn of the 20th century
  • Hunter and hunted photographed - Early South African hunting photographs (1860s to 1910)
  • Foster Gang: Raiders of the Secret Cave

From the Directory

  • Mayat Hart Architecture
  • Rob MIlne Talks and Tours
  • South African Society of Archivists
  • Simon's Town Historical Society
  • Boksburg Our Town Heritage
  • Heritage Association of South Africa (HASA)
  • Collectors Treasury
  • City Bowl Ratepayers and Residents Association (CIBRA)
  • Durbanville Heritage Society (DHS)
  • The Conservation Studio - Albany Museum
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