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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

  • Stuttafords to be fashionable once again
  • X Doesn’t Always Mark the Spot: Rediscovering Withington’s Lost Villa
  • Early Shipwrecks Off the Eastern Coast
  • The Story Behind the Monument to Petrus Molefe
  • Matters Piscatorial: Fishermen’s story of significance - The Lilliecrona Photo album
  • Meet Lady Anne Barnard
  • Fort Napier 1843 - 2023 - One of the longest lasting and most peaceful military structures in South Africa
  • Unpacking the complexity behind the decision to demolish the Anton Van Wouw House
  • In conversation with Jan van Wijk - The refurbishment of the Rembrandt Gallery, Wits University
  • A Lengthy Railway Journey in 1889
  • The Mainline Railway Termini of London
  • The birth certificate of the Yeoville Water Tower
  • Enigmatic pre-1875 South African Carte de Visite Hand-Colourists
  • Cutting Edge 3D Technology Brings Historic Corbelled Houses to Life
  • Coloured, Honorary White, Legally Black: The Four Waves of Chinese South Africa

From the Directory

  • GLH Architects
  • Krugersdorp Heritage Association
  • Urban and Rural Exploration
  • Sandstone Heritage Trust
  • Horst Müller - Rural & Urban Exploration
  • SDKS-Architects
  • Free State Heritage Resources Authority (FSHRA)
  • Amafa / Heritage KwaZulu Natal
  • Dullstroom Heritage Society
  • South African Institute for Heritage Science and Conservation
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