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Item Tabula Aphricae nova sumta ex operibus([Deventer], 1610) Duetechum, JohannesItem Tabu. Nova. Partis Aphri.(Melchioris et Gasparis Trechsel Fratrum, 1535) PtolemyPlate [38] from: Claudii Ptolemaei Alexandrini Geographicae enarrationis libri octo. This reproduction of the map shows how completely unknown the interior of the southern end of the African continent was to Europeans in the sixteenth century. Only the ports along the coastline are indicated.Item A plan of Soldanah Bay and capture of the Dutch fleet which surrendered to his Majesty's arms 17th August, 1796(1796)The capitulation of Saldanha Bay was the surrender to the British of a Batavian expeditionary force sent to recapture the Dutch Cape Colony in 1796. On 15 August 1796 British Vice-Admiral Sir George Elphinstone's larger fleet discovered Engelbertus Lucas' squadron and trapped it in the bay. Aware that resistance would be futile and with his crews in open revolt, Lucas surrendered unconditionally.Item A new & accurate map of the southern parts of Africa :|bcontaining Lower Guinea, Monoemugi, Zanguebar, the Empire of Monomotapa, country of the Cafres & c and the Isld. of Madagascar. Drawn from the best authorities assisted by the most approved charts & maps & adjusted by astronl. observations.(William Innys and Joseph Richardson, 1752) Bowen, EmanuelItem A new and accurate map of Africa, from the latest and best observations(Univers. Mag., J. Hinton, 1763) Seale, Richard William; Hinton, JohnItem A new & accurate map of Negroland and the adjacent countries, also upper Guinea, showing the principal European settlements(William Innys and Joseph Richardson, 1752) Bowen, EmanuelItem A new and accurate map of Africa(publisher not identified, 1777) Bowen, ThomasItem A new and accurate map of Nubia & Abissinia, together with all the kingdoms tributary thereto(William Innys and Joseph Richardson, 1752) Bowen, EmanuelItem A New & Correct Map of the Coast of Africa, from Cape Blanco to the Coast of Angola: exhibiting all the European Forts and Settlements(John Hinton, 1757) Seale, Richard WilliamItem A new & accurate map of Negroland and the adjacent countries :|balso Upper Guinea, shewing the principal European settlements(publisher not identified, 1766) Bowen, EmanuelItem An accurate map of Africa drawn from the Sieur Robert with improvements(J. Newbery, 1766) Robert de Vaugondy, GillesItem An accurate map of Africa(publisher not identified, 1769) Rollos, G.Item Mineral map of Matabeleland(Stanford's Geogl. Estabt., 1898) Mitchelson, Sydney P.Item A map, of the new settlement, Cape of Good Hope, and surrounding country(Middlebrook Studio, 1907) Griffin, J.Item A map of the Cape of Good Hope with its true situation.(Awnsham and John Churchill, 1704)Item A Map of the Extratropical part of Southern Africa(Longmans, 1822) Burchell, William J.Item A Map of the isle of Bourbon, formerly Mascarenhas : belonging to the French East-India Company.(publisher not identified, 1762)