Price: $150.00 USD
Quantity: 1 available
Book Condition: Very Good
Folding linen map (42 sections), approximately 28" W x 39" H - folds down to approximately 4 1/4" W x 7" H when enclosed in blue cloth-covered card covers bearing title "Jeppe's Map of the Transvaal / Sheet No. 3. Map shows Lydenburg to the southwest and British Protectorate at northwest (bordered by the Limpopo River), Portuguese Territory at east and Uninspected Government Land at centre/east. Lithographed by Wurster, Randegger & Cie, Winterthur, Switzerland. Published by Edward Stanford, 26 & 27 Cockspur Street, Charing Gross (sic), S.W. On the front blue cover is written in ink "C" Bat'y R.C.A. and on the inside of the cover, in purple pencil, appears a group of initials with the rank "Major" and "C" Bat'y R.C.A. once again. ("C" Battery of the Royal Canadian Artillery landed in South Africa in 1900 and took part in the Relief of Mafeking.) A few tiny and small very light stains on back of map, map linen is in very good condition, previous owner's name in ink at top of fron cover, tiny bump at corners of covers, very small bump at top/bottom of spine, small notation and previous owner's name in pencil on inside of front cover, some soiling scuff marks on rear cover.
Title: JEPPE'S MAP OF THE TRANSVAAL. SHEET NO. 3 (NORTH-EAST SECTION.)
Categories: British History, History and Travel, Military - Victorian Era,
Publisher: London, (1899), Edward Stanford:
Binding: Unbound
Book Condition: Very Good
Seller ID: 30590
Keywords: Transvaal, 19th Century, South Africa, Boer War, South African War, Lydenburg, Limpopo River, British Protectorate, Portuguese Territory, Africa, Victorian Era, Maps.,