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2 items extracted from CO 291/104. (1) 'Jeppe's Map of the Transvaal', sheet 1. Two...
Catalogue reference: MPG 1/825
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This record is about the 2 items extracted from CO 291/104. (1) 'Jeppe's Map of the Transvaal', sheet 1. Two... dating from 1899 in the series Public Record Office: Maps and plans extracted to flat storage from various series.... It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- MPG 1/825
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1899
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2 items extracted from CO 291/104. (1) 'Jeppe's Map of the Transvaal', sheet 1. Two plans on a single sheet consisting of: 'Plan of Johannesburg and Surrounding Suburbs and Townships' (reduced from 'Pritchard's Commercial Map of J'hburg') and 'Plan of Pretoria Suburbs and Surrounding Grounds, reduced from original plan compiled in the Surveyor General's Office, Pretoria, S.A.R.'. The sheet also shows an area along the Limpopo River and its tributaries, the Matlabas, Crocodile, and other rivers. Scale: 1 inch to about 1,000 Cape feet for the Johannesburg plan. [Compiled from surveys by Fred. Jeppe, CMRGS, Surveyor General's Department, and C.F.W. Jeppe, Mining Department, 1899]. Lithographed, coloured, on linen. Lithographed by Wurster Randegger & Cie (J Schlumpf), Winterthur, Switzerland. Published by Edward Stanford, 26 and 27 Cockspur Street, Charing Cross, London SW. (2) 'Johannesburg Municipality 1905. General Plan shewing the Municipal Area'. Map showing the extent of electric tramways. Reference table to 'Malay, Kaffir and Coolie' locations and to Vrededorp. Scale: 1 inch to 2365 feet. Compass indicator. [By] G S Burt Andrews, Town Engineer. Printed by Argus Co Ltd, Johannesburg, with coloured MS additions. Dimensions: (1) 95 cm x 62 cm; (2) 85 cm x 74 cm.
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- The National Archives, Kew
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- Open Document, Open Description
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- Maps and Plans in the Public Record Office: 3. Africa, ed P A Penfold (London, 1982), entries 3106, 3127
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2 items extracted from CO 291/104. (1) 'Jeppe's Map of the Transvaal', sheet 1. Two...
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