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John Barrow (CJ van de Graaf) Chart of Table Bay at the Cape of Good Hope A chart of Table Bay and
A chart of Table Bay and surrounds from 1786 that depicts the approaches to the by also the coastal defensive fortifications. Capetonians may be fascinated to know that the map's Jan Busses Kraal became Milnerton (horse) Race Course; Fort Knokke was demolished to make space for Woodstock Station;the beautiful Amsterdam battery was demolished in an act of civic delinquency and only a small part of one wall remains off Port road; Society House became the President (now Protea President) Hotel in Sea Point.
This chart was published in the second volume of the second edition of John Barrow's Travels into the Interior of Southern Africa (1801 & 1804; 1806). The original hand colouring has been sensitively enhanced,
A short tear outside the chart border, along the lower plate line, has been professionally repaired.
Reference: M F Cartwright Maps of the South Western Cape of Good Hope, 1992, p 117.
Cadell & Davies
London
1805
24cm x 37cm
To bid please visit AntiquarianAuctions.com
A chart of Table Bay and surrounds from 1786 that depicts the approaches to the by also the coastal defensive fortifications. Capetonians may be fascinated to know that the map's Jan Busses Kraal became Milnerton (horse) Race Course; Fort Knokke was demolished to make space for Woodstock Station;the beautiful Amsterdam battery was demolished in an act of civic delinquency and only a small part of one wall remains off Port road; Society House became the President (now Protea President) Hotel in Sea Point.
This chart was published in the second volume of the second edition of John Barrow's Travels into the Interior of Southern Africa (1801 & 1804; 1806). The original hand colouring has been sensitively enhanced,
A short tear outside the chart border, along the lower plate line, has been professionally repaired.
Reference: M F Cartwright Maps of the South Western Cape of Good Hope, 1992, p 117.
Cadell & Davies
London
1805
24cm x 37cm
To bid please visit AntiquarianAuctions.com
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