Map Of Cape Town 1884 Poster Print

Title: Map Of Cape Town 1884, revised, Poster Print.
Publisher: W A Richards and Sons, Castle St, Cape Town.
Scale: 4 inch = 1/2 mile.
Year: 1884 revised to date 1891.
Format:  Scanned and Printed on Poster Paper.
Height: 53cm.
Width: 66cm.
Info: Striking large map of Cape Town, South Africa, by W.A. Richards & Sons, circa 1884.
The map is oriented with south southwest at the top. Some of the major features of the map include:
Cape Town Station
The Sea Point Railway
The tramway from the Amsterdam Battery to the Standard Bank in Adderly Street.
The Cape Town Station used to stand where one now finds the Golden Acre Shopping center, while the Goods Station was where today's Cape Town Station is located.
Late 19th-century Cape Town was a city in rapid transition, enjoying a sudden economic boom after the discovery of diamond fields to the north of it. In this 1884 map of the capital of the British Cape Colony—which is usually oriented with southwest at the top—the grid plan of the original Dutch settlement is still clearly visible.
The shoreline as it was prior to land reclamation which began in the 1930's and 1940's shows the Castle in relation to the coast when originally constructed.
Map Type: Reproduction Print.
Condition: Excellent.

Price: R 250.00 Inc Vat.