COLLECTION NAME:
David Rumsey Historical Map Collection
Record
Author:
Troye, Gustav Arthur
Date:
1892
Short Title:
II. Troye's Map of the Transvaal or S.A. Republic
Publisher:
Fehr & Du Bois
Publisher Location:
Pretoria, South Africa
Type:
Separate Map
Obj Height cm:
76
Obj Width cm:
56
Scale 1:
500,000
Country:
South Africa
Region:
Transvaal (South Africa)
Full Title:
II. Troye's Map of the Transvaal or S.A. Republic
List No:
10884.004
Series No:
4
Engraver or Printer:
Wurster Randegger & Co.
Publication Author:
Troye, Gustav Arthur
Pub Date:
1892
Pub Title:
Troye's Map of the Transvaal or S.A. Republic
Pub Reference:
The Geographical Joumal, 1893, pp. 189-190.
Pub Note:
"In six sheets printed on silk, each measuring 754 x 557 mm; in a flap-case of the publisher, with the upper board illustrated with the assembling map. First edition of this very beautiful map in six sheets printed and colored on silk, drawn by Gustav Arthur Troye, engraved and printed by the geographical and topographical establishments Wurster Randegger & Co. of Winterthur in Switzerland, and published in Pretoria in 1892 by Fehr and Du Bois, sole copyright owners. This map shows the Transvaal or Republic of South Africa, which was also known by the unofficial name of Republic of Transvaal. The Transvaal was in the 19th century an independent Boer state of southern Africa. Established in 1852 by the Treaty of Sand River, the Transvaal territory was incorporated as a republic in 1856. Annexed by the British in 1877, it was again independent from 1884 to 1900. The ZAR (Zuid-Afrikaansche Republiek) was occupied a second time by the British troops in 1900, during the Second Boer War, before being officially dissolved in 1902 when the Treaty of Vereeniging was signed. In 1910, the old republic became one of the four new provinces of the dominion of the Union of South Africa. For this map, the districts of Pretoria, Heidelberg, Middelburg, Ermelo, Wakkerstroom, Utrecht and Pietretief, as well as the southern part of Lydenburgh, and parts of Potchefstroom and Marico, were drawn from various surveys made available to the author by the Surveyor General of South Africa. Those of Waterberg, and parts of Rustenburg and Zoutpansberg, were prepared by the Surveyor General's Department from inspection plans, under the direction of government surveyors. The author also used information from the maps and plans of surveyors Fred Jeppe and Kelsey Loveday, among others. As far as possible, the boundaries of land holdings have been fixed, with their names; but in the absence of reliable information, the map in this respect is somewhat incomplete. The significant differences between this map and those published previously are to be found in the north and northeast of the Republic. All means of communication are mentioned, and the gold fields are clearly indicated. Top left is a map of South Africa, drawn to tenth of the scale of the main map, and showing the rail network in South Africa." (Begonia Le Bail, 2021)
Pub List No:
10884.000
Pub Type:
Separate Map
Pub Maps:
6
Pub Height cm:
30
Pub Width cm:
21
Image No:
10884004.jp2
Authors:
Troye, Gustav Arthur
