COLLECTION NAME:
David Rumsey Historical Map Collection
Record
Author:
Cape Peninsula Publicity Association
Date:
1948
Short Title:
Map of Cape Town
Publisher:
Galvin & Sales Ltd.
Publisher Location:
Cape Town
Type:
Separate Map
Obj Height cm:
62
Obj Width cm:
48
City:
Cape Town (South Africa)
Full Title:
Map of Cape Town
List No:
15741.002
Series No:
2
Publication Author:
Cape Peninsula Publicity Association
Pub Date:
1948
Pub Title:
Map of Cape Town
Pub Note:
Originally published in 1939. "This brightly colored and eminently practical tourist map of Cape Town, South Africa was published and distributed in 1948 by the Cape Peninsula Publicity Association. A legible street grid is punctuated by over fifty different numbered locations of interest; in addition to numerous other labeled buildings, geographic features, and local industries. Devil’s Peak and Table Mountain are prominently featured on the left side of the page amid a robust network of hiking trails. Numerous contemporary advertisements can be seen on the verso. The map was printed in Cape Town in by Galvin & Sales Ltd. The same year as publication, D.F. Malan’s Nationalist Party won the South African General Election on a platform of racial segregation that would entrench white political power amid a largely disenfranchised black majority. The resulting social policies became collectively known as apartheid, or ‘separateness’, and would continue to officially plague South Africa and Namibia into the 1990s, while the effects persist well into the modern day." (Curtis Wright, 2023)
Pub List No:
15741.000
Pub Type:
Separate Map
Pub Height cm:
21
Pub Width cm:
12
Image No:
15741002.jp2
Authors:
Cape Peninsula Publicity Association
