1804 RARE MAP - CAPE PENINSULA - False Bay - Cape Town Start Price USD 99.99 Current Price USD 99.99 Time Left - Bid Count 0 Buy It Now Price - Reserve Price - Start Time Sunday, November 30, 2008 End Time Tuesday, December 30, 2008 Location North of Seattle See more about '1804 RARE MAP - CAPE PENINSULA - False Bay - Cape Town' Description       1.888.656.2006   or   1.604.922.2444       questions@voyager-press.com Search by Topic Africa America - North America -South Arabia - Middle East Arctic - Antarctic Asia - Central Asia - China & Japan Asia - Southeast Australia & Pacific Bibliographies Europe Globes Graphic Arts Literature Maps & Prints Mountaineering Natural History Russia Sciences Signed & Inscribed Sir Richard F. Burton     Original Antique Engraved Map Map Title: Charte von der Halbinsel des vorgebirgs der guten Hoffnung.Printed: Weimar, 1804 A stellar and seldom seen map of South Africa’s Cape Peninsula in 1804, from Cape Point, charting the coasts of False Bay and Chapmans Bay, north to Hout Bay and Table Bay where a cluster of edifices is drawn, in what now comprises part of Cape Town, Rondebosch, Newlands, etc. (Neuland is no. 41 in legend). Though Cape Town is not labeled, Simon’s Town is named, and routes between them are shown. An extensive legend serves to elucidate a detailed plan of army batteries, forts and other edifices.  This is an original engraved map.  Very Good condition, and retaining a strong impression. Suitable for framing. Sheet measures approximately 21 inches x 10.25 inches (53.5 cm x 26 cm). Map shows a professional repair at verso, virtually unobtrusive to map detail, otherwise this is a remarkable map of The Cape. Cape Town was originally developed by the Dutch East India Company as a supply station for Dutch ships. Jan van Riebeeck's arrival on 6 April 1652 established the first permanent European settlement in South Africa. Cape Town quickly outgrew its original purpose as the first European outpost at the Castle of Good Hope. It was the largest city in South Africa until the growth of Johannesburg. In 1656 the first experimental crops were grown along the banks of the Liesbeek River (then the Amstel or Versse Rivier). On the banks of the river, a circular grove of thorn trees, or Ronde Doorn Bosje, was turned into a kraal. During the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic wars, the Netherlands was repeatedly occupied by France, and Great Britain moved to take control of Dutch colonies. Britain captured Cape Town in 1795, but the Cape was returned to the Netherlands by treaty in 1803. British forces occupied the Cape again in 1806. In the Anglo-Dutch Treaty of 1814, Cape Town was permanently ceded to Britain. It became the capital of the newly formed Cape Colony, whose territory expanded very substantially through the 1800s. This is an original map from a multi-volume scientific journal titled "Allgemeine Geographische Ephemeriden", which issued fifty volumes from 1798-1816 and which encompassed critical contemporary topics of geography and astronomy.   Powered by eBay Turbo ListerThe free listing tool. List your items fast and easy and manage your active items. Place a Bid!