Cape Town 1884 Map Digital Download

Title: Cape Town 1884 Map Digital Download.

Publisher: Cape Town City Engineer supervised by T W Cairncross Esq.

Format: Vintage Printed Map that has been scanned and saved as a Tiff image.

Printed Size on a large format printer would be as follows:-
Height: @ 75cm.
Width: @ 90cm.
File Size: Total of 26MB
Total Number of Files: 1 x Tiff images @ 26MB.
Info: Striking 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 Adderley 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 Colonywhich is usually oriented with southwest at the topthe 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.
On completion of the order and receipt of payment a Download link will be forwarded to your e-mail address for downloading of the files.
Scale: 6 Inches = 1/2 Mile.
Condition: Digital Download.
Price: R 245.00 Inc Vat.