Map of the colony of the Cape of Good Hope and neighbouring territories.

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(London), Stanford's Geogl. Estabt. 1876.

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99 x 187 cm., folded to 27 x 22 cm, dissected and mounted on linen, Scale 1:1,000,000. (E 14°00'00"--E 34°00'00"/S 26°00'00"--S 34°30'00"), Leinenmappe, Befestigung am hinteren Spiegel.

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Guter Zustand, Decke leicht fleckig, Rücken etwas vergilbt, papierbezug des vorderen Deckels im Falz aufgeplatzt, rotes 10 x 2 mm-Fleckchen am Kartenrand, Leinenrücken teilweise stärker braunfleckig, Darstellung sauber.

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De Smidt's contributions to South African surveying were significant, including oversight of the 1876 Map of the Colony of the Cape of Good Hope and neighbouring territories (scale 1:1,000,000) and advocacy for advanced geodetic and topographical surveys that informed colonial expansion and later national efforts, such as David Gill's geodetic survey of South Africa.[Landkarten, Afrika, South Africa-maps]