Grahamstown / Cape Town / Amsterdam / Wellington / /
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Europe / /
Country
Netherlands / South Africa / United Kingdom / Israel / /
Facility
South African College / King Williams Town cemetery / British Library / University of Cape Town / fortress Masada / Witwatersrand University Library / Royal Institute of British Architects / Egyptian Building / /
Holiday
Commonwealth Day / /
NaturalFeature
Everest / Mount Everest / Cape Archives / Signal Hill / Orange River / Eastern Cape / /
Organization
Royal Military Academy / Corps of Royal Engineers / Royal Institute of British Architects / South African College / University of Cape Town / army / Department of Historical Papers / Corps of Royal Sappers and Miners / University of the Witwatersrand / Ordnance Survey Department / Royal Geographical Society / Royal Society / Public Record Office in London / /
Person
Thomas Maclear / Charles Somerset / George Everest / Cornelis Jacob van der Graaff / George Bridges / William Cornwallis Harris / Albert / William Cuthbert Holloway / Ives Stocker / E.E. Peel / Cowper Rose / William Burchell / David Gill / Charles Selwyn / John Campbell / /
Position
Captain / artist / architect / mechanic / diver / Astronomer / geologist / surveyor / sailor / scientist / Lieutenant / officer / historian / Engineer / author / Prince / Colonel / King / Governor / astronomer / geologist / Major / surveyor / draughtsman / Royal Engineer / professional librarian / surveyor / young lieutenant / military engineer / draughtsman / artist / /
The Royal Engineers and their Maps of the Cape Eastern Frontier As some of you here are aware, the University of the Witwatersrand’s collection of Africana is a remarkably fine one and has been described as the jewel i