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- ItemMap on the Eastern Frontier of the Cape of Good Hope and the bordering county of Kafir [sic] tribes, to explain Lt Colonel Lewis's report dated 18th March. [Map 7](1844-10-28) Reid, John; Great Britain. Army. Royal Engineers; Lewis, Griffith George, 1784-1850.The Map shows the great Fish River as the eastern border of the Colony except for a strip of the coast line going east to just short of the Kei River. This was the frontier subsequent to treaties the Xhosa made with Sir Andries Stockenstroom in December 1836.
- ItemPlan of the Eastern Frontier Cape of Good Hope and the adjacent country of the Kaffr [sic] tribes. The red tint[s] shew the present colonial boundary; the military posts are marked in red. [Map 14](1846-12) Reid, John; Great Britain. Army. Royal EngineersTopographical map giving a view of the eastern frontier before the war of the Axe of 1847. The table of distances between the towns and forts was unusual at the time.
- Item[Sketch for a plan of the north-eastern frontier of the Cape of Good Hope. Map 3](1823-05-08) Bonamy, J; Great Britain. Army. Royal EngineersMap depicts a defined area of the Somerset district east of its border with the Graaf-Reinet district. The Sneeuberg range between the Great Brak and Teebus Rivers forms the northern border.
- Item[Sketch for a plan of the north-eastern frontier of the Cape of Good Hope. Map 4](1823-12-10) Bonamy, J; Great Britain. Army. Royal EngineersThe eastern border of the territory is shown by the by the Great Brak River, from its confluence in the south with the Great Fish River, to the point at which it reaches the Ysterberg Peak in the north. The western border is formed by the Seekoei River. There is an inset of a portion of the Seekoei River north of the Agter-Renosterberg.
- Item[Sketch map of ground lying between the Northern boundary of the Cape Colony in 1822 and Kuruman. Map 1](1822-01) Bonamy, J; Corder, H; Great Britain. Army. Royal EngineersMap drawn to help sort out the confusing boundary of the north-eastern Cape Colony.
- ItemSketch of the District of Albany, Cape of Good Hope. [Map 9](1837) Piers, H. W.; Great Britain. Army. Royal EngineersMap showing the eastern boundary of the Cape Colony on the Eastern Frontier between it and the Xhosa People, as defined by treaties signed in 1836. Garson (1992) attributes W. H. Piers with the drawing of the map.
- ItemSketch of the route from Whittlesea to Burgersdorp called for by the Qr Mr Genl's letter 21st Octr. 1852. [Map 22](1852-11-02) Tylden, Richard, 1819-1855.; McLintock, W; Great Britain. Army. Royal EngineersThe route on the map passes due north through the districts of North Victoria, Cradock and Albert across the Stormberg Mountains. Smaller roads, settlements along rivers, and certain prominent peaks are shown.
- ItemSketch shewing the relative bearings and distances, per waggon, between the different military posts on the Eastern Frontier, Cape of Good Hope. [Map 11](1844) Reid, John; Great Britain. Army. Royal EngineersThe coastline from Port Elizabeth to the Keiskamma River forms the southern boundary of the map, the Black Kei being the northernmost feature. Those posts which are shown are situated on the Great Fish, the Kat, the Kowie, the Koonap and Tyhume Rivers. Grahamstown, Bathurst and Fort Beaufort are also shown. The map resembles others in the collection drawn up by John Reid. His maps are dated between 1844 and 1847.