Maps by date, 1950s

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1959

1959
Africa Political
Map by Louie E. Jefferson
Published by Friendship Press
Size: 10 x 14.5
Notes: photographs on the sides; excerpt from "Cry the Beloved Country" on the back
Keywords: Political/Africa
Drawer # 1, folder # 2

1959-1962
Carte de Angola: Levantamento Aerofotogrametrico
Map by J. Pereira Dias
Published by Govern Geral de Angola
Size: 27 x 33 each piece
Scale: 1: 2700 meters
Notes: 29 seperate sheets that join together; based on photographs taken in 1953 and 1955
Keywords: Angola
Drawer # 6, folder # 1

1959
Basutoland Pictorial Route Maps
Published by Mazenod Institute
Size: 8.5 x 10.5
Notes: 9 maps showing red cross centers; information on the back
Keywords: Basutoland
Drawer # 14, folder # 2

1959
Cameroon - Belaka Mbere
Published by Institut Geographique National, Paris
Size: 27 x 30.5
Scale: 1: 5 kilometers
Notes: designates transportation; topographical
Keywords: Cameroon/Transportation/Topographical
Drawer # 8, folder # 1

1959
Central African Republic - Bangassou
Published by Institut National Geographique, Paris
Size: 27 x 30
Scale: 1: 5 kilometers
Keywords: Central African Republic/Transportation/Topographical
Drawer # 9, folder # 1

1959
Chad - NE-34-V
Published by Institut Geographique National, Paris
Size: 27 x 30
Scale: 1: 5 kilometers
Keywords: Chad/Topographical
Drawer # 9, folder # 4

1959
Congo - Madingou
Published by Institut Geographique National, Paris
Size: 28 x 31.5
Scale: 1: 5 kilometers
Keywords: Congo/Transportation/Topographical
Drawer # 10, folder # 3

1959
Congo - Mayama
Published by Institut Geographique National, Paris
Size: 28 x 31.5
Scale: 1: 5 kilometers
Keywords: Congo/Transportation/Topographical
Drawer # 10, folder # 3

1959
The Caltex Road Map: East Africa
Published by International Aeradio (East Africa) Ltd.
Size: 25 x 35; reduces to 6.5 x 9.5
Scale: 1: 40 miles
Notes: insets of Zanzibar (1: 7.5 miles), Dar Es Salaam (1: .25 miles), Entebbe (1: .38 miles), Kampala (1: .75 miles), Nairobi (1: .5 miles), Mombasa, and an index; shows transportation
Keywords: East Africa/Road Map/Transportation
Drawer # 2, folder # 2

1959
Road Map of East Africa
Published by Shell
Size: 23 x 36
Scale: 1: 32 miles
Notes: Tanganyika on one side; Kenya and Uganda on the other
Keywords: East Africa/Road Map/Transportation
Drawer # 2, folder # 1

1959
Mobil Road Map of Ghana
Published by Survey of Ghana
Size: 23 x 32
Scale: 1: 16 miles
Notes: 4 copies; street signs on the back
Keywords: Ghana/Road Map
Drawer # 11, folder # 5

1959
Guinee - Kindia 4b
Published by IGN, Paris
Size: 29 x 35
Scale: 1: 1.3 kilometers
Keywords: Guinea/Topographical/Transportation
Drawer # 12, folder # 4

1959
Guinee - Kindia 4c
Published by IGN, Paris
Size: 29 x 35
Scale: 1: 1.3 kilometers
Keywords: Guinea/Topographical/Transportation
Drawer # 12, folder # 4

1959
Guinee - Kindia 4d
Published by IGN, Paris
Size: 29 x 35
Scale: 1: 1.3 kilometers
Keywords: Guinea/Topographical/Transportation
Drawer # 12, folder # 4

1959
Guinee - Labe 2c
Published by IGN, Paris
Size: 29 x 35
Scale: 1: 1.3 kilometers
Keywords: Guinea/Topographical/Transportation
Drawer # 12, folder # 4

1959
Guinee - Labe 4a
Published by IGN, Paris
Size: 29 x 35
Scale: 1: 1.3 kilometers
Keywords: Guinea/Topographical/Transportation
Drawer # 12, folder # 4

1959
Guinee - Labe 4c
Published by IGN, Paris
Size: 29 x 35
Scale: 1: 1.3 kilometers
Keywords: Guinea/Topographical/Transportation
Drawer # 12, folder # 4

1959
Guinee - Labe 4d
Published by IGN, Paris
Size: 29 x 35
Scale: 1: 1.3 kilometers
Notes: 2 copies
Keywords: Guinea/Topographical/Transportation
Drawer # 12, folder # 4

1959
Kenya: Tribal and Ethnographic
Published by Survey of Kenya
Size: 15 x 17
Scale: 1: 47 miles
Keywords: Kenya/Population/Transportation
Drawer # 13, folder # 3

1959
Madagascar - Mandabe
Published by Service Geographique de Madagascar
Size: 16 x 22.5
Scale: 1: 2500 meters
Keywords: Madagascar/Topographical
Drawer # 15, folder # 1

1959
Mali - Farit
Published by Institut Geographique National, Paris
Size: 26 x 32
Scale: 1: 5 kilometers
Notes: 2 copies
Keywords: Mali/Topographical/Transportation
Drawer # 15, folder # 1

1959
Mali - Tin Tehoun
Published by Institut Geographique National, Paris
Size: 26 x 32
Scale: 1: 5 kilometers
Notes: 2 copies
Keywords: Mali/Topographical/Transportation
Drawer # 15, folder # 1

1959
Nigeria - Aba Township
Published by Federal Survey Department, Nigeria
Size: 25 x 25.5
Scale: 1: 1050 feet
Keywords: Nigeria
Drawer # 18, folder # 1

1959
Nigeria: Agricultural Products
Published by Federal Survey Department
Size: 19 x 23
Scale: 1: 47 miles
Keywords: Nigeria/Agriculture
Drawer # 18, folder # 2

1959
Nigeria - Benue Province
Published by Survey Department, Lagos
Size: 23 x 34
Scale: 1: 8 miles
Notes: 2 sheets; inset of Nigeria
Keywords: Nigeria
Drawer # 18, folder # 1

1959
Nigeria - Bornu Province
Published by Survey Deptartment Lagos
Size: 27 x 34.5
Scale: 1: 12 miles
Notes: inset of Nigeria
Keywords: Nigeria/Topographical
Drawer # 18, folder # 1

1959
Nigeria: Domestic Trade
Published by Federal Survey Department, Nigeria
Size: 19 x 22
Scale: 1: 47 miles
Keywords: Nigeria/Political/Economics
Drawer # 18, folder # 1

1959
Nigeria - Eastern Region
Published by Director of Federal Surveys, Nigeria
Size: 29 x 40
Scale: 1: 4 miles
Notes: 4 sheets
Keywords: Nigeria
Drawer # 18, folder # 1

1959
Nigeria - Eastern Region: Local Government
Published by Federal Surveys, Nigeria
Size: 23.5 x 30.5
Scale: 1: 750000
Notes: 2 copies
Keywords: Nigeria/Political
Drawer # 18, folder # 1

1959
The Federation of Nigeria
Map by D.R.H. Gwynne-Jones MAPublished by Philip and Tracey Ltd., London
Size: 34 x 41
Scale: 1: 22 miles
Notes: comes with an explanatory note
Keywords: Nigeria
Drawer # 18, folder # 1

1959
Nigeria - Ilorin Province
Published by Survey Department, Lagos
Size: 24 x 25.5
Scale: 1: 12 miles
Notes: inset of Nigeria
Keywords: Nigeria/Topogpraphical
Drawer # 18, folder # 1

1959
Nigeria: Languages and Dialects
Published by Survey Department, Lagos
Size: 19 x 22
Scale: 1: 47 miles
Keywords: Nigeria
Drawer # 18, folder # 2

1959
Nigeria: Location of Industries, Main Agricultural Exports and Mineral Deposits
Published by Federal Surveys
Size: 18 x 22
Scale: 1: 47 miles
Keywords: Nigeria/Agriculture/Minerals
Drawer # 18, folder # 1

1959
Nigeria: Location of Industries, Main Agricultural Exports and Mineral Deposits
Published by Federal Surveys, Nigeria
Size: 17 x 20
Scale: 1: 47 miles
Keywords: Nigeria/Agriculture/Minerals
Drawer # 18, folder # 3

1959
Nigeria: Mean Annual Rainfall
Published by Inspector General of Surveys, Nigeria
Size: 18 x 22
Scale: 1: 47 miles
Keywords: Nigeria/Weather
Drawer # 18, folder # 3

1959
Nigeria: Mean Minumum Temperature
Published by Survey Department, Lagos
Size: 18 x 22
Scale: 1: 47 miles
Keywords: Nigeria/Climate
Drawer # 18, folder # 2

1959
Medical Facilities in Nigeria 1952-53
Published by Survey Department, Lagos
Size: 18 x 22
Scale: 1: 47 miles
Keywords: Nigeria
Drawer # 18, folder # 2

1959
Nigeria - Northern Region: Forest Reserves
Published by Federal Surveys, Nigeria
Size: 18 x 22
Scale: 1: 47 miles
Keywords: Nigeria
Drawer # 18, folder # 2

1959
Nigeria - Northern Region: Population Distribution
Map by R. Mansell Prothero
Published by Directorate of Overseas Surveys
Size: 25 x 32
Scale: 1: 1000000
Notes: 4 sheets; from the 1952 census
Keywords: Nigeria/Population
Drawer # 18, folder # 1

1959
Nigeria: Rail, Road, River Communications
Published by Federal Survey Department, Lagos
Size: 17.5 x 20.5
Scale: 1: 48 miles
Keywords: Nigeria/Transportation/Communications
Drawer # 18, folder # 3

1959
Nigeria: Rail, Road, and River Communications
Published by Federal Surveys, Nigeria
Size: 18 x 25
Scale: 1: 47 miles
Keywords: Nigeria/Transportation/Communications
Drawer # 18, folder # 1

1959
Nigeria - Sokoto Province
Published by Federal Survey Deptartment, Lagos
Size: 23.5 x 39
Scale: 1: 8 miles
Notes: 2 sheets; inset of Nigeria
Keywords: Nigeria/Topographical
Drawer # 18, folder # 1

1959
Nigeria: Tribal Map
Published by Federal Survey Department, Nigeria
Size: 19 x 22
Scale: 1: 47 miles
Notes: 2 copies
Keywords: Nigeria/Population
Drawer # 18, folder # 2

1959
Nigeria: Vegetation Map
Map by D.R. Rosevear
Published by Survey Department, Lagos
Size: 19 x 22
Scale: 1: 50 miles
Keywords: Nigeria
Drawer # 18, folder # 2

1959
Nigeria - Zaria Province
Published by Federal Survey Department, Nigeria
Size: 30 x 34
Scale: 1: 8 miles
Notes: inset of Nigeria
Keywords: Nigeria/Topographical
Drawer # 18, folder # 1

1959
Northern Nigeria: Population Density by Districts (1952 Census)
Map by D.H. Birch
Published by Federal Surveys Deptartment, Nigeria
Size: 21 x 29.5
Scale: 1: 16 miles
Keywords: Nigeria/Population
Drawer # 18, folder # 1

1959
Plan of Lagos and Environs
Published by Federal Survey Department
Size: 27 x 42
Scale: 1: 2500 feet
Keywords: Nigeria
Drawer # 18, folder # 1

1959
Carte des Densites Humaines au Sahara (Sheet 1)
Map by G. Lafosse
Published by CHEAM
Size: 32 x 47
Scale: 1: 2000000
Notes: Sheet 1 covers 24N - 36N, 11W - 12E; inset of Le Soul; combines with Carte des Densites Humaines au Sahara - Sheets 2 and 3
Keywords: Sahara/Population
Drawer # 3, folder # 3

1959
Carte des Densites Humaines au Sahara (Sheet 2)
Map by G. Lafosse
Published by CHEAM
Size: 32 x 47
Scale: 1: 2000000
Notes: Sheet 2 covers 14N - 28N, 16W - 4E; combines with Carte des Densites Humaines au Sahara - Sheets 1 and 3
Keywords: Sahara/Population
Drawer # 3, folder # 3

1959
Carte des Densites Humaines au Sahara (Sheet 3)
Map by G. Lafosse
Published by CHEAM
Size: 32 x 47
Scale: 1: 2000000
Notes: Sheet 3 covers 12N - 26N, 4E - 22E; combines with Carte des Densites Humaines au Sahara - Sheets 1 and 2
Keywords: Sahara/Population
Drawer # 3, folder # 3

1959
Senegal - Plan de Dakar
Published by Service Geographique a Dakar
Size: 27 x 39
Scale: 1: 190 meters
Notes: shows important places; inset of Ile de Goree; 2 sheets
Keywords: Senegal
Drawer # 20, folder # 1

1959
Principal Tribes of Subequatorial Africa
Published by Pan African Touring Club
Size: 33 x 44.5
Notes: includes national parks, roads, trails, political boundaries, and rivers/lakes
Keywords: Southern Africa/Transportation/Political
Drawer # 1, folder # 3

1959-1960
Sudan Omodia Maps
Published by Sudan Survey Department, Khartoum
Size: various
Scale: various
Notes: shows the locations of Omodias; contains 16 maps of the 1st Population Census of Sudan 1955-56: 1) Khartoum 2) Entebbe 3) Southern Gezira 4) Sobat 5) Mongalla 6) Northern Gezira 7) Wau 8) Wadi Halfa 9) Mecca 10) Dongola and Berber 11) Port Sudan 12) El Fasher 13) Abeshr 14) Asmara 15) Bahr el 'Arab 16) Qoz Dango
Keywords: Sudan/Population
Drawer # 23, in a book

1959
Tanganyika
Published by War Office and Air Ministry
Size: 31.5 x 33
Scale: 1: 1300 meters
Notes: shows contours
Keywords: Tanzania
Drawer # 25, folder # 1

1959
Tanzania - Sheet 5/III
Published by Department of Lands and Surveys
Size: 25 x 36
Scale: 1: 50000
Keywords: Tanzania
Drawer # 25, folder # 1

1959
Uganda - Bugiri
Published by Lands and Surveys Department, Uganda
Size: 28 x 30
Scale: 1: 208 feet
Keywords: Uganda
Drawer # 27, folder # 1

1959
Uganda - Kampala: Planning Area
Published by Lands and Surveys Department, Uganda
Size: 25.5 x 36
Scale: 1: 250 meters
Keywords: Uganda
Drawer # 27, folder # 1

1959
Uganda - Pallisa
Published by Lands and Surveys Department, Uganda
Size: 25 x 32
Scale: 1: 208 feet
Keywords: Uganda
Drawer # 27, folder # 1

1959
Uganda - Tororo
Published by Lands and Surveys Department, Uganda
Size: 25 x 32
Scale: 1: 208 feet
Keywords: Uganda
Drawer # 27, folder # 1

1959
Vegetation Map of Africa South of the Tropic of Cancer
Map by R.W.J. Keay and A. Aubreville
Published by Oxford University Press
Size: 8.5 x 13
Notes: also in French; only the booklet, does not accompany map
Keywords: Africa
Drawer # 1, folder # 3

1959
West Africa
Published by Survey of Ghana at Accra
Size: 29 x 35
Scale: 1: 32 miles
Notes: Map is split into 3 parts: 1st part covers 4N - 17N, 17W - 7W; 2nd part covers 4N - 17N, 6W - 4E; 3rd part covers 4N - 17N, 5E - 15E; inset of the entirety of Africa detailing the colonies; contains designations for road, rail, and colonization
Keywords: West Africa/Transportation/Colonization
Drawer # 5, folder # 1

1959
[Zambia] - Northern Rhodesia: Mineral Map
Published by Geological Survey, Lusaka, Northern Rhodesia
Size: 17 x 30
Scale: 1: 50 miles
Notes: inset of the Copperbelt Area
Keywords: Zambia/Minerals
Drawer # 29, folder # 1

1959
[Zambia] -Northern Rhodesia: Mineral Map
Published by Geological Survey, Lusaka, Northern Rhodesia
Size: 17 x 30
Scale: 1: 50 miles
Notes: inset of the Copperbelt Area
Keywords: Zambia/Minerals
Drawer # 29, folder # 1

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1958

1958
Africa - Carte Agricole de l'Afrique
Published by Institut Geographique National
Size: 30.5 x 35
Scale: 1: 250 kilometers
Notes: 2 copies
Keywords: Agriculture/Africa
Drawer # 1, folder # 2

1958
Africa - Carte Economique de L'Afrique: Minerals, Industries, Communications
Published by Institut Geographique National
Size: 35 x 32
Scale: 1: 250 miles
Notes: 2 copies
Keywords: Minerals/Economics/Industry/Communications
Drawer # 1, folder # 2

1958
Africa - Klimadiagramm Karte Von Afrika
Published by Deutschen Afrika - Gesellschaft
Size: 22 x 25
Scale: 1: 400 kilometers
Notes: in a booklet of 6 x 8.5
Keywords: Africa
Drawer # 1, folder # 2

1958
Religions in Africa 1900
Map by Raymond Mauny
Published by IFAN, Dakar
Size: 13 x 13
Keywords: Africa/Religion
Drawer # 1, folder # 2

1958
Religion in Africa in 1952
Map by Raymond Mauny
Published by IFAN, Dakar
Size: 13 x 13
Keywords: Religion/Africa
Drawer # 1, folder # 2

1958
Algeria - Golfe D'Arzew
Map by Rear Admiral K. St. B. Collins
Published by The Admiralty
Size: 28 x 44
Scale: 1: 4200 feet
Notes: insets of Port de Mostaganem (1: 1000 ft) and Port d'Arzew (1: 1000 ft)
Keywords: Algeria
Drawer # 6, folder # 4

1958
[Botswana] Bechuanaland: Topographical Maps
Published by Directorate of Overseas Surveys
Size: various
Scale: 1: 2 miles
Notes: shows transportation and communications; maps connect together; includes 2027A - D, 2127A - D, 2128C & D, 2129C, 2226A - D, 2227A - D, 2228A - D, 2229A, 2325B - D, 2326A - D, 2327A -C, 2425A-D (2 copies of 2425C), 2426A-C, 2525A, B & D,
Keywords: Bechuanaland/Topographical/Transportation/Communications
Drawer # 7, folder # 1

1958
Cameroon - Anglo-French Boundary in the Cameroons (Sheet 2)
Published by Federal Survey Department, Lagos
Size: 26.5 x 32
Scale: 1: 1.5 miles
Keywords: Cameroon/French
Drawer # 8, folder # 1

1958
Cameroon - Southern Cameroons Under United Kingdom Administration
Published by Federal Survey Department, Lagos
Size: 19 x 20.5
Scale: 1: 16 miles
Keywords: Cameroon/United Kingdom/Political
Drawer # 8, folder # 3

1958
Cameroons Under United Kingdom Administration
Published by Federal Survey Department, Lagos
Size: 19 x 20.5
Scale: 1: 16 miles
Keywords: Cameroon/United Kingdom/Political
Drawer # 8, folder # 3

1958
Chad - Fianga
Published by Institut Geographique National, Paris
Size: 27 x 30
Scale: 1: 5 kilometers
Keywords: Chad/Transportation/Topographical
Drawer # 9, folder # 4

1958
Congo - Republique Democratique du Congo
Published by L'Institut Geographique du Congo
Size: 39 x 41
Scale: 1: 1000000
Notes: insets of methodes D'etablissement and Mbandaka; shows transportation
Keywords: Congo/Transportation/Political
Drawer # 10, folder # 3

1958
Ghana: Vegetation Zones
Published by Survey of Ghana, Accra
Size: 17 x 24.5
Scale: 1: 24 miles
Keywords: Ghana
Drawer # 11, folder # 5

1958
Nigeria - Calabar and Environs
Published by Director of Federal Surveys, Lagos
Size: 25 x 34.5
Scale: 1: 1050 feet
Drawer # 18, folder # 1

1958
Nigeria, Eastern : Population (1953 Census)
Published by Federal Survey Department, Lagos
Size: 29.5 x 40
Scale: 1: 8 miles
Keywords: Nigeria/Population
Drawer # 18, folder # 1

1958
Mobil Road Map of Nigeria
Published by Federal Survey Department, Lagos
Size: 27 x 33
Scale: 1: 28 miles
Notes: 3 copies
Keywords: Nigeria/Road Map
Drawer # 18, folder # 1

1958
Nigeria: Mean Maximum Temperature
Published by Survey Department, Lagos
Size: 18 x 23
Scale: 1: 47 miles
Keywords: Nigeria/Weather
Drawer # 18, folder # 3

1958
Nigeria - Minna
Published by Land and Survey Department, Lagos
Size: 21 x 21.5
Scale: 1: 1050 feet
Keywords: Nigeria
Drawer # 18, folder # 1

1958
Nigeria - Sketch Map of Ibadan Division/Ibadan Province
Published by Directorate of Federal Surveys, Lagos
Size: 19 x 29
Scale: 1: 4 miles
Keywords: Nigeria
Drawer # 18, folder # 1

1958
Carte des Densites Humaines au Sahara
Published by CHEAM
Notes: not a map - explanation of the population density of the Sahara; looks like it could be an accompaniment to a map we don't have
Keywords: Sahara/Population
Drawer # 5, folder # 3

1958
Somalio - Mogadicio Port
Published by Directorate of Military Survey
Size: 22.5 x 37
Keywords: Somalia
Drawer # 21, folder # 1

1958
Sudan: Ethnic Tribes
Published by Sudan Survey Department. Khartoum
Size: 12 x 17
Scale: 1: 125 miles
Keywords: Sudan/population
Drawer # 23, folder # 2

1958
Sudan - Khartoum
Published by US Army Map Service, Corps of Engineers
Size: 23 x 29.5
Scale: 1: 16 miles
Notes: on canvas
Keywords: Sudan/Transportation
Drawer # 23, folder # 1

1958
Tanganyika
Published by War Office and Air Ministry
Size: 32 x 32
Scale: 1: 1300 meters
Keywords: Tanzania/Topographical
Drawer # 25, folder # 1

1958
Uganda - Aloi
Published by Lands and Surveys Department, Uganda
Size: 22.5 x 30
Scale: 1: 4 miles
Keywords: Uganda/Topographical
Drawer # 27, folder # 1

1958
Uganda - Kampala
Published by Lands and Surveys Department, Uganda
Size: 25 x 33.5
Scale: 1: 2084 feet
Keywords: Uganda
Drawer # 27, folder # 1

1958
Uganda Protectorate
Published by Lands and Surveys Department, Uganda
Size: 29 x 32
Scale: 1: 8 miles
Notes: 4 sheets; inset of diagram of provincial boundaries
Keywords: Uganda/Topographical/Transportation
Drawer # 27, folder # 1

1958
Zambia - Lusaka Road Map
Published by Federal Surveys, Salisbury, Northern Rhodesia
Size: 24 x 35
Scale: 1: 20000
Notes: on opposite side: roads, hotels, important places, etc.
Keywords: Zambia/Road Map
Drawer # 29, folder # 1

1958
Zaire - Comite National du Kivo
Published by Institut Geographique Militaire, Bruxelles
Size: 27 x 36
Scale: 1: 13 kilometers
Notes: 2 sheets
Keywords: Zaire
Drawer # 28, folder # 1

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1957

1957
Algeria - Ain El Hadjadj
Published by Institut Geographique National, Paris
Size: 22 x 29.5
Scale: 1: 5 kilometers
Notes: 2 copies; topographical
Keywords: Algeria/Topographical
Drawer # 6, folder # 4

1957
Algeria - Beni-Abbes
Published by Institut Geographique National, Paris
Size: 22 x 29.5
Scale: 1: 5 kilometers
Notes: topographical
Keywords: Algeria/Topographical
Drawer # 6, folder # 4

1957
Algeria - Hassi Fokra
Published by Institut Geographique National, Paris
Size: 22 x 29.5
Scale: 1: 5 kilometers
Notes: topographical
Keywords: Algeria/Topographical
Drawer # 6, folder # 4

1957
Algeria - Oglat Mohammed
Published by Institut Geographique National, Paris
Size: 22 x 29.5
Scale: 1: 5 kilometers
Notes: topographical
Keywords: Algeria/Topographical
Drawer # 6, folder # 4

1957
Algeria - Ta-n-Mellelt
Published by Institut Geographique National, Paris
Size: 22 x 29.5
Scale: 1: 5 kilometers
Notes: topographical
Keywords: Algeria/Topographical
Drawer # 6, folder # 4

1957
Cameroon - Bongor
Published by Institut Geographique National, Paris
Size: 27 x 30.5
Scale: 1: 5 kilometers
Notes: designates transportation; topographical
Keywords: Cameroon/Transportation/Topographical
Drawer # 8, folder # 1

1957
Cameroon - Massenya
Published by Institut Geographique National, Paris
Size: 27 x 30.5
Scale: 1: 5 kilometers
Notes: 2 copies; designates transportation; topographical
Keywords: Cameroon/Transportation/Topographical
Drawer # 8, folder # 1

1957
Cameroun
Published by Service Geograohique Yaounde
Size: 7.5 x 11
Scale: 1: 5000000
Keywords: Cameroon
Drawer # 8, folder # 2

1957
Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland: Tribal Distribution
Map by J. Clyde Mitchell
Published by Department of African Studies, University College of Rhodesia and Nyasaland
Size: 11.5 x 14
Scale: 1: 82 miles
Notes: 2 copies; each accompanied by Gazeteer in an envelope
Keywords: Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland/Population
Drawer # 19, folder # 2

1957
Ghana
Published by Survey Department
Size: 14 x 20
Scale: 1: 23 miles
Notes: with details of open general licences (import and export) in force as at 31st May, 1957 and Statement on Capital Investment Made by the Prime Minister the Honourable Kwame Nkruman L.L.D., M.L.A. in the Gold Coast Legislative Assembly on Monday, the 1st March, 1954
Keywords: Ghana/Economics
Drawer # 11, folder # 3

1957
Liberia - East Half
Published by U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey
Size: 30 x 48
Scale: 1: 8 miles
Keywords: Liberia/Transportation
Drawer # 14, folder # 1

1957
Liberia - Map of Monrovia
Published by Liberian Cartographic Service
Size: 8 x 10.5
Scale: 1: 1100 feet
Keywords: Liberia
Drawer # 14, folder # 3

1957
Liberia: Planimetric Map
Published by Joint Liberian and United States Commission
Size: 24 x 25
Scale: 1: 16 miles
Keywords: Liberia/Transportation
Drawer # 14, folder # 1

1957
Liberia: West Half
Published by U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey
Size: 30 x 48
Scale: 1: 8 miles
Notes: planimetric map
Keywords: Liberia/Transportation
Drawer # 14, folder # 1

1957
Mali - Bandiagara
Published by Institut Geographique National, Paris
Size: 26 x 30
Scale: 1: 5 kilometers
Keywords: Mali/Topographical/Transportation
Drawer # 15, folder # 1

1957
Mali - Kita
Published by Institut Geographique National, Paris
Size: 25.5 x 29
Scale: 1: 5 kilometers
Keywords: Mali/Topographical/Transportation
Drawer # 15, folder # 1

1957
Mali - Sikasso
Published by Institut Geographique National, Paris
Size: 25.5 x 29.5
Scale: 1: 5 kilometers
Keywords: Mali/Topographical/Transportation
Drawer # 15, folder # 1

1957
Morocco - Port Lyautey
Published by Institut Geographique National Annexe du Maroc
Size: 20.5 x 26.5
Scale: 1: 10000
Notes: in Arabic as well; shows points of interest
Keywords: Morocco
Drawer # 16, folder # 1

1957
Nigeria - Greater Kano
Published by Town Planning Officer
Size: 30 x 36
Scale: 1: 25000
Keywords: Nigeria
Drawer # 18, folder # 1

1957
Nigeria - Lagos and Environs
Published by Director of Federal Surveys
Size: 26.5 x 31.5
Scale: 1: 1050 feet
Notes: 4 sheets
Keywords: Nigeria
Drawer # 18, folder # 1

1957
Nigeria: Population Map from the 1952-53 Census
Published by Federal Survey Department, Lagos
Size: 18 x 24
Scale: 1: 46 miles
Keywords: Nigeria/Population
Drawer # 18, folder # 1

1957
Nigeria: Provisional Soil Map 1952
Published by Federal Survey Department, Nigeria
Size: 10 x 16.5
Scale: 1: 88 miles
Keywords: Nigeria
Drawer # 18, folder # 2

1957
Nigeria: Railways and Principle Commodities
Published by Federal Surveys, Lagos
Size: 18 x 20.5
Scale: 1: 47 miles
Keywords: Nigeria/Railways
Drawer # 18, folder # 3

1957
Nigeria: Temperature Map
Published by Directorate of Federal Surveys
Size: 12.5 x 18.5
Scale: 1: 136 miles
Keywords: Nigeria/Climate
Drawer # 18, folder # 2

1957
Senegal - Dagana
Published by Institut National Geographique, Paris
Size: 27 x 29.5
Scale: 1: 5 kilometers
Keywords: Senegal/Topographical/Transportation
Drawer # 20, folder # 1

1957
South Africa: Normal Annual Rainfall
Published by Government Printer
Size: 34 x 43
Scale: 1: 40 miles
Notes: also in German
Keywords: South Africa/Weather/Climate/German
Drawer # 22, folder # 1

1957
Sudan Irrigation
Published by The Ministry of Irrigation and Hydro-Electric Power
Size: 12 x 16
Scale: various
Notes: booklet of maps and information
Keywords: Sudan
Drawer # 2, folder # 2

1957
Tanganyika
Published by Department of Lands and Surveys, Dar Es Salaam
Size: 30 x 33
Scale: 1: 32 miles
Keywords: Tanzania/Topographical
Drawer # 25, folder # 1

1957
Tanganyika: Provisional Addition
Published by Directorate of Overseas Surveys
Size: 25 x 28
Scale: 1: 1300 meters
Notes: 4 maps: 78/I, 77/I, 77/III, 7/IV
Keywords: Tanzania
Drawer # 25, folder # 1

1957
Uganda - Masaka
Published by Lands and Surveys Department, Uganda
Size: 24 x 34
Scale: 1: 250 meters
Notes: 2 copies
Keywords: Uganda
Drawer # 27, folder # 1

1957
Uganda - Mbale
Published by Lands and Surveys Department, Uganda
Size: 29 x 37
Scale: 1: 250 meters
Notes: torn
Keywords: Uganda/Topographical
Drawer # 27, folder # 1

1957
West Africa
Published by Federal Survey Department of Nigeria
Size: 25 x 51.5
Scale: 1: 47 miles
Keywords: West Africa
Drawer # 5, folder # 1

1957
Zambia - Lusaka Street Map
Map by Department of Surveys and Land, Lusaka
Size: 13.5 x 19
Notes: double sided
Keywords: Zambia/Road Map
Drawer # 29, folder # 2

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1956


1956
Congo Belge - Ville de Jadotville
Published by Institut Geographique du Congo Belge
Size: 23 x 25
Scale: 1: 20000
Keywords: Congo
Drawer # 28, folder # 1

1956
Mali - Banamba
Published by Institut Geographique National, Paris
Size: 25.5 x 28.5
Scale: 1: 5 kilometers
Keywords: Mali/Topographical/Transportation
Drawer # 15, folder # 1

1956
Mali -Nampala
Published by Institut Geographique National, Paris
Size: 25 x 30
Scale: 1: 5 kilometers
Keywords: Mali/Topographical/Transportation
Drawer # 15, folder # 1

1956
Mali - Niafounke
Published by Institut Geographique National, Paris
Size: 26 x 30
Scale: 1: 5 kilometers
Keywords: Mali/Topographical/Transportation
Drawer # 15, folder # 1

1956
Mali -Sa
Published by Institut Geographique National, Paris
Size: 25.5 x 29
Scale: 1: 5 kilometers
Keywords: Mali/Topographical/Transportation
Drawer # 15, folder # 1

1956
Mali - San
Published by Institut Geographique National, Paris
Size: 25.5 x 29
Scale: 1: 5 kilometers
Keywords: Mali/Topographical/Transportation
Drawer # 15, folder # 1

1956
Mali - Segou
Published by Institut Geographique National, Paris
Size: 25.5 x 29.5
Scale: 1: 5 kilometers
Keywords: Mali/Topographical/Transportation
Drawer # 15, folder # 1

1956
Morocco - Taouz
Published by Army Map Service, Corps of Engineers
Size: 22 x 29
Scale: 1: 4 miles
Keywords: Morocco/Topographical
Drawer # 16, folder # 1

1956
Senegal - Podor 3a
Published by Institut National Geographique, Paris
Size: 27 x 30
Scale: 1: 5 kilometers
Keywords: Senegal/Topographical/Transportation
Drawer # 20, folder # 1

1956
[South Africa] Afrique du Sud: Carte Economique
Published by Institut Geographique National
Size: 26.5 x 39
Scale: 1: 130 kilometers
Keywords: South Africa/Economics
Drawer # 22, folder # 1

1956
S.W. Africa 1956: Europeans and Non-Europeans Population
Map by Dr. H.J. Rust, Dr. E. Lubbert H. Zierenberg D. Schroder
Published by SWA Windhoek
Size: 34 x 37
Notes: torn
Keywords: South West Africa/Population
Drawer # 17, folder # 1

1956
Swaziland with part of the Union of South Africa - sheet 2531CC
Published by Directorate of Colonial Surveys
Size: 23 x 32
Scale: 1: 1300 meters
Keywords: Swaziland/Topographical
Drawer # 24, folder # 1

1956
Tanganyika - Sheet 132/IV
Published by Directorate of Colonial Surveys
Size: 24 x 32
Scale: 1: 1300 meters
Keywords: Tanzania
Drawer # 25, folder # 1

1956
Tanzania - Sketch Map of the Kondon District
Published by Department of Lands and Surveys, Dar Es Salaam
Size: 29 x 32
Scale: 1: 4 miles
Keywords: Tanzania/Transportation
Drawer # 25, folder # 1

1956
Tropical Africa: Administrative Divisions
Map by P. Stanley King and Patricia L. Theimer
Published by Food Research Interest of Stanford University
Size: 21 x 26
Scale: 1: 200 miles
Notes: with accompanying list of divisions; 2 copies, beginning to tear; corresponds to Tropical Africa - Identification of Administrative Divisions (2 copies)
Keywords: Tropical Africa/Southern Africa/Political
Drawer # 1, folder # 1

1956
Tropical Africa: Identification of Administrative Divisions
Map by P. Stanley King and Patricia L. Theimer
Published by Food Research Institute of Stanford University
Size: 21 x 26
Scale: 1: 200 miles
Notes: 2 copies; corresponds to Tropical Africa - Administrative Divisions (2 copies)
Keywords: Tropical Africa/Southern Africa/Political
Drawer # 1, folder # 1

1956
[Zambia] Northern Rhodesia Copper Belt: Reconnaisance Map of the Ndola Area
Published by Survey Deptartment, Livingstone, Northern Rhodesia
Size: 30 x 40
Scale: 1: 2 miles
Notes: connects to the Reconnaisance Map of the Konkola Area
Keywords: Zambia
Drawer # 29, folder # 1

1956
[Zambia] Northern Rhodesia: Reconnaisance Vegetation Map of the Konkola Area
Published by Survey Deptartment, Livingstone, Northern Rhodesia
Size: 30 x 40
Scale: 1: 2 miles
Notes: connects to the Reconnaisance Vegetation Map of the Ndola Area
Keywords: Zambia
Drawer # 29, folder # 1

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1955

1955
Afrique Occidentale
Published by Michelin
Size: 19.5 x 43
Scale: 1: 3000000
Notes: inset of the general area
Keywords: West Africa
Drawer # 5, folder # 3

1955
Belgian Congo - Niangara
Published by Institut Geographique du Congo Belge
Size: 27 x 38
Scale: 1: 5000
Notes: torn
Keywords: Congo
Drawer # 28, folder # 1

1955
Cameroon - Betare Oya
Published by Institut Geographique National, Paris
Size: 27 x 30.5
Scale: 1: 5 kilometers
Notes: designates transportation; topographical
Keywords: Cameroon/Transportation/Topographical
Drawer # 8, folder # 1

1955
Cameroon - Bertoua
Published by Institut Geographique National, Paris
Size: 27 x 30.5
Scale: 1: 5 kilometers
Notes: designates transportation; topographical
Keywords: Cameroon/Transportation/Topographical
Drawer # 8, folder # 1

1955
Cameroon - Ngaoundere
Published by Institut Geographique National, Paris
Size: 27 x 30.5
Scale: 1: 5 kilometers
Notes: designates transportation; topographical
Keywords: Cameroon/Transportation/Topographical
Drawer # 8, folder # 1

1955
Carte Ethnique de l'Afrique Equatoriale
Map by Marcel Soret
Published by Service Geographique de l'A.E.F., Cameroon
Size: 26.5 x 30.5
Scale: 1: 32 kilometers
Notes: sheet 1 - Brazzaville (2 copies) and sheet 5 - Bangassou
Keywords: Population/Equatorial Africa
Drawer # 4, folder # 1

1955
Carte Ethnique de l'Afrique Equatoriale Francaise - Brazzaville (Sheet 1)
Map by Marcel Soret
Published by Service Geographique de l'A.E.F., Cameroon
Size: 26.5 x 30.5
Scale: 1: 32 kilometers
Keywords: Congo/Brazzaville/Population
Drawer # 10, folder # 3

1955
Central African Republic - Bodanga Dawili
Published by Institut National Geographique, Paris
Size: 27 x 30
Scale: 1: 5 kilometers
Keywords: Central African Republic/Transportation/Topographical
Drawer # 9, folder # 1

1955
The Distribution of Native Peoples in the provinces of Senegal, French Guinea, Gambia and Portuguese Guinea
Map by HKS
Size: 11 x 8.5
Scale: 1: 80 miles
Notes: in manilla folder with other maps of the Northwestern Map Series; adapted from: Leon Pales, Carte Ethnique de l'Afrique Occidental, Dakar, 1949; 2 copies
Keywords: Senegal/French Guinea/Gambia/Portuguese Guinea/Population
Drawer # 1, folder # 2

1955
French Equatorial Africa: Pointe Noire (Sheet 2)
Map by Marcel Soret
Published by Service Geographique de L'A.E.F., Cameroon
Size: 28 x 35
Scale: 1: 25 kilometers
Notes: map covers 5N - 0, 8E - 13E
Keywords: French Equatorial Africa
Drawer # 4, folder # 1

1955
Gold Coast with Togoland under U.K. Trusteeship
Published by Survey Department
Size: 14 x 20
Scale: 1: 23 miles
Notes: with details of open general licences (import and export) in force as at 30th April, 1955
Keywords: Gold Coast/Togoland/Britain/Economics
Drawer # 11, folder # 4

1955
Kenya - Eldoret
Map by Survey of Kenya
Published by Government Printer, Nairobi
Size: 26 x 35
Scale: 1: 850 feet
Keywords: Kenya
Drawer # 13, folder # 1

1955
Mali - Niono
Published by Institut Geographique National, Paris
Size: 25 x 30
Scale: 1: 5 kilometers
Keywords: Mali/Topographical/Transportation
Drawer # 15, folder # 1

1955
Mali - Tougan
Published by Institut Geographique National, Paris
Size: 27 x 29
Scale: 1: 5 kilometers
Keywords: Mali/Topographical/Transportation
Drawer # 15, folder # 1

1955
Nigeria: Forest Reserves
Published by Survey Department, Lagos
Size: 19 x 22.5
Scale: 1: 47 miles
Keywords: Nigeria
Drawer # 18, folder # 2

1955
Nigeria, Northern Region
Published by Federal Survey Department, Lagos
Size: 15 x 20.5
Scale: 1: 47 miles
Notes: 2 copies
Keywords: Nigeria
Drawer # 18, folder # 3

1955
Nigeria: Physical
Published by Survey Department, Lagos
Size: 19 x 22.5
Scale: 1: 47 miles
Notes: 2 copies
Keywords: Nigeria/Topographical
Drawer # 18, folder # 3

1955
Nigeria: Preliminary Plot (sheet ZNW-IV)
Published by Director of Federal Surveys, Lagos
Size: 22 x 27
Scale: 1: 1 mile
Keywords: Nigeria
Drawer # 18, folder # 1

1955
Prinicpales Voies de Communication de L'Afrique du Nord
Published by L'Institut Geographique National
Size: 26.5 x 41
Scale: 1: 50 miles
Notes: map covers 28N - 38N, 9W - 10E
Keywords: North Africa/Communications
Drawer # 3, folder # 1

1955
Swaziland - preliminary plot, sheet 2631CB
Published by Directorate of Colonial Surveys
Size: 21 x 32
Scale: 1: 1300 meters
Keywords: Swaziland/Topographical
Drawer # 24, folder # 1

1955
Swaziland - sheet 2631CC
Published by Directorate of Colonial Surveys
Size: 21 x 30
Scale: 1: 1300 meters
Keywords: Swaziland/Topographical
Drawer # 24, folder # 1

1955
Swaziland - preliminary plot, sheet 2631CD
Published by Directorate of Colonial Surveys
Size: 21 x 30
Scale: 1: 1300 meters
Keywords: Swaziland/Topographical
Drawer # 24, folder # 1

1955
Swaziland - sheet 2631DB
Published by Directorate of Colonial Surveys
Size: 21 x 32
Scale: 1: 1300 meters
Keywords: Swaziland/Topographical
Drawer # 24, folder # 1

1955
Swaziland - preliminary plot, sheet 2631DC
Published by Directorate of Colonial Surveys
Size: 21 x 30
Scale: 1: 1300 meters
Keywords: Swaziland/Topographical
Drawer # 24, folder # 1

1955
Swaziland with part of the Union of South Africa - preliminary plot, sheet 2630DD
Published by Directorate of Colonial Surveys
Size: 21 x 32
Scale: 1: 1300 meters
Keywords: Swaziland/Topographical
Drawer # 24, folder # 1

1955
Togo - Bassari
Published by Le Service Geographique de l'A.O.F.
Size: 26.5 x 30
Scale: 1: 5 kilometers
Notes: 2 copies
Keywords: Togo/Transportation/Topographical
Drawer # 26, folder # 1

1955
Togo - Sansanne-Mango
Published by Le Service Geographique de l'A.O.F.
Size: 25.5 x 32
Scale: 1: 5 kilometers
Notes: 2 copies
Keywords: Togo/Transportation/Topographical
Drawer # 26, folder # 1

1955
[West Africa]  Natitingou
Published by Service Geographique de l'A.O.F.
Size: 24 x 32
Scale: 1: 5 kilometers
Notes: topographical
Keywords: West Africa/topographical
Drawer # 5, folder # 1

1955
West Africa: Du Rio Grande aux Iles de Los
Published by Service Hydrographique de la Marine, Paris
Size: 29 x 41
Scale: 1: 8 kilometers
Notes: map covers 9N - 11N, 13W - 16W
Keywords: West Africa
Drawer # 5, folder # 1

1955
[Zambia] Northern Rhodesia: TseTse Fly Distribution
Map by W.S. Steel and J.A. Gledhill
Published by Survey Department, Livingstone, Northern Rhodesia
Size: 26 x 28.5
Scale: 1: 16 miles
Notes: 4 sheets
Keywords: Zambia
Drawer # 29, folder # 1

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1954

1954
[Africa] The New Political Map of Africa
Map by James A. Porter
Published by Rayford W. Logan
Size: 17 x 22
Notes: black and white; indicates various African roles in government
Keywords: Africa/Political
Drawer # 1, folder # 3

1954
Burkina Faso - Hounde
Published by Service Geographique de l'A.O.F.
Size: 24.5 x 32
Scale: 1: 5 kilometers
Notes: 2 copies; topographical
Keywords: Burkina Faso/Topographical
Drawer # 7, folder # 4

1954
Cameroons Under United Kingdom Trusteeship
Published by Survey Department, Nigeria
Size: 17.5 x 26
Scale: 1: 32 miles
Keywords: Cameroon/United Kingdom/Political
Drawer # 8, folder # 3

1954
Cameroons Under United Kingdom Trusteeship
Published by Survey Department, Nigeria
Size: 25 x 32.5
Scale: 1: 16 miles
Keywords: Cameroon/United Kingdom/Political
Drawer # 8, folder # 1

1954
[Congo] Kikwit
Published by Institut Geographique du Congo Belge
Size: 28 x 38.5
Scale: 1: 4000
Notes: 9 sheets
Keywords: Congo/Zaire
Drawer # 28, folder # 1

1954
The Gold Coast and that part of Togoland under U.K. Trusteeship
Map by B. M. Niculescu
Published by Survey H.Q., Accra
Size: 25 x 36
Scale: 1: 6 miles
Notes: 6 sheets
Keywords: Gold Coast/Togoland/Britain/Political/Population/Transportation
Drawer # 11, folder # 1

1954
[Kenya] The Distribution of Native Peoples in Kenya
Map by HKS
Size: 8.5 x 11
Scale: 1: 80 miles
Notes: in manilla folder with other maps of the Northwestern Map Series; adapted from: "Tribal Map of Eastern Africa" 1st Edition, 1: 3,000,000, E. A. F., No. 1550, sheet 1, 1943, East Africa command; with data from: J. Middletown, The Kikuyu and Kamba of Kenya, 1953
Keywords: Kenya/Population
Drawer # 1, folder # 2

1954
[Malawi] Provisional Geological Map of the Lake Chilwa Area
Published by DCS (Geol.)
Size: 17 x 22.5
Scale: 1: 3 miles
Keywords: Malawi
Drawer # 15, folder # 3

1954
Nigeria: Communications: Rail, Road, and River
Published by Survey Department, Nigeria
Size: 11 x 12
Scale: 1: 90 miles
Keywords: Nigeria/Communications/Transportation
Drawer # 18, folder # 2

1954
Nigeria: Regions and Provinces
Published by Survey Department, Lagos
Size: 10 x 12
Scale: 1: 90 miles
Notes: 2 copies
Keywords: Nigeria
Drawer # 18, folder # 2

1954
Northern Africa
Map by James M. Darley
Published by National Geographic Society
Size: 28.5 x 41
Scale: 1: 115 miles
Notes: map covers 5S - 40N, 25W - 55E; insets of Israel, Lebanon, the Nile Delta and Suez Canal, and the Great Rift Valley; shows topography, transportation, oil, and volcanic debris
Keywords: North Africa/Topographical/transportation/Oil/Israel/Lebanon/Nile Valley
Drawer # 3, folder # 1

1954
Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland
Published by Department of the Surveyor-General, Salisbury
Size: 24 x 26.5
Scale: 1: 50 miles
Notes: inset of Southern Africa
Keywords: Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland/Topographical
Drawer # 19, folder # 1

1954
[Sierra Leone] The Distribution of Native Peoples in Sierra Leone
Map by HKS
Size: 8.5 x 11
Scale: 1: 35 miles
Notes: in manilla folder with other maps of the Northwestern Map Series; adapted from: M. McCullock, Peoples of Sierra Leone Protectorate, 1950
Keywords: Sierra Leone/Population
Drawer # 1, folder # 2

1954
[Southern Africa] The Distribution of Native Peoples in the Union of South Africa, Basutoland and Swaziland
Map by HKS
Size: 8.5 x 11
Scale: 1: 120 miles
Notes: in manilla folder with other maps of the Northwestern Map Series; adapted from: I. Schapera, The Bantu-speaking Tribes of South Africa (1937), and I. Schapera, The Khoisan Peoples of South Africa (1930)
Keywords: South Africa/Basutoland/Swaziland/Population
Drawer # 1, folder # 2

1954
[South West Africa] The Distribution of Native Peoples in South West Africa and Bechuanaland
Map by HKS
Size: 8.5 x 11
Scale: 1: 125 miles
Notes: in manilla folder with other maps of the Northwestern Map Series; adapted from: Schapera, The Khoisan Peoples of South Africa (1930), and Schapera, The TS Wana (1953); 2 copies
Keywords: South West Africa/Bechuanaland/Population
Drawer # 1, folder # 2

1954
[Sudan] The Anglo Egyptian Sudan: Roads
Published by Sudan Survey Department, Khartoum
Size: 23 x 30
Scale: 1: 62 miles
Keywords: Sudan/Road Map
Drawer # 23, folder # 1

1954
[Sudan] The Distribution of Native Peoples in Southern Sudan
Map by HKS
Size: 11 x 8.5
Scale: 1: 110 miles
Notes: in manilla folder with other maps of the Northwestern Map Series; adapted from: G. W. B. Huntingford The Northern Nilo-Hamites, 1953; P & P.H. Gulliver The Central Nilo-Hamites, 1953; A. J. Butt The Nilotes...., 1952; P. T. W. Baxter & A. Butt The Azande...., 1953; 2 copies
Keywords: Sudan/Population
Drawer # 1, folder # 2

1954
[Sudan] Found Map of the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan
Published by Sudan Survey Department, Khartoum
Size: 11.5 x 18
Scale: 1: 125 miles
Keywords: Sudan
Drawer # 23, folder # 2

1954
Sudan: Main Game Habitats
Published by Sudan Survey Department, Khartoum
Size: 11.5 x 18
Scale: 1: 125 miles
Keywords: Sudan
Drawer # 23, folder # 2

1954
Sudan: The 1953 Pilot Population Census
Published by Sudan Survey Department, Khartoum
Size: 13.5 x 18
Scale: 1: 125 miles
Notes: census areas
Keywords: Sudan/Population
Drawer # 23, folder # 2

1954
Swaziland - preliminary plot, sheet 2631AC
Published by Directorate of Colonial Surveys
Size: 23 x 32
Scale: 1: 1300 meters
Keywords: Swaziland/Topographical
Drawer # 24, folder # 1

1954
Swaziland with part of the Union of South Africa - preliminary plot, sheet 2630BD
Published by Directorate of Colonial Surveys
Size: 21 x 32
Scale: 1: 1300 meters
Keywords: Swaziland/Topographical
Drawer # 24, folder # 1

1954
Swaziland - preliminary plot, sheet 2631CA
Published by Directorate of Colonial Surveys
Size: 23 x 32
Scale: 1: 1300 meters
Keywords: Swaziland/Topographical
Drawer # 24, folder # 1

1954
Swaziland with part of the Union of South Africa - preliminary plot, sheet 2630DB
Published by Directorate of Colonial Surveys
Size: 23 x 32
Scale: 1: 1300 meters
Keywords: Swaziland/Topographical
Drawer # 24, folder # 1

1954
[Tanganyika] The Distribution of Native Peoples in Tanganyika
Map by HKS
Size: 11 x 8.5
Scale: 1: 110 miles
Notes: in manilla folder with other maps of the Northwestern Map Series; adapted from: Tribal Map of East Africa, E. A. F., No. 1550, sheets 1 & 2, 1943 and Mary Tew, Peoples of the Lake Nyasa Region, 1950; 3 copies
Keywords: Tanzania/Population
Drawer # 1, folder # 2

1954
[Uganda] The Distribution of Native Peoples in Uganda
Map by HKS
Size: 8.5 x 11
Scale: 1: 55 miles
Notes: in manilla folder with other maps of the Northwestern Map Series; adapted from: Tribal Map of East Africa, E. A. F., 1550, sheet 1; C. W. B. Huntingford, The Southern Nilo-Hamites, 1953; P. & P. H. Gulliver, The Central Nile-Hamites, 1953; P. T. W. Baxter & A. Butt, The Azande...., 1953; 2 copies
Keywords: Uganda/Population
Drawer # 1, folder # 2

1954
[West Africa] Carte Economique de L'Afrique Occidental Francaise
Map by G. Bahry
Published by L'Institut Geographique National
Size: 23 x 35
Scale: 1: 130 kilometers
Notes: map covers 4N - 24N, 16W - 16E; communication and industries
Keywords: West Africa/French Africa/Communications/Industry/Economics
Drawer # 4, folder # 1

1954
[West Africa] Carte Agricole de L'Afrique Occidental Francaise
Map by G. Bahry
Published by L'Institut Geographique National
Size: 25 x 35
Scale: 1: 130 kilometers
Notes: map covers 4N - 24N, 16W - 16E; agricultural divisons
Keywords: West Africa/French Africa/Agriculture
Drawer # 4, folder # 1

1954
[Zambia] Northern Rhodesia - Western Province
Size: 31 x 25
Scale: 1: 8 miles
Notes: inset of index to sheets
Keywords: Zambia
Drawer # 29, folder # 1

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1953

1953
[Congo] Cartes Geographiques du Congo Belge et du Ruanda-Urundi
Published by Centre d'Information et de Documentation
Size: 7.5 x 9 (booklet)
Notes: 5 maps: administrative, communications, agriculture, mines, access from Europe
Keywords: Congo/Rwanda/Zaire/Communications/Political/Agriculture
Drawer # 28, folder # 3

1953
French Equatorial Africa
Published by Imprimerie Officielle Brazzaville
Size: 16.5 x 21
Scale: 1: 175 kilometers
Notes: 2 copies (1 french, 1 english); explanation on the back; designates hotels and transportation
Keywords: French Equatorial Africa/Transportation
Drawer # 4, folder # 2

1953
[Kenya] Annual Rainfall in the Kenya Highlands Showing the Prospect of a 30" Rainfall Expressed in Terms or Probablitity
Published by Survey of Kenya
Size: 16 x 20
Scale: 1: 1000000
Keywords: Kenya/Weather
Drawer # 13, folder # 2

1953
Kenya: Appendix VI
Map by Survey of Kenya
Published by Government Printer
Size: 10 x 23
Scale: 1: 400
Notes: shows contours
Keywords: Kenya
Drawer # 13, folder # 3

1953
Kenya Colony: Soil Map European Areas
Published by Survey of Kenya
Size: 16 x 20
Scale: 1: 1000000
Keywords: Kenya
Drawer # 13, folder # 2

1953
Kenya Highlands: Vegetation Map
Published by Survey of Kenya
Size: 16 x 20
Scale: 1: 1000000
Keywords: Kenya
Drawer # 13, folder # 2

1953
Kenya - Portion of L.R. Nos 847 1/2 and 2967/1; Appendix VIIa
Map by Survey of Kenya
Published by Government Printer, Nairobi
Size: 14 x 20
Scale: 1: 10000
Keywords: Kenya
Drawer # 13, folder # 3

1953
Kenya - Portion of L.R. Nos 847 1/2 and 296 7/1; Appendix VIIb
Map by Survey of Kenya
Published by Government Printer, Nairobi
Size: 14 x 20
Scale: 1: 10000
Keywords: Kenya
Drawer # 13, folder # 3

1953
Nigeria - Eastern Region: Medical Facilities
Published by Survey Department, Nigeria
Size: 21 x 35
Scale: 1: 12 miles
Keywords: Nigeria
Drawer # 18, folder # 1

1953
[Nigeria] Outline Map of Nigeria - Eastern Region
Size: 8.5 x 12.5
Scale: 1: 40 miles
Keywords: Nigeria
Drawer # 18, folder # 2

1953
[Nigeria] Outline Map of Nigeria
Published by Survey Department, Lagos
Size: 17.5 x 22.5
Scale: 1: 47 miles
Notes: 2 copies
Keywords: Nigeria
Drawer # 18, folder # 2

1953
Nigeria: Regional, Provincial, and Divisional Maps
Published by Survey Department, Lagos
Size: 17 x 20
Scale: 1: 45 miles
Keywords: Nigeria
Drawer # 18, folder # 3

1953
North Africa and Asia showing area invaded by the desert locust
Map by BMC
Published by Government Printer Nairobi
Size: 16.5 x 32
Scale: 1: 15 miles
Notes: map covers 10S - 40N, 20W - 85E
Keywords: North Africa/Asia
Drawer # 3, folder # 1

1953
Nigeria: Vegetation
Map by D.R. Rosevear
Size: 17 x 20.5
Scale: 1: 50 miles
Keywords: Nigeria
Drawer # 18, folder # 2

1953
South West Arabia and East Africa
Map by BMC
Published by Government Printer, Nairobi
Size: 21 x 26
Scale: 1: 4 miles
Notes: map covers 2N - 18N, 38E - 56E; map is trapezoid shaped
Keywords: South West Arabia/East Africa
Drawer # 2, folder # 1

1953
[Sudan] Anglo-Egyptian Sudan: Administrative Districts
Published by Sudan Survey Department, Khartoum
Size: 23 x 29.5
Scale: 1: 32 miles
Notes: torn
Keywords: Sudan/Political
Drawer # 23, folder # 1

1953
[Sudan] Port Sudan
Size: 20.5 x 24
Scale: 1: 10000
Keywords: Sudan
Drawer # 23, folder # 1

1953
[Tunisia] Plan de Tunis
Published by J. Barlier and Company
Size: 27 x 38
Scale: 1: 160 kilometers
Notes: torn
Keywords: Tunisia
Drawer # 27, folder # 1

1953
[West Africa] Carte Ethno-Demographiques de L'Afrique Occidentale
Map by Paul Mercier
Published by IFAN - Dakar
Size: 41 x 57
Scale: 1: 15 kilometers
Notes: map covers 0 - 6E, 6N - 17N; 2 copies, comes with a note de presentation; 4 pieces - 2 different maps
Keywords: West Africa/Population
Drawer # 5, folder # 2

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1952

1952
[Congo] Elisabethville
Size: 36 x 36.5
Scale: 1: 50000
Notes: tattered
Keywords: Congo
Drawer # 28, folder # 1

1952
[Egypt] The Nile Basin
Published by Survey of Egypt
Size: 26.5 x 41
Scale: 1: 70 miles
Notes: map covers 5S - 30N, 21E - 41E; mounted on canvas; shows rivers and topography
Keywords: Nile Valley/Egypt/Topographical
Drawer # 3, folder # 1

1952
French Equatorial Africa
Published by Service Geographique de l'Armee
Size: 26 x 33
Scale: 1: 125 kilometers
Notes: map covers 4N - 22N, 4E - 28E; 2 copies - one in color
Keywords: French Equatorial Africa
Drawer # 4, folder # 1

1952
Lesotho: Drainage
Published by Directorate of Colonial Surveys
Size: 21.5 x 22
Scale: 1: 7 miles
Notes: 2 copies
Keywords: Lesotho
Drawer # 14, folder # 2

1952
Lesotho: Land Use
Published by Directorate of Colonial Surveys
Size: 21.5 x 22
Scale: 1: 7 miles
Notes: 3 copies
Keywords: Lesotho
Drawer # 14, folder # 2

1952
Lesotho: Relief
Published by Directorate of Colonial Surveys
Size: 21.5 x 22
Scale: 1: 7 miles
Notes: 2 copies
Keywords: Lesotho
Drawer # 14, folder # 2

1952
Nigeria: Geological
Published by Survey Department, Lagos
Size: 20 x 21
Scale: 1: 47 miles
Keywords: Nigeria
Drawer # 18, folder # 1

1952
[Nigeria] General Map of Nigeria
Published by Survey Department, Lagos
Size: 18.5 x 22
Scale: 1: 47 miles
Keywords: Nigeria
Drawer # 18, folder # 1

1952
[North Africa] Landform Map of North Africa
Map by Erwin Raisz
Size: 22 x 48
Scale: 1: 70 miles
Notes: map covers 16N - 38N, 18W - 39E; insets of the S-N section from Tibesti Mts. to Sirte (after desio) and political divisions; has a glossary and shows abbreviations
Keywords: North Africa
Drawer # 3, folder # 1

1952
[Sahara] Le Sahara des Nomades
Map by G. Lafosse
Published by L'Institut Geographique National
Size: 28 x 39
Scale: 1: 130 kilometers
Notes: map covers 12N - 36N, 20W - 24E; 4 copies
Keywords: Sahara
Drawer # 3, folder # 1

1952
[Senegal] Dakar 1952
Published by S.T.A.G.D.
Size: 29 x 40
Scale: 1: 20000
Notes: torn
Keywords: Senegal
Drawer # 20, folder # 1

1952
Sierra Leone: Chiefdom Boundaries
Published by Surveys and Lands Department, Sierra Leone
Size: 30 x 36
Scale: 1: 8 miles
Notes: 2 copies
Keywords: Sierra Leone
Drawer # 21, folder # 1

1952
South Africa: Rainfall Diagram
Published by Climatology Branch, Weather Bureau, Pretoria
Size: 33.5 x 41
Scale: 1: 2500000
Keywords: South Africa/Climate
Drawer # 22, folder # 1

1952
[Sudan] The Anglo Egyptian Sudan
Published by Sudan Survey Department, Khartoum
Size: 12 x 18
Scale: 1: 125 miles
Notes: Index to 1: 250,000 sheets
Keywords: Sudan
Drawer # 23, folder # 2

1952
[West Africa] Africa Occidental Espanola
Published by Instituto de Estudios Africanos y Direccion General de Marruecos y Idonias
Size: 36.5 x 39.5
Scale: 1: 30 kilometers
Notes: inset of Africa, and IFNI (1: 7.5 kilometers)
Keywords: Spanish/West Africa
Drawer # 16, folder # 1

1952
[West Africa] Carte Ethno-Demographique d'Afrique Occidentale
Map by J. Richard-Molard
Published by IFAN - Dakar
Size: 51 x 59
Scale: 1: 15 kilometers
Notes: maps cover 7N - 17N, 18W - 12W; 3 copies; comes with a note de presentation - one missing; 4 sheets - 2 different maps
Keywords: West Africa/Population
Drawer # 5, folder # 2

1952
[Zambia] Northern Rhodesia: Preliminary Plot (Sheet 1228 SW3)
Published by Directorate of Colonial Services
Size: 24 x 31
Scale: 1: 1300 meters
Keywords: Zambia
Drawer # 29, folder # 1

1952
Zanzibar Island
Published by Photo Drawing Office
Size: 1: 2 miles
Scale: 16 x 27
Notes: 2 copies
Keywords: Zanzibar/Agriculture/Road Map
Drawer # 25, folder # 1

1952
Zanzibar - Pemba Island
Published by Photo Drawing Office
Size: 16 x 28.5
Scale: 1: 2 miles
Notes: 2 copies
Keywords: Zanzibar/Agriculture/Transportation
Drawer # 25, folder # 1

1952
[Zimbabwe] Bulawayo
Published by District Publicity Association
Size: 16 x 27
Notes: on both sides; tattered
Drawer # 30, folder # 1

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1951-1952
[Guinea] Territorios Espanoles del Golfo de Guinea
Published by Instituto de Estudios Africanos y Dirreccion General de Marruecos y Colonios
Size: 28.5 x 53
Scale: 1: 7 kilometers
Notes: insets of I. de Annobon (1: 1 kilometer), I. de Fernando Poo (1: 7 kilometers), the region, and Africa
Keywords: Guinea/Spanish/Political
Drawer # 12, folder # 3

1951
Kenya: Political and General
Map by Survey of Kenya
Published by Government Printer, Nairobi
Size: 24 x 35.5
Scale: 1: 16 miles
Notes: 2 sheets; 3 copies; insets of average annual rainfall and population
Keywords: Kenya/Political/Population/Weather
Drawer # 13, folder # 1

1951
Liberia
Published by CIA
Size: 8 x 10.5
Scale: 1: 47 miles
Keywords: Liberia
Drawer # 14, folder # 3

1951
Libya
Published by CIA
Size: 8 x 10.5
Scale: 1: 160 miles
Keywords: Libya
Drawer # 14, folder # 4

1951
Nigeria - Niger Province
Published by Survey Department, Lagos
Size: 27.5 x 29
Scale: 1: 12 miles
Notes: inset of Nigeria
Keywords: Nigeria
Drawer # 18, folder # 1

1951
[North Africa] Railroads of Egypt and Libya, 1950
Published by CIA
Size: 26 x 27.5
Scale: 1: 30 miles
Notes: map 2 of a 4 map series of the railroads of Africa; insets of Cairo (1: 15miles), Tripoli (1: 15 miles), Bengasi (1: 15 miles), and 4 sections of the Nile (1: 6 miles)
Keywords: Egypt/Libya/Railroads
Drawer # 10, folder # 1

1951
[North Africa] The Railroads of North Africa, 1950
Published by CIA
Size: 10.5 x 28
Scale: 1: 3000000
Notes: map covers 30N - 36N, 10W - 12E; 2 copies; shows French and Spanish zones and ownership
Keywords: North Africa/French/Spanish/Transportation
Drawer # 3, folder # 1

1951
Presquile du Cap Vert Dakar
Published by S.T.A.G.D.
Size: 26.5 x 33
Scale: 1: 650 meters
Drawer # 20, folder # 1

1951
Sierra leone: Land Classification
Published by Surveys and Lands Department, Sierra leone
Size: 17.5 X 18
Scale: 1: 16 miles
Keywords: Sierra Leone
Drawer # 21, folder # 2

1951
Sierra Leone: Provisional Edition to Illustrate Annual Report
Published by Directorate of Colonial Surveys
Size: 19 x 22
Scale: 1: 16 miles
Notes: 2 copies; inset of region
Keywords: Sierra Leone
Drawer # 21, folder # 2

1951
Sierra Leone: Vegetation
Published by Surveys and Lands Department, Sierra Leone
Size: 17.5 x 18
Scale: 1: 16 miles
Keywords: Sierra Leone
Drawer # 21, folder # 2

1951
[South Africa] Railroads of South Africa 1950
Published by CIA
Size: 21 x 37
Scale: 1: 48 miles
Notes: insets of Capetown, Pietermarelzburg and Durban, Johanesburg and Pretoria
Keywords: South Africa/Railroads
Drawer # 22, folder # 1

1951
South Africa - Vereeniging 2627D
Published by Government Printer, Pretoria
Size: 22 x 32
Scale: 1: 2800 yards
Notes: 3 copies
Keywords: South Africa
Drawer # 22, folder # 1

1951
[Sudan] The Anglo-Egyptian Sudan
Published by Sudan Survey Department, Khartoum
Size: 23 x 32
Scale: 1: 62 miles
Keywords: Sudan
Drawer # 23, folder # 1

1951
Sudan - Northern Gezira
Published by Sudan Survey Department, Khartoum
Size: 23 x 32
Scale: 1: 4 miles
Keywords: Sudan/Transportation
Drawer # 23, folder # 1

1951
Sudan, Southern
Map by Abugabel
Published by Sudan Survey Department
Size: 23 x 43.5
Scale: 1: 32 miles
Notes: shows roads and seasonal navigability of rivers
Keywords: Sudan/Transportation
Drawer # 23, folder # 1

1951
[Zambia] Northern Rhodesia: Copper Belt
Published by Survey Department, Livingstone, Northern Rhodesia
Size: 30 x 39
Scale: 1: 2 miles
Notes: 2 sheets
Keywords: Zambia
Drawer # 29, folder # 1

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1950

1950
[Africa] Index Map of Diamond Areas in Oubangi-Chari
Published by Elizabethville Report 21
Size: 8 x 12.5
Scale: 1: 110 miles
Notes: principal diamond producing areas
Keywords: Africa/Minerals/Production
Drawer # 1, folder # 4

1950
Angola
Size: 9 x 11
Scale: 1: 135 miles
Notes: designates roads and rails
Keywords: Angola/Transportation
Drawer # 6, folder # 3

1950
[Burkina Faso] Haute Volta: Carte Routiere
Published by l'Institut Geographique National, Paris
Size: 28 x 37.5
Scale: 1: 25 kilometers
Notes: topographical
Keywords: Haute Volta/Burkina Faso/Topographical
Drawer # 7, folder # 4

1950
Cameroon - Bokanda
Size: 25 x 29
Scale: 1: 5 kilometers
Keywords: Cameroon
Drawer # 8, folder # 1

1950
Transport Map of Central and Southern Africa as relating to Manganese, Chrome, and Copper
Size: 16 x 18.5
Scale: 1: 250 miles
Notes: map covers 35S - 5S, 5E - 50E; shows estimated production and exports of manganese, chrome, and copper
Keywords: Central Africa/South Africa/Production/Minerals
Drawer # 2, folder # 2

1950
[Congo] The Distribution of Native Peoples in the Belgian Congo
Map by HKS
Size: 11 x 8.5
Scale: 1: 200 miles
Notes: in manilla folder with other maps of the Northwestern Map Series; adapted from: J. Maes & O. Boone, Les Peuplades du Congo Belge, 1935; 2 copies
Keywords: Congo/Population
Drawer # 1, folder # 2

1950
French North Africa - Algeria and Morocco
Published by CIA
Size: 17 x 17
Scale: 1: 100 miles
Notes: designates road, rail, and air and naval bases
Keywords: Algeria/Transportation/Military
Drawer # 6, folder # 2

1950
[Gold Coast] The Distribution of the Native Peoples of the Gold Coast and Togoland Mandate
Map by HKS
Size: 8.5 x 11
Scale: 1: 45 miles
Notes: in manilla folder with other maps of the Northwestern Map Series; adapted from: The Gold Coast Survey Department, Accra, 1945; Atlas of the Gold Coast; 2 copies
Keywords: Gold Coast/Togoland/Population
Drawer # 1, folder # 2

1950
Kenya Colony
Published by Government Printer, Nairobi
Size: 25 x 31
Scale: 1: 32 miles
Notes: has a conversion table
Keywords: Kenya/Topographical/Transportation
Drawer # 13, folder # 1

1950
[Liberia] The Distribution of Native Peoples in Liberia
Map by HKS
Size: 8.5 x 11
Scale: : 17 miles
Notes: in manilla folder with other maps of the Northwestern Map Series; from the Institute of Geographical Exploration, Harvard 1938
Keywords: Liberia/Population
Drawer # 1, folder # 2

1950
Madagascar: Carte Administrative
Published by Institut Geographique National
Size: 19.5 x 34.5
Scale: 1: 50 kilometers
Notes: insets of Superficie Comparee (size in comparison to France), and Densite de la Population
Keywords: Madagascar/Political/Population
Drawer # 15, folder # 3

1950
Madagascar: Carte Economique
Published by Institut Geographique National
Size: 23 x 35
Scale: 1: 2000000
Notes: inset of Principaux Amenagemets d'Hydralique Agricole et Terrains de Culture
Keywords: Madagascar/Economics
Drawer # 15, folder # 1

1950
Nigeria: Administrative and Economic Map of Kano Province
Published by Survey Department, Lagos
Size: 25 x 32
Scale: 1: 8 miles
Keywords: Nigeria/Political/Economics
Drawer # 18, folder # 1

1950
[Nigeria] The Distribution of Native Peoples in the British Protectorate of Nigeria
Map by HKS
Size: 8.5 x 11
Scale: 1: 185 miles
Notes: in manilla folder with other maps of the Northwestern Map Series; adapted from: Introducing the Colonies, British Information Services 1949
Keywords: Nigeria/Population
Drawer # 1, folder # 2

1950
Nigeria - Kano Province: Population
Published by Survey Department, Lagos
Size: 23.5 x 32
Scale: 1: 8 miles
Notes: inset showing average density per square mile in each district
Keywords: Nigeria/Population
Drawer # 18, folder # 1

1950
Nigeria: Mean Minimum Temperature
Published by Survey Department, Lagos
Size: 17 x 21
Scale: 1: 47 miles
Keywords: Nigeria/Weather/Climate
Drawer # 18, folder # 1

1950
Subsaharan Africa: Proposed Transportation Developement
Size: 19 x 23
Scale: 1: 400 kilometers
Notes: includes railroads and roads; 3 copies
Keywords: Subsaharan Africa/Transportation
Drawer # 1, folder # 3

1950
[Sudan] North Eastern Sudan
Map by M. Iskander
Published by Sudan Survey Department, Khartoum
Size: 23 x 30.5
Scale: 1: 32 miles
Keywords: Sudan
Drawer # 23, folder # 1

1950
Sudan: Railways
Published by Sudan Survey Department, Khartoum
Size: 18 x 23
Scale: 1: 40 miles
Keywords: Sudan/Transportation
Drawer # 23, folder # 2

1950
Tanganyika
Published by Department of Lands and Surveys, Dar Es Salaarm
Size: 30 x 32
Scale: 1: 32 miles
Keywords: Tanzania/Topographical
Drawer # 25, folder # 1

1950
Tanganyika - South
Published by Government Printer, Nairobi
Size: 25 x 35.5
Scale: 1: 32 miles
Notes: 2 copies
Keywords: Tanzania/Topographical
Drawer # 25, folder # 1

1950
[Zambia] The Distribution of Native Peoples in Northern Rhodesia
Map by HKS
Size: 8.5 x 11
Scale: 1: 85 miles
Notes: in manilla folder with other maps of the Northwestern Map Series; adapted from: A. Richard's, Land, Labor and Diet in N. Rhodesia, 1939; 2 copies
Keywords: Northern Rhodesia/Population
Drawer # 1, folder # 2

 

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