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Auction #128 begins on 15 Jan 2026

Boer War Map

VRYBURG - IMPERIAL MAP OF SOUTH AFRICA (1900)

Anglo-Boer War map of Vryburg and surrounds

Published: Wood & Ortlepp, Cape Town and Johannesburg, 1900

Edition: First Edition

Reserve: $100

Approximately:

Estimate: $140

Bidding opens: 15 Jan 16:30 GMT

Bidding closes: 22 Jan 16:30 GMT

Ships from: South Africa

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"Compiled for Field Intelligence Department, Cape Town, April 1900"

Printed on linen-backed paper which folds into a blue cloth cover.

Wood & Ortlepp's series of field intelligence maps, detailing all the Orange Free State and Transvaal towns, were used in the field by the British military during the Anglo-Boer War. The maps folded to pocket size for easy usage on horseback.

This map is of Vryburg and surrounds, showing all roads, rivers, hills, pans, railways, telegraph lines, farm boundaries and fences, homesteads etc.

The map is complete and in very good condition.

  • Binding Condition: Very Good
  • Overall Condition: Very Good


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