1894 British South Africa Map
In 1894 southern Africa was still a patchwork of colonies, protectorates, and Boer republics: Cape Colony, Natal, Zululand, Basutoland, the Orange Free State, and the South African Republic, with Bechuanaland and the British South Africa Company’s chartered lands stretching north toward the Zambezi. The Witwatersrand gold rush was seven years old. The Second Boer War was still five years away.
This 1894 British South Africa map comes from the Edward Stanford Cartographic Collection archive, held by Stanfords, the London map house that supplied explorers and colonial administrators of the period.
- Published by Stanfords in 1894, reproduced from the original sheet in the Edward Stanford Cartographic Collection
- Printed from a high-resolution scan of the original, not an antique original print
- Paper option uses premium 36lb stock; lamination is 1.7mil satin-gloss front and back
- Mounted version is laminated to quarter-inch foam core; rails and frames available in black or walnut molding
A solid wall piece for Africa historians, library and museum buyers, and collectors of colonial-era cartography.

