[OSGeo Africa] Maps of sub-saharan African cartography

[Chris Berens]

There is quite a nice collection here:
https://matadornetwork.com/goods/the-worlds-oldest-maps/

I'm with Eratosthenes of Cyrene (Libyans are Africans too) who was the
first cartographer to use grids.

On 5 July 2017 at 14:58, Gavin Fleming <gavinjfleming at gmail.com> wrote:

> The HartRAO educational centre shows indigenous constellations (if that’s
> what you mean by space maps)
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> On 04 Jul 2017, at 14:36, Douglas Anderson <djandersonza at gmail.com> wrote:
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> Aaah, hmm, the problem there is that prior to colonialism indigenous
> people were illiterate. Apart from rock paintings and engravings I know of
> no attempt at drawing maps. Maybe some-one at the Iziko Museum or UCT
> archaeological department may assist you?
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> Yours Sincerely
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> *Douglas Anderson*
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> *Ph: +27 (0) 78 751 0159 <+27%2078%20751%200159>*
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> On 4 July 2017 at 13:31, Aslam Parker <Aslam.Parker at drdlr.gov.za> wrote:
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>> Thank you very much Doug, I appreciate the information
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>> I am actually looking for evidence of  maps, or depiction of
>> space/geography by indigenous people.
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>> *From:* Africa [mailto:africa-bounces at lists.osgeo.org] *On Behalf Of *Douglas
>> Anderson
>> *Sent:* Tuesday, July 04, 2017 1:23 PM
>> *To:* Africa local chapter discussions
>> *Subject:* Re: [OSGeo Africa] Maps of sub-saharan African cartography
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>> Good Afternoon Aslam.
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>> There is this map showing the distribution of the Khoi and San peoples in
>> the Cape during the early stages of colonization and exploration
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>> http://www.oldwynberg.co.za/khoisan.htm
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>> A very interesting 'What if' map can be found here
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>> http://bigthink.com/strange-maps/africa-uncolonized
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>> Showing what Africa may've looked like had colonization by European
>> countries not occurred, but it is speculative as Islamic colonization and
>> indigenous colonization would alter this map quite considerably.
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>> Yours Sincerely
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>> *Douglas Anderson*
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>> *Ph: +27 (0) 78 751 0159*
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>> On 4 July 2017 at 10:34, Chris Berens <chris at mapland.co.za> wrote:
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>> Hi Aslam, the closest I have come to an indigenous map is a verbal route
>> map or song-line that I heard in 2009 which described a route taken by
>> herders from Pella in the northern Cape as they went from waterhole to
>> waterhole.  I was able to follow the route during the recitation using your
>> 1:250,000 map which had enough named points in common.  Unfortunately we
>> did not have a chance to record the audio/video.  The herding route
>> (described/sung by Oom Paul Waterboer in Pella) predated the shift in
>> ownership in that area.
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>> On 4 July 2017 at 08:07, Aslam Parker <Aslam.Parker at drdlr.gov.za> wrote:
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>> Hi All
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>> Does anyone know of literature or resources that describes the depiction
>> of space and/or maps  by African indigenous communities, specifically in
>> Southern Africa.
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>> Thanks
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>> Aslam Parker
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>> aslam.parker at drdlr.gov.za
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