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Lockdales sold a 'shoebox' of maps and sketched relating to the Boer War just now. 115 in total.

They sold for nearly 3 times their estimate.

Thanks for all the notices David...…

Are these maps and sketches the ones from the Times History?????

Mike

Morning Mike,

I don't think so but I am not sure. The cataloguer did not spent too much time describing them. They look like one set so my first thought was they were from Maurice's history.

I would be very interested to hear if anyone knows. I did bid for the maps as I thought they would be great on the site but then the price started to escalate

David and Mike
Ages ago I did see a number of Field Intelligence Department maps in a collection. They were multi-folded into pocket book form and were cloth backed and showed evidence of much use. The maps I saw were part of a series which covered a particular district. I forget which. If the Lockdales shoebox series were original FID maps, that would explain the price.
Over the years, I have occasionally seen original individual FID maps come up on a favourite on-line site and I have missed each one!
Regards
IL.

Good Afternoon David......

I knew that I had something and therefor did some digging in some of the books that I have in storage that I don't use very much, a few including these will be coming out of storage,,,,,

What I found was 4 Volumes of fold out Maps and Sketches that were with the books entitled ”HISTORY OF THE WAR IN SOUTH AFRICA by MAJOR GENERAL SIR FREDERICK MAURICE K.C.B.” I do not have the books just the 4 volumes of maps and sketches..... There are a total of 116 maps etc.....

These were the ones I was thinking of in my previous post.....

I have attached a sample list of Volume 1 and will do the other 3 volumes if you wish......

Mike

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GENERAL MAP: -- SOUTH AFRICA

SPECIAL MAPS: ----

No. 1 – INDEX MAP
No. 2 – RELIEF MAP OF SOUTH AFRICE TO SHOW TOPICAL FEATURES AND THEATERS OF WAR
No. 3 – NORTHERN NATAL
No. 4 – SOUTHERN NATAL
No. 5 – TALANA – OCTOBER 20TH, 1899
No. 6 – ELANDSLAAGTE – OCTOBER 21ST, 1899
No. 7 – RIETFONTEIN – OCTOBER 24TH, 1899
No. 8 – LOMBARD'S KOP – OCTOBER 30TH, 1899, Situation before 7 a.m.
No. 8(a) – LOMBARD'S KOP – OCTOBER 30TH, 1899, Situation from 7 a.m. To close of action.
No. 9 – NORTH CAPE COLONY AND PART OF ORANGE FREE STATE
No. 10 – BELMONT – NOVEMBER 23RD, 1899, Situation prior to capture of Gun Hill.
No. 10(a) – BELMONT – NOVEMBER 23RD, 1899, Situation prior to capture of Mont Blanc.
No. 11 – GRASPAN – NOVEMBER 25TH, 1899, Situation prior to 9 a.m.
No. 12 – MODDER RIVER – NOVEMBER 28TH, 1899, Situation at about 3.30 p.m.
No. 13 – MAGERSFONTEIN – DECEMBER 11TH, 1899 Situation at 4.30 a.m.
No. 13(a) – MAGERSFONTEIN – DECEMBER 11TH, 1899 Situation at 8.00 a.m.
No. 13(b) – MAGERSFONTEIN – DECEMBER 11TH, 1899 Situation at 3.30 p.m.
No. 14 – STORMBERG – DECEMBER 10TH, 1899
No. 15 – COLENSO – DECEMBER 15TH, 1899, Situation at 8.00 a.m.
No. 15(a) – COLENSO – DECEMBER 15TH, 1899, Situation at 11.00 a.m.
No. 16 – OPERATIONS AROUND COLESBERG
No. 17 – SOUTH AFRICA, Map showing the approximate situation on the 31st December 1899

Many thanks for clarifying that, Mike.

I have the four volumes but not the maps

I would be very interested to see what other maps are included in the set if it is not too much trouble. I will then add the information to Maurice's entry in the Book section.

With thanks
David