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Eastern frontier(s) of the Cape of Good Hope colony, ca 1820 – 1850
(i.e. period between 5th and 8th Xhosa Wars)
 
1820 British settler farms in the Albany district, or eastern Zuurveld
 
Settled colonial area (est. 1795), showing Grahamstown (est. 1812), and districts (est. 1820) in shades of pale green
 
Neutral zone (est. 1820), as agreed between Lord Charles Somerset and the Gaika (Ngqika) faction of the amaXhosa.
 
British Kaffraria (est. 1835), incl. East London (est. 1847): Gaika faction of amaXhosa and amaTembu under British protection.
 
Kaffraria, incl. Butterworth Wesleyan mission (est. 1827): amaTembu living inland and amaXhosa nearer the coast.
 
Military forts, district boundaries and eastern frontier.

Notes

Date Redrawn and coloured in December 2007
Source Based on the source map below, last published in 1903.
Author I created the map, based partly on the source map: Eastern frontier of the Colony of the Cape of Good Hope from Algoa Bay to the Great Kei river, which appears opposite page 620 of ‘The autobiography of Lieutenant-general Sir Harry Smith’ by G.C.B. Bart, Chapter xlviii, published 1903, as part of the online Build a Book initiative. JMK 11:03, 26 December 2007 (UTC)
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The original map relates to 1850 more or less, and may be John Arrowsmith's 1851 Eastern Frontier of the Colony of the Cape of Good Hope (and part of Kafirland), From Algoa Bay to the Great Kei River. Arrowsmith's lithograph was redrawn and compiled chiefly from M.S. Surveys & Sketches, communicated by Lt. Col. Mitchell late Survr. Genl. of the Colony and Captn. Wm Owen ...:


Compare also Arrowsmith, 1836:
Arrowsmith, 1836

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Eastern frontier of the Cape of Good Hope colony during the early 19th century

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current00:57, 13 January 2021Thumbnail for version as of 00:57, 13 January 2021836 × 733 (279 KB)JMKadd label
11:41, 13 May 2019Thumbnail for version as of 11:41, 13 May 2019836 × 733 (278 KB)JMKChange map colour east of Great Kei River (based on comments received), as it was never part of British Caffraria. Other minor changes.
11:47, 30 December 2007Thumbnail for version as of 11:47, 30 December 2007836 × 733 (253 KB)JMKUpdate
10:58, 26 December 2007Thumbnail for version as of 10:58, 26 December 2007836 × 733 (257 KB)JMK{{Information |Description=Eastern frontier of the Colony of the Cape of Good Hope from Algoa Bay to the Great Kei river *Settled colonial area shown in green, with districts established in 1820 shown in different shades of green *Neutral zone agreed on b
10:55, 26 December 2007Thumbnail for version as of 10:55, 26 December 2007836 × 733 (257 KB)JMK{{Information |Description=Eastern frontier of the Colony of the Cape of Good Hope from Algoa Bay to the Great Kei river *Settled colonial area shown in green, with districts established in 1820 shown in different shades of green *Neutral zone agreed on b

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