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    <pre> Thomas Baines and the 'Great Map': Route of the Goldfields Exploration Company's Expedition 1869-1872

    CD-ROM No 1 Campbell Collections electronic publications series

    This CD, Thomas Baines and the 'Great Map' is the result of a joint project comprising South African and Australian scho ars working on Thomas Baines's "Map of the Gold Fields of South Eastern Africa (1872)". Baines, the well known artist an
     explorer who died in Durban, South Africa, in 1875, made two trips up to modern day Zimbabwe in search of gold bearing ites for the Natal Land and Colonisation Company at the time of the Lobengula succession crisis. One of the large maps w ich he drew on this trip is the subject of study for this interdisciplinary team coordinated by Dr Lindy Stiebel (Englis
     Studies, University of Durban-Westville). The other team members are Dr.Jane Carruthers (History, UNISA), Prof. Vivian orbes (chief cartographer, University of Western Australia), Prof. Norman Etherington (History, University of Western Au tralia) and the Campbell Collections staff (University of Natal, Durban).

    The CD aims to make Baines's manuscript map of 1872 which is owned by the Campbell Collections, more accessible to schol rs and the general public alike. By virtue of its very large size, the map is at present unwieldy for scholars to work w th, and, furthermore, because of its valuable and fragile nature, its preservation is threatened in frequent handling. T e CD reproduces the map in digital form, plus accompanies the map with three essays which situate the map historically ( arruthers), cartographically (Forbes) and discursively (Stiebel). The foreword, highlighting the potential for South-Sou h dialogue, which is a feature of this project, is written by Prof. Norman Etherington whose workshop entitled "Mapping he Conquest" in Perth (2000) sparked the thought that led to Dr Stiebel pulling this eminent group together. Four of Bai es's paintings relevant to the Gold Fields expedition also appear in the CD. All legible place names on the map have bee
     bookmarked for easy ! click-and-find access and the accompanying essays extensively hyperlinked such that movement between text, map, and pain ings is only a click away. Thanks to cutting edge technology, scholars will, for the first time, be able to access this ap in Perth, London or Johannesburg plus have the benefit of multi-disciplinary scholarly commentary and illustrations o
     hand.

    Thomas Baines and the 'Great Map' is the first electronic publication by Campbell Collections and is intended to be the irst in a series of CDs which will showcase significant holdings in this prestigious Africana collection. The Australian launch of the CD took place at the annual meeting of the African Studies Association of Australasia and the Pacific (AFS AP) held 4-6 October 2001 at La Trobe University, Melbourne. Initial response at the conference was most enthusiastic an
     the major universities represented at the conference purchased the CD for their libraries and archives.

    System requirements: Windows 98 / Recommended minimum 64Mb RAM Screen resolution 800x 600 Acrobat Reader 5 (supplied)

    Price: South Africa R200, postage R40 Australia A$50, postage A$10 UK 18,50 pounds sterling, postage 4 pounds sterling US $30, postage $5

    Cheques payable to : University of Natal Postal address : Campbell Collections of the University of Natal 220 Marriott Road, Durban 4001, South Africa

    Enquiries mailto:petersd@nu.ac.za or lstiebel@pixie.udw.ac.za

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