Andrew Duminy Wrote Mapping South Africa for “Interested Amateurs”

Andrew Duminy considers himself a “interested amateur” when it comes to maps and cartography. He told The North Coast Courier that while doing research for his Master’s thesis on the history of the Eastern Cape frontier, he became aware that there were few books on marine and land surveying easily understandable to the layman.

So, Duminy wrote Mapping South Africa for “interested amateurs” such as himself, avoiding technical and academic jargon:

Many books written about cartography are often hard to understand and approach the subject from an expert’s view commonly including technical and academic jargon.

However, Ballito resident and Professor Emeritus Andrew Duminy’s new book Mapping South Africa: A Historical Survey of South African Maps and Charts seeks to tell the story behind the maps in order to explain the changes that took place as far as accuracy and detail are concerned.

• Complete interview: The North Coast Courier

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• Mapping South Africa: A Historical Survey of South African Maps and Charts by Andrew Duminy
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  EAN: 9781431402212
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