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Cameroons under United Kingdom Trusteeship

Description:

The Cameroons under the United Kingdom Trusteeship consisted of two mountainous strips divided by the Benue river by a gap of approximately 45 miles. "1850/16/3-54" Map shows: international, provincial, Nigeria-Cameroons, divisional, and district boundaries; customs stations; two classes of roads; railways; lighthouses; telegraph lines; wireless stations; and native courts. The Trust Territory administered as part of Bornu, Adamawa, Benue, is shown by color code. Original map is filed in the Map/Geospatial Center, a map reproduction is included in companion volume. "Crown copyright reserved" Map shows the Trust Territory administered as part northern region of Nigeria referred as Northern Cameroon or northern areas that joined Nigeria in 1961.

Resource Link:

https://catalog.princeton.edu/catalog/99100098843506421

Identifier:

ark:/88435/bv73c3642

Language:

en

Creator:

Nigeria. Survey Department

Publisher:

[Lagos], Nigeria : Survey Department, 1954. and London : Her Majesty's Stationery Office, 1954.

Provider:

Princeton

Resource Class:

Maps

Resource Type:

Image

Subject:

Administrative and political divisions—Maps, Nigeria—Administrative and political divisions, Great Britain—Colonies, Nigeria—Maps, thematic maps, Thematic maps, and Maps

Theme:

Administrative and political divisions—Maps, Nigeria—Administrative and political divisions, Great Britain—Colonies, Nigeria—Maps, thematic maps, Thematic maps, and Maps

Spatial Coverage:

Cameroon and Nigeria

Access Rights:

Public

Format:

TIFF