Anglo-Portuguese Bndy. between L. Shira & L. Nyassa & country E. to Lujenda R.' - War Office ledger. 'Taken from a map by Capt. C. Percival, Rifle Brigade. & 1st. Batt. C.A.R.
Scope & Content:
Portrays hydrology, relief by spot heights and form lines, roads and tracks, settlements, water holes, international boundary with delimiting beacons and place names, and includes topographical notes and summary accounts of military operations. Detail is greater within Portuguese East Africa tha...
Covers a 60-mile road corridor in central British Central Africa to a width of approximately 8 miles. Portrays hydrology, relief by form lines and spot heights, roads and tracks, settlements, place names and the international boundary with Portuguese East Africa, across which detail is minimal. ...
Sketch of Road from Fort Mlangeni to Fort Johnston. B.C. Africa.' Signed by 'C.R. Bacon Lieut 1st. K.A. Rifles. 22.12.03
Scope & Content:
Covers a 55-mile road corridor in southern British Central Africa to a width of approximately 8 miles. Portrays hydrology, relief by hachures and spot heights, roads and tracks, telegraphs, settlements, significant buildings and place names, and includes topographical notes. The map was later u...
Sketch of Road from Fort Mlangeni towards Fort Manning British Central Africa.' Signed by 'C.R. Bacon. Capt. 1 H.Q. Rifles January 1904
Scope & Content:
Covers a 70-mile road corridor in central British Central Africa of approximately 10 miles width to the Nanjire River, 80 miles south-east of Fort Manning. Portrays hydrology, relief by hachures and spot heights, roads and tracks, settlements, place names and the international boundary with Port...
Map of part of British Central Africa Protectorate south and south-west of Lake Nyasa.' Signed by 'C.R.K. Bacon Capt. 1st. King's African Rifles British Central Africa July 1904
Scope & Content:
Covers an area of southern British Central Africa extending approximately 200 miles northwards and 100 miles eastwards from the confluence of the Shire and Ruo rivers at Chiromo. Portrays hydrology, relief by hachures, form lines and spot heights, roads and tracks, railways, telegraphs, settleme...
Road Sketch from Fort Manning to Fort Jameson'. Signed by 'CH Stigand Lt. 1st. K.A.R. Royal West Kent Regt.' 'April 1904
Scope & Content:
Covers the 20-mile road corridor from Fort Manning in western British Central Africa to Fort Jameson in eastern North-East Rhodesia to a width of approximately 3 miles. Portrays hydrology, relief by form lines, roads and tracks, telegraphs, settlements, significant buildings, cultivation and plac...
Road Sketch Fort Manning to Lilongwe'. Signed by 'J.P.L. Mostyn Capt 1st. King's African Rifles 16th May 1904
Scope & Content:
A strip map covering a 70-mile road corridor in western British Central Africa - Sheet I Fort Manning to River Bua Sheet II River Bua to River Lingazi Sheet III River Lingazi to Lilongwe Portrays hydrology, relief by form lines (at Fort Manning only), roads and tracks, settlements, waterholes an...
Mangoche District'. Signed by 'R.H. Olivier D.C.L.I.
Scope & Content:
Covers a region of south-eastern British Central Africa extending from Lake Pamalombe and the south-eastern shore of Lake Nyasa 90 miles eastwards to include the Lujenda River valley. Portrays hydrology, relief by form lines, roads and tracks, settlements, forts and place names, and also include...
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1904
Extent:
1 map sheet and 1 folio. (The folio has been left attached for the purposes of collection management.)
Map of British Central Africa. Prepared at the B.C.A.A. Survey Office, Zomba.
Scope & Content:
General purpose map with full country coverage. Portrays hydrology, relief by hachures and spot heights, roads and tracks, railways, telegraphs, settlements, government stations, international and internal administrative boundaries, and place names. Depths and bathymetric tints in Lake Nyasa, t...
British Central Africa & adjoining Territories showing Distribution of Tribes.' Signed by 'C.H. Stigand Capt. Q.O.R.W. Kent Regt. 6/3/06.
Scope & Content:
Provides full country coverage with the exception of the northernmost and southernmost extremities; also extends into North-East Rhodesia and Portuguese East Africa; part of German East Africa is also included, although tribal information is absent. Portrays hydrology, relief by a standard hachu...
