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WOMAT/AFR/BCA/13
- Record Id:
- 040-003378966
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002225695
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100046897112.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- WOMAT/AFR/BCA/13
- Title:
- 'Plan of 25 Acres of land. The Portuguese Concession at Chipole Rhoades Bay Lake Nyasa 1901. Surveyed by Thomas I. Binnie'.
- Scope & Content:
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Plan produced to accompany the Anglo-Portuguese Boundary Agreement. Portrays the land accepted as a Portuguese concession equivalent to the British concession at Chinde and in lieu of the concession at Leopard Bay.
Covers land at the confluence of the Malingedzi River with the south-western shore of Lake Nyasa in central British Central Africa. Depicts hydrology, settlements, place names, boundary beacons and the concession boundary; also includes boundary positional information. Inset provides location diagram of concession area at approximate scale of 1:1,000,000.
- Collection Area:
- Map Collections
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002225695
036-002225925
037-002225954
038-003375098
040-003378966 - Is part of:
- WOA : War Office Archive: cartographic and topographic source material
WOMAT : War Office 'Material'
WOMAT/AFR : 'Material - Africa'.
WOMAT/AFR/BCA : Material. British Central Africa.
WOMAT/AFR/BCA/13 : 'Plan of 25 Acres of land. The Portuguese Concession at Chipole Rhoades Bay Lake Nyasa 1901. Surveyed by Thomas I.… - Hierarchy:
- 032-002225695[0001]/036-002225925[0001]/037-002225954[0002]/038-003375098[0007]/040-003378966
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: WOA
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 map sheet
- Digitised Content:
- http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=WOMAT/AFR/BCA/13 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
-

- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1901
- End Date:
- 1901
- Date Range:
- 1901
- Era:
- CE
- Scale:
- Scale 1:3,168
- Scale Designator:
- Horizontal
- Coordinates (Decimal):
- 34.5708,-13.9583,34.5875,-13.9417
- Coordinates (Degree):
- E 34°34’15”-E 34°35’15”/S 13°56’30”-S 13°57’30”
- Orientation:
- North
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
- Manuscript: coloured ink, watercolour and pencil on paper; 55 x 67cm
- Former External References:
- E40:5(1)
Mat. British Central Africa. 13. - Material Type:
- Maps and Plans
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)
- Notes:
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'In Col. Manning's No 18 of 4 Feb. 1901. F/3392. Reproduced as I[ntelligence].D[ivision]. 1479' - War Office ledger
- Names:
- Binnie, Thomas Inglis, government surveyor, 1870-1954
- Places:
- Chipole, Central Angoniland, British Central Africa
Lake Nyasa, East Africa
Malingedzi River, Central Angoniland, British Central Africa
Portuguese East Africa, Africa
Rhoades Bay, Central Angoniland, British Central Africa - Related Material:
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An account of the concession agreement is given at:
- Brownlie, Ian, African Boundaries (London: Hurst, 1979), p.1174