Cameroons under United Kingdom Trusteeship / drawn & reproduced by Survey Dept., Lagos, Nigeria.

Cartographer
Nigeria. Survey Department [Browse]
Format
Map
Language
English
Published/​Created
  • Lagos, Nigeria : Survey Department, 1952.
  • London : His Majesty's Stationery Office, 1952.
Description
  • Scale 1:2,000,000 or 1 inch to 31.56 miles. (E 8°33ʹ00ʹʹ--E 14°37ʹ00ʹʹ/N 12°30ʹ00ʹʹ--N 3°53ʹ24ʹʹ).
  • 1 map : color ; 58 x 35 cm.

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Notes
  • The territory of the Cameroons under the United KIngdom trusteeship consisted of two mountainous strips on the eastern frontier of Nigeria, extending from Lake Chad to the Atlantic Ocean. It is divided by a strech of approximately 45 miles into north and south by the Benue River.
  • 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 Trustee Territory administered as part of Bornu, Adamawa, Benue, and Eastern Provinces is depicted by color code.
  • "3000/104/3-52"
  • Original map is filed in the Map/Geospatial Center, map reproduction is attached to companion volumes.
With
Issued to accompany volume: Report by Her Majesty's Government in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland to the General Assembly of the United Nations on the administration of the Cameroons under United Kingdom Trusteeship for the year 1951 / London : Her Majesty's Stationery Office, 1952.
Geographic coverage
Map covers part of Cameroon and part of Nigeria.
Other format(s)
Available also online through: Princeton University Libraries, Digital Map & Geographic Data Web site.
Other title(s)
Cameroons.
Refer to this Map as
  • CAMEROONS : Scale:- 1:2,000,000
In
Colonial Office. Report by Her Majesty's Government in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland to the General Assembly of the United Nations on the administration of the Cameroons under United Kingdom Trusteeship for the year 1951. Colonial 288, map in pocket facing page 260. London: Her Majesty's Stationery Office, 1952. (260 pages : 3 maps ; 26 cm).
OCLC
1340473316
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