Cameroons under British Mandate 1938 / drawn & reproduced by Land & Survey Dept., Lagos, Nigeria.

Cartographer
Nigeria. Survey Department [Browse]
Format
Map
Language
English
Published/​Created
  • London : His Majesty's Stationery Office, 1939.
  • Lagos, Nigeria : Land & Survey Department, 1939.
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 ; 57x 36 cm

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Copies in the Library

Location Call Number Status Location Service Notes
Lewis Library - Map Collection G8731.F7 1938 .C6 Browse related items Request
  • Location note
  • Companion text located in Firestone Library under call number: JV1001 .G7362 [report 170, 1939]

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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, three classes of roads, railways, telegraphs and lighthouses. Mandated Territory administered as part of Bornu, Adamawa, Benue, and Southern Provinces is depicted by color code.
    • Original map is filed in the Map/Geospatial Center, a map reproduction is attached to companion volume.
    With
    Issued to accompany volume: Report by His Majesty's Government in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland to the Council of the League of Nations on the administration of the Cameroons under British Mandate for the year 1938 / London : His Majesty's Stationery Office, 1939.
    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.
    In
    Colonial Office. Report by His Majesty's Government in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland to the Council of the League of Nations on the administration of the Cameroons under British Mandate for the year 1938. Colonial 170, map facing page 158. London : His Majesty's Stationery Office, 1939. (158 pages : 2 maps folded ; 25 cm)
    OCLC
    1340473032
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