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Title: Cameroons under United Kingdom administration

Contributors:

Dates

  • Coverage: 1956

Publishers

  • Lagos, Nigeria : Federal Survey Department, 1956.

Summary

Map shows: international, provincial, Nigeria-Cameroons, divisional, and district boundaries; customs stations; four classes of roads; railways; lighthouses; telegraph lines; wireless stations, and native courts. The Trustee Territory administered as part of Bornu, Adamawa, Benue, and by Southern Cameroons Government is shown by color code. 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. "1900/1147/12-56." "Crown copyright reserved". Original maps are filed in the Map/Geospatial Center, map reproductions are attached to companion volumes.

Subjects

  • Cameroon
  • Nigeria
  • Administrative and political divisions—Maps
  • Cameroon—Administrative and political divisions
  • Nigeria—Administrative and political divisions
  • Great Britain—Colonies
  • Cameroon—Maps
  • Nigeria—Maps
  • Thematic maps
  • Other

Geospatial coordinates

  • Bounding Box: BBOX (8.55, 14.62, 12.5, 3.89)
  • Geometry: BBOX (8.55, 14.62, 12.5, 3.89)

Provider

Princeton

Rights

  • Access rights: Restricted

Citation

Nigeria. Survey Department. Cameroons under United Kingdom administration. Lagos, Nigeria : Federal Survey Department, 1956.. Image data. https://maps.princeton.edu/catalog/princeton-12579w50p

Format

TIFF

Languages

  • eng