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Title: Cameroons under United Kingdom Trusteeship

Contributors:

Dates

  • Coverage: 1951

Publishers

  • Lagos, Nigeria : Survey Department, 1951.

Summary

Map shows: international, provincial, Nigeria-Cameroons, divisional, and district boundariesl, customs stations, three classes of roads, railways, lighthouses, telegraph lines, wireless stations, and native courts. The Trust Territory administered as part of Bornu, Adamawa, Benue, and Eastern Provinces is indicated 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. "2000/1240/3-51" Original map is filed in the Map/Geospatial Center, a 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: Public

Citation

Nigeria. Survey Department. Cameroons under United Kingdom Trusteeship. Lagos, Nigeria : Survey Department, 1951.. Image data. https://maps.princeton.edu/catalog/princeton-hq37vr65z

Format

TIFF

Languages

  • eng