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Title: Cameroons under United Kingdom Trusteeship

Contributors:

Dates

  • Coverage: 1952

Publishers

  • Lagos, Nigeria : Survey Department, 1952.

Summary

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.

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, 1952.. Image data. https://maps.princeton.edu/catalog/princeton-cz30pw728

Format

TIFF

Languages

  • eng