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Title: Cameroons under United Kingdom administration

Contributors:

Dates

  • Coverage: 1959

Publishers

  • [Lagos], Nigeria : Federal Survey Department, 1959.

Summary

Relief shown by contours and gradient tints. Originally drawn in 1956, revised to March 1959. Reprinted 1959. Map shows: international, provincial, Nigeria-Cameroons, divisional, and district boundaries; headquarters provincial and divisional, customs stations, two classes of roads, railways, lighthouses, telegraph lines, wireless stations, and native courts. "F.N. 8B" "1800/259/3-59" 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. Original maps is filed in the Map/Geospatial Center, map reproductions is attached to companion volume. Crown copyright reserved.

Subjects

  • Cameroon
  • Nigeria
  • Cameroon—Maps
  • Nigeria—Maps
  • Great Britain—Colonies
  • Topographic maps
  • Other

Geospatial coordinates

  • Bounding Box: BBOX (8.526667, 14.321111, 12.101389, 3.885278)
  • Geometry: BBOX (8.526667, 14.321111, 12.101389, 3.885278)

Provider

Princeton

Rights

  • Access rights: Public

Citation

Nigeria. Survey Department. Cameroons under United Kingdom administration. [Lagos], Nigeria : Federal Survey Department, 1959.. Image data. https://maps.princeton.edu/catalog/princeton-cz30pw52c

Format

TIFF

Languages

  • eng