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European Partition of Africa: 19th Century
Heinrich Barth 1849-1855Med
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EUROPE
ASIA
A R A B I AFezBengazi BarcaGondar AduwaAssab Obok
Zeila
FashodaUjijiQuelimaneBloemfontein(Angra Pequena)Luderitz BayMossamedesBenguelaBomaSokoto KukaTuatTamatave
AntananariveAlgiers TunisTripoli
Alexandria
CairoOmdurman KhartoumAdenAddisAbebaTombouctuFreetownMonroviaMozambiqueJohannesburgPretoria Lourenco MarquesDurbanCapetownLuandaBrazzaville LeopoldvilleRIO DE OROProtectorateSpanishModified in 1900BoundariesIndependent until 19111830Prot.Fr.
since 1881A Vifayet of Ottoman Empire until 1911-12
Ottoman EmpireTributary of
Occupied byGreat Britain
after 18821869under the Mahdi, Conquered byEgyptian territory in revolt
Anglo-Egyptian forces, 1898(^18821883)
Protectorate 1888
Protectorate abandoned 1896Italian Protectorate, 1889
Prot. 1889
Only partially occupied in 1898
1886
British Prot. 1890
Treaty, 1890Anglo Ger. Leased from Zanzibar 1888Purchased 1890
1894
1891
1891
1894
1891
Conquered Matabeleland, 1893Chartered, 1889 Frontier
French Conquest Completed 1896
1885
British Colony 1885
Br. 1878
“Southern Limit of Arms and Spiritous Liquors Zone”
Anglo-Ger.Agree. 1890
German-Port. Anglo-Port. Agree. 1891
Anglo-Port. Bdy.
1905
1894
1891
1885
1885
Sp.
Rio Muni, Sp. Anglo-Ger.
Tr. 1890
Leopold II of Belgium after 1885Under Sovereignty of
Sp. Fr. and Ger. Agree
1885
Fr.-Congo Agree. 1887
1886
1884
1893 1890 1889
Port.
Port.
Br. 1806
Port.
(Br.)
Sp.
Anglo-FrenchAgree. (^1893)
Anglo
- ItalianA
greement (^1894)
FrontierdrawnbyAnglo-It
alianTreaty,^18
91
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Anglo
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Agree.^189
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uguesetheimpmIoprtorotfaofrmarsmwsasanredgsupliraiettoudsaliquorszone.AsaresultoftheBrusselsAnti-SlaveryConferenceof^1889 -^90 ,
ndthatofintoxicatingdrinksprohibitedtotheregionsbetween 20 N.and 22 S.Latitude.Anglo-G
erman
Treaty1894Later Anglo-Ital. FrontierTr. 1886“NorthernLimitofArmsandSpiritousLiquorsZone”
FRENCH COLONYOF SENEGALSULTANATE OF MOROCCOFRENCHCOLONY
ALGERIAOFTUNIST R I P O L I
E G Y P TERITREAITAL.FRENCH
SOM. BR.
SOMALILAND
A B Y S S I N I AITALIAN SOMALILANDZANZIBAR
G E R M A N
A F R I C AE A S TEASTPORT.AFRICABRITISH CENTRAL AFRICAPROTECTORATEBRITISH SOUTH AFRICA CO.AFRICANSOUTH M A D A G A S C A R
REP.COLONYSWAZILAND
NATALOFC A P E C O L O N YGERMAN
SOUTHWEST
AFRICAPORTUGUESEAFRICAWESTA N G O L ACOLONY OF
FRENCH CONGOCORISCO BAYGERMAN
KAMERUNF R E N C H
U B A N G H IR O Y A L N I G E R C O.F R E N C H
S U D A NF E Z Z A NKORDOFAN
DARFURPEMBA(TRANSVAAL)BECHUANALANDPROTECTORATEBECHUANALAND
FREE STATEORANGE
BASUTOLANDWALFISHBAYCABINDAANNOBANFERNANDO POBORNUNIGER COAST(OIL RIVERS)
COLONYLAGOS PROT.FR. IVORY COASTGOLDCOL. TOGODAHOMEY
COLONYCOASTOF LIBERIAREP.SIERRALEONEGUINEAPORTCANARY IS.MADEIRA IS.AZORESSOCOTRAW. Oudney
, D. Denhamand Clapperton 1822-23
G. Nachtigal 1869Barth1827G. Nachtigal 1874S. Baker 1864Speke 1862Stanley IILivingstone III 1860Livingstone II 1856Livingstone III(^1830) R. Lander
Stanley II
1874-77
1877-79
Serpa-Pinto
J.B.Marcha
nd^1897
Clappetro -^98
n
Ivens
andC
apelo
LivingstoneII 1
(^854)
CONGO FREESTATE
StanleyI (^1871) - (^72)
Burton-
Speke 1856
Livingstone IV
Livings
toneI
1849
&II^1
854
Serpa-Pinto
Capel
oandIvens 1884 -^85
(^1877)
- (^80)
`Rene Caillie 1827
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Great Britain 1885
Great Britain 1898
France 1885
France 1898
Turkey
Congo Free State 1885
Congo Free State
(Belgium) 1898
Germany 1885
Germany 1898
Spain 1885
Spain 1898
Portugal 1885
Portugal 1898
Italy
CONTROL OF TERRITORY
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