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Title:The 1933 Maps of Bechuanaland Protectorate at 1:500,000: A Milestone in the Mapping of Botswana
Author:Stone, Jeffrey C.ISNI
Year:1995
Periodical:Botswana Notes and Records (ISSN 0525-5090)
Volume:27
Pages:71-84
Language:English
Notes:biblio. refs.
Geographic terms:Botswana
Southern Africa
Subjects:cartography
Bibliography/Research
Miscellaneous (i.e. Demography, Refugees, Sports)
Development and Technology
colonialism
History and Exploration
History, Archaeology
Mapping
history
Bechuanaland Protectorate
External links:https://www.jstor.org/stable/40980039
http://search.proquest.com/pao/docview/1291906355
Abstract:In 1933 an eight-sheet series of maps was published portraying the whole of Botswana at a much larger scale than any previously published map. It was the first cartographic portrayal of the entire Bechuanaland Protectorate since 1912. This article first summarizes the history of mapmaking in Botswana prior to 1933, relating it to British colonial mapmaking elsewhere in Africa. Then it examines in more detail the five-year compilation history of the 1933 series, which helps to explain both the content and the variable accuracy of the map. Bibliogr., sum.
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