Divide and Rule: The Partition of Africa, 1880-1914The partition of Africa was one of the most spectacular episodes in modern history. For Europeans, Africa was still an unknown continent in 1880. Thirty years later almost all of it was under European control. This race for colonies went hand in hand with a host of thrilling exploits and dramatic conflicts, of which Stanley's exploration of the Congo and Gordon's death in Khartoum are just two examples. |
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... borders of the European possessions , and these borders , with all their consequences , have remained the borders of the African states to this day . In a sense these treaties can be said to have been the most permanent feature of ...
... border with Mozambique ) to the Tana ( the border with Witu ) was recognized , all to a depth of ten nautical miles ... borders with Mozambique were settled as well . All in all , the first Anglo - German partition treaty in East Africa ...
... borders of the Transvaal a matter of some importance . The problem was a novel one , since the drawing of borders was an exceptional event in these parts . The Pretoria Convention , as we have said , had pro- hibited expansion by the ...
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Divide and Rule: The Partition of Africa, 1880-1914 H. L. Wesseling,H. W. Wesseling No preview available - 1996 |