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British South Africa Company
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The British South Africa Company was chartered in 1889 following the amalgamation of Cecil Rhodes' Central Search Association and the London-based Exploring Company Ltd, which had originally competed
The first board of directors of the British South Africa Company, 1889. Top row: Horace Farquhar; Albert Grey; Alfred Beit. Middle row: the Duke of Fi
The first board of directors of the British South Africa Company, 1889. Top row: Horace Farquhar; Albert Grey; Alfred Beit. Middle row: the Duke of Fife; C. J. Rhodes (founder and managing director in South Africa); the Duke of Abercorn. Bottom row: Lord Gifford, V.C.; Herbert Canning (Secretary); George Cawston.
British South Africa Company stamp used to validate emergency issue currency for use in Bulawayo, authorized by Hugh Marshall Hole.
British South Africa Company stamp used to validate emergency issue currency for use in Bulawayo, authorized by Hugh Marshall Hole.
The arms of the British South Africa Company
The arms of the British South Africa Company
Zambia
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Zambia, officially the Republic of Zambia, is a landlocked country in Southern Africa. It is bordered to the north by the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Tanzania to the northeast, Malawi to the eas
British South Africa Company
…administered by the British South Africa Company in Mashonaland and Matabeleland, now parts of Zimbabwe, and North-Eastern Rhodesia (now part of Zambia) and Portuguese Mozambique. It divided Manica, granting the western portion to the British South Africa Company. It also fixed the boundaries between…
Graffitied rock art in Nsalu Cave, Kasanka National Park in North-Central Zambia
Graffitied rock art in Nsalu Cave, Kasanka National Park in North-Central Zambia
Ruins of Great Zimbabwe. Kalanga/Shona rulers of this kingdom dominated trade at Ingombe Ilede.
Ruins of Great Zimbabwe. Kalanga/Shona rulers of this kingdom dominated trade at Ingombe Ilede.
Drawing of the ruler of Lunda, Mwata Kazembe, receiving Portuguese in the royal courtyard in the 1800s
Drawing of the ruler of Lunda, Mwata Kazembe, receiving Portuguese in the royal courtyard in the 1800s
A drawing of Lunda houses by a Portuguese visitor. The size of the doorways relative to the building emphasizes the scale of the buildings.
A drawing of Lunda houses by a Portuguese visitor. The size of the doorways relative to the building emphasizes the scale of the buildings.