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'Sketch of Operations on E. of Lake Shirwa. Aug. 1897'. Signed by 'F.G. Poole, Lieut. A.F. 18.8.97.'
Map produced in support of operations against Chief Serumba of the Anguru during the Lake Shirwa Expedition in south-eastern British Central Africa.Covers the south-eastern portion of Lake Shirwa extending 40 miles southwards to Fort Lister and 40 miles eastwards into Portuguese East Africa. Portrays hydrology, settlements, place names and part of the Anglo-Portuguese boundary, and includes topographical notes. Also depicts a slave route and the course taken by 'devastating columns'.
The British LibraryPoole, Francis Garden, 1870-1950, army officer, Cartographer.
1897
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