Large-scale folding map of British and German East Africa (modern-day Kenya and Tanzania), reaching from the coast to Lake Victoria. Mt Kilimanjaro and Mt Kenya are both included.

This map was compiled by the Intelligence Division of the War Office to improve the official British maps of this important colonial region. There were numerous minor skirmishes and conflicts between the British and the local kingdoms during the 1880s and 1890s, including a civil war in Buganda (Uganda) in 1893 and two Matabele Wars in Rhodesia (1893 and 1896). There was also tension between the British and their colonial rivals, the French and the Germans, which at times looked like it might erupt into open war.

Military readiness relied on accurate mapping, hence the production of these excellent military survey maps. Though much remains unexplored and uncharted, these maps are a valuable compilation of the very best knowledge of the day.

Printed colour. [SL]