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History of Botswana in maps
Botswana as it appears in 4 interactive history atlases, from 1890 to 1994: Botswana. Each era below lists who ruled the land and when control changed, linked to the dated map that shows it.
MAP OF THE INDUSTRIAL WORLD IN 1890 These maps are reconstructed from published sources · Atack: nineteenth-century US canals, March2017 · Atack: historical US railroads1826–1911, revised2023 · Bartholomew: Literary & Historical Atlas of America,1911 · Bartholomew: Literary and Historical Atlas of Asia,1912 · Cliopatria v 0.2.1 · Dakar–SaintLouis railway: historical construction record · Imperial Gazetteer of India,Atlas1909: railways · Nazrin Shah: tin’s shift from Larut to Kinta1850–1900 · Natural Earth physical geography · South African History Online: Witwatersrand goldfield · Maps of History: industrial geography reconstruction record · UNESCO: Sites of Japan’s Meiji Industrial Revolution · UNESCO: Humberstone and Santa Laura saltpeter works · UNESCO: Tomioka Silk Mill and related sites
Source details Jeremy Atack, Vanderbilt University. Shapefile metadata explicitly grants free use; source segment dates and identities retained.. Author metadata grants free use by anyone with source acknowledgement Jeremy Atack, Vanderbilt University. Shapefile metadata explicitly grants free use; source segment dates and identities retained.. Author metadata grants free use by anyone with source acknowledgement John George Bartholomew,1911; economic maps and named transport routes. Original cartographer died1920; independent geographic reconstruction.. Public-domain original historical cartography; geographic facts independently reconstructed John George Bartholomew,1912; economic mapspp40–41,72–73, products54–55; regional railway maps and route gazetteer. Original author died1920. Only geographic facts independently reconstructed; ebook text/brand not republished.. Public-domain original historical cartography; geographic facts independently reconstructed Cliopatria contributors / Seshat Global History Databank. Selected, combined, reprojected and corrected by Maps of History as described per layer.. CC BY4.0 Document-based chronology: Dakar–Rufisque opened1883; completed to SaintLouis1885. Named route geography independently reconstructed through Thiès.. Historical geographic evidence; independent route reconstruction Digital South Asia Library, University of Chicago; maps22–25 and provincial maps. Later plates locate routes, not early opening dates.. Public-domain historical government atlas; geographic facts independently reconstructed Historical research confirms Larut and Kinta district locations and period; contemporary atlas supplies the geographic setting.. Historical geographic facts used for independent reconstruction; no source artwork copied Made with Natural Earth; present coastlines support physical clipping, not historical political boundaries.. Public domain Named MainReef mining corridor Randfontein–Springs/Nigel; independent regional geography, not mine-lease boundaries.. Historical geographic facts used for independent reconstruction; no source artwork copied Named districts and route stations from the linked published atlases. District perimeters are interpretive economic regions, not sovereign borders or parcel-level industrial land use.. Original independent thematic reconstructions; source artwork not embedded UNESCO World Heritage Centre; named industrial locations and period evidence. The atlas district is not a copy of the modern UNESCO property boundary.. Factual geographic evidence; property artwork not redistributed UNESCO World Heritage Centre; named industrial locations and period evidence. The atlas district is not a copy of the modern UNESCO property boundary.. Factual geographic evidence; property artwork not redistributed UNESCO World Heritage Centre; named industrial locations and period evidence. The atlas district is not a copy of the modern UNESCO property boundary.. Factual geographic evidence; property artwork not redistributed Country fills apply the existing educational industrialisation stages to dated published polities. They do not imply that development was uniform throughout each empire. Economic districts represent thematic regions. Source dates and reconstruction methods are recorded separately.
reconstruction: 1861.3 · reconstruction: 1869.9 · reconstruction: 1890 · reconstruction: Named district within chapter chronology · vector: 1727–1899 · vector: 1815–1937 · vector: 1820–1899 · vector: 1822–1894 · vector: 1834–1904 · vector: 1840–1894 · vector: 1840–1904 · vector: 1840–1978 · vector: 1842–1894 · vector: 1842–1907 · vector: 1842–1912 · vector: 1848–1935 · vector: 1849–1904 · vector: 1856–1894 · vector: 1859–1894 · vector: 1860–1894 · vector: 1861 · vector: 1861–1894 · vector: 1864–1921 · vector: 1865–1914 · vector: 1865–1915 · vector: 1866–1904 · vector: 1866–2023 · vector: 1869 · vector: 1871–1914 · vector: 1873–1913 · vector: 1877–1899 · vector: 1877–1935 · vector: 1877–2023 · vector: 1880–1894 · vector: 1880–1897 · vector: 1880–1899 · vector: 1885–1894 · vector: 1885–1897 · vector: 1885–1904 · vector: 1885–1907 · vector: 1885–1910 · vector: 1885–1911 · vector: 1885–1925 · vector: 1890 · vector: 1890–1894 · vector: 1890–1897 · vector: 1890–1899 · vector: 1890–1904 · vector: 1890–1910 · vector: 1890–1911 · vector: 1890–1914 · vector: 1890–2023 · vector: Erie Canal completed1825 / source2017
Layer records and reconstruction methods
What was Botswana before it was Botswana? The sections below follow this
land through every era covered by the Maps of History atlases: who ruled it, what it was
called, and when control changed. Each line links to the dated map. Modern borders serve
as an approximation, as each atlas says on the map itself.
Botswana · Industrial Revolution
1890 Colony or dependency — the opening position 1890 Colony or dependency
INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION: EVERY CHAPTER AND MAP →
Botswana · WWI
NOV 1914 Entente-aligned & imperial territories — the opening position
WWI: EVERY CHAPTER AND MAP →
Botswana · Cold War
AUG 1945 NATO & core Western allies — the opening position AUG 1968 Non-aligned & neutral
COLD WAR: EVERY CHAPTER AND MAP →
Botswana · Decolonization of Africa
When the Bechuanaland Protectorate became Botswana in September 1966, its prospects seemed poor. It was landlocked, impoverished and almost surrounded by white-ruled states. Under Seretse Khama, however, it sustained a multiparty democracy and, after diamonds were found, developed one of the world’s fastest-growing economies. As a frontline state it also sheltered refugees. Botswana showed that a democratic exception was possible in this era.
1945 British-ruled — the opening position 1966–68 Independent Africa
DECOLONIZATION OF AFRICA: EVERY CHAPTER AND MAP →
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