1666 - 350 in 66 items
1666 - 350 in 66 items
1666 - 350 in 66 items
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<strong>350</strong> YEARS IN <strong>66</strong> ITEMS<br />
63. Imperial British East Africa Company Ord<strong>in</strong>ary Founders Share Certificate, 1890,<br />
320 x 270mm, vignette of company seal at left, very f<strong>in</strong>e and scarce.<br />
*Set up by Royal Charter <strong>in</strong> 1888 to adm<strong>in</strong>istrate the British East African territories follow<strong>in</strong>g the<br />
“Scramble for Africa” Conference represented by the Berl<strong>in</strong> Treaty of 1885. The Company was based at<br />
Mombasa and adm<strong>in</strong>istered the coastal strip and Uganda. Generally it was <strong>in</strong>effective <strong>in</strong> adm<strong>in</strong>ister<strong>in</strong>g<br />
the territories assigned and was absorbed <strong>in</strong>to the Foreign Office <strong>in</strong> 1895. It did, however, survey the<br />
railway from Mombasa to Lake Victoria as well as the road. An <strong>in</strong>terest<strong>in</strong>g document from the British<br />
Empire.<br />
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