This late-19th century British map shows Basutoland, as the present-day Kingdom of Lesotho then was known. A local chief, Moshoeshoe (circa 1786-1870), laid the basis for modern Lesotho in the 1820s a
- Date
- 1870–1880
- Mapmaker / publisher
- Weller, Edward, died 1884
- Place
- Lesotho
- Archive
- Wikimedia Commons
- Type
- map
- Original size
- 1,333 × 1,024 pixels
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"This late-19th century British map shows Basutoland, as the present-day Kingdom of Lesotho then was known. A local chief, Moshoeshoe (circa 1786-1870), laid the basis for modern Lesotho in the 1820s a" (1870–1880). Weller, Edward, died 1884, via Wikimedia Commons. Public domain. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Basutoland_WDL657.pngNeed maps for a whole project? Add Find Any Map to Claude and ask for this one by its id: 236871.
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