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Image 1 of Mauretania. HANDBOOKS PREPARED UNDER THE DIRECTION OF THE HISTORICAL SECTION OF THE FOREIGN OFFICENo 106 D 6 G7 no 106 Copy 2 MAUEETANIA LONDON PUBLISHED BY HM STATIONERY OFFICE 1920 -
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Image 7 of Mauretania. S3 I HANDBOOKS PREPARED UNDER THE DIRECTION OF THE HISTORICAL SECTION OF THE FOREIGN OFFICENo 106 aiy MAURETANIA LONDON PUBLISHED BY HM STATIONERY OFFICE UaJ 1920 -
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Image 9 of Mauretania. Editorial Note In the spring of 1917 the Foreign Office in connection with the preparation which they were making for the work of the Peace Conference established a special section whose duty… -
Image 10 of Mauretania. It must be understood that although the series of volumes was prepared under the authority and is now issued with the sanction of the Foreign Office that Office is not to be… -
Image 11 of Mauretania. No 106 Mauretania TABLE OF CONTENTS PAGE I GEOGRAPHY PHYSICAL AND POLITICAL 1 Position and Frontiers 1 2 Surface Coast and River System Surface and Natural Divisions 2 Coast 5 River System… -
Image 12 of Mauretania. TABLE OF CONTENTS two 100 PAGE B Industry 1 Labour 19 2 Agriculture a Products of Commercial Value 19 i Vegetable Products 19 ii Animal Products 21 b Methods of Cultivation 22… -
Image 13 of Mauretania. Mauretania I GEOGRAPHY PHYSICAL AND POLITICAL 1 Position and Frontiers Mauretania is a region of French West Africa lying between the Spanish possession of Rio de Oro on the noith and the… -
Image 14 of Mauretania. 2 GEOGRAPHY No 106 of the colony is formed by the course of the Senegal from Khabu to St Louis 2 Surface Coast and River System Surface and Natural Divisions A large… -
Image 15 of Mauretania. Mauretania CENTRAL MASSIF DUNES 3 made the Adrar the natural fortress and place of refuge of the West Sahara To the south the sand ravine of Khat broad in the west but… -
Image 16 of Mauretania. 4 GEOGRAPHY No 106 parallel bands of dune and aftut the dunes here forming a confused mass mostly mobile and difficult to cross To the north and east the Adrar and Tagant… -
Image 17 of Mauretania. Mauretania SURFACE COAST RIVERS 5 pastoral country with excellent grazing and deep and good wells East and southeast of the Suhel elAbiob the tableland of the Tasiast lies between the Azefal dune… -
Image 18 of Mauretania. 6 GEOGRAPHY No 106 with the Cayar Lake a large depression which fills during the floods and acts as a reservoir gradually discharging its waters during the dry months The Cayar can… -
Image 19 of Mauretania. 7 Mauretania CLIMATE HEALTH RACE irregular and may fail for several successive years The wholesale destruction of brushwood by the Moors is believed to have increased the aridity of the country On… -
Image 20 of Mauretania. 8 GEOGRAPHY No 106 belonging to the same ethnic group and often to the same tribes as the nomads of Rio de Oro The Moors have gradually pressed south in search of… -
Image 21 of Mauretania. Mauretania RACE LANGUAGE POPULATION 9 Zenaga or Berber dialect The Wolofs Tukulers Sarakoles and Peuls of the Senegal basin have each their own tongue but those in regular contact with the Moors… -
Image 22 of Mauretania. No 106 II POLITICAL HISTORY Chronological Summary 1900 Boundary treaty with Spain 1904 Mauretania made part of the GovernmentGeneral of French West Africa 1909 Reduction of Adrar territory History The French advance… -
Image 23 of Mauretania. Mauretania HISTORY 11 In the territory thus left open for French action little trouble was experienced in obtaining 1903 the submission of the nonMoorish tribes Wolofs Peuls Tukulers and Sarakoles inhabiting the… -
Image 24 of Mauretania. No 106 III SOCIAL AND POLITICAL CONDITIONS By the Decree of October 18 1904 the territory of Mauretania was placed under the administration of a Commissioner of the GovernmentGeneral of French West… -
Image 25 of Mauretania. Mauretania IY ECONOMIC CONDITIONS A MEANS OF COMMUNICATION 1 Internal It was not till 1903 that the Civil Protectorate of Mauretania came into being and it was only after pro longed military… -
Image 26 of Mauretania. 14 ECONOMIC CONDITIONS No 106 centres the other serving the villages and oases of the Tagant and Adrar plateaux The most notable route in the first group runs north ward from St… -
Image 27 of Mauretania. Mauretania CARAVAN ROUTES 15 i A condition of the effective utilization of these routes is the provision of an adequate water supply The Government has shown energy in making new wells and… -
Image 28 of Mauretania. 16 ECONOMIC CONDITIONS No ioe b Rivers The only navigable river of any size or permanence is the Senegal The chief trading stations are on the south bank Details of the navigation… -
Image 29 of Mauretania. Mauretania RIVERS POSTS J PORTS 17 water There are three important inlets St Johns Bay Arguin Bay and Levrier Bay St Johns Bay is a long narrow inlet running northeast for 22… -
Image 30 of Mauretania. 18 ECONOMIC CONDITIONS No 106 Nature and Volume of TradeThe activity of Port Etienne is at present almost entirely confined to the fishing industry see p 22 though there are one or… -
Image 31 of Mauretania. Mauretania SHIPPIN G LABOUR AGRICULTURE 19 BINDUSTRY 1 Labour Labour in Mauretania is mainly supplied by the black population Wolofs Tukulers and Sarakoles who fled before the Moors to the south of… -
Image 32 of Mauretania. 20 ECONOMIC CONDITIONS No 103 scrub salsolaceous and similar forms Tamarisk and afernan Euphorbia balsamifera grow abundantly on the coastal dunes North of Cape Timiris Saharan conditions are general Tamarisk and euphorbias… -
Image 33 of Mauretania. Mauretania AGRICULTURE 21 on a large scale These crops extend for some distance north of the river in the Gorgol which is irrigated by numerous marigots but in the Brakna the millet… -
Image 34 of Mauretania. 22 ECONOMIC CONDITIONS pro ioe b Methods of Cultivation There is scope for a good deal of improvement both in cultural methods and in irrigation Most of the Brakna province might be… -
Image 35 of Mauretania. Manretania FORESTRY FISHERIES 23 numerous varieties can be obtained suitable for salting or drying as well as for immediate consumption Soles are common but the Moors despise flat fish and throw them… -
Image 36 of Mauretania. 24 ECONOMIC CONDITIONS No 106 varies the output is uncertain and the totals cannot be accurately computed because some boats leave with out declaring the amount of their catch The Rapport dEnsemble… -
Image 37 of Mauretania. Mauretania FISHERIES MINERALS 25 Dakar and Port Etienne and boats for the conveyance of live fish serve both ports there would be a saving of expense Seals are found in small numbers… -
Image 38 of Mauretania. 26 ECONOMIC CONDITIONS pro ioe In 1908 MM Gruvel and Cbudeau who traversed the entire coastline reported that in their opinion at least seven of the Trarza sebkas might repay European exploitation… -
Image 39 of Mauretania. Mauretania MANUFACTURES COMMERCE 27 scabbards bags coverlets and so on These articles are usually intended not for sale but for the use of the tribe C COMMERCE 1 Domestic Very little information… -
Image 40 of Mauretania. 28 ECONOMIC CONDITIONS No 106 The first has already been dealt with see p 24 The rest whose total value may be about 480000 find their chief market in Senegal b Imports…
About this Item
Title
- Mauretania.
Names
- Great Britain. Foreign Office. Historical Section.
Created / Published
- London, H.M. Stationery off., 1920.
Headings
- - Mauritania
Notes
- - "Appendix" (p. [31]-32) Extracts from treaties between France and Spain for the delimitation of their possessions in West Africa.
- - "Authorities": 1 leaf at end.
Medium
- 3 p.l., 32 p., 1 l. 22 cm.
Call Number/Physical Location
- DT553.M2 G7
- D6 .G7 no. 106 Copy 2.
Digital Id
Library of Congress Control Number
- a22000963
Online Format
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- online text