The British South Africa Company was responsible for building the Rhodesian railway system in the period of primary construction which ended in 1911, when the main line through Northern Rhodesia reached the Congo border and the Katanga copper mines.

2025年2月18日 · British South Africa Company (BSAC, BSACO, or BSA Company), mercantile company based in London that was incorporated in October 1889 under a royal charter at the instigation of Cecil Rhodes, with the object of acquiring and exercising commercial and administrative rights in south-central Africa.

2017年3月8日 · The British South Africa Company (BSAC) was a mercantile company incorporated on 29 October 1889 by a royal charter given by Lord Salisbury, the British prime minister, to Cecil Rhodes. The company was modeled on the East India Company and was expected to annex and then administer territory in south-central Africa, to act as a …

The British South Africa Company (BSAC) was established following the amalgamation of Cecil Rhodes’ Central Search Association and the London-based Exploring Company Ltd which had originally competed to exploit the expected mineral wealth of Mashonaland but united because of common economic interests and to secure British government backing.

The British South Africa Company (BSAC) was established in 1889 by Cecil Rhodes, an influential figure in British imperialism known for promoting colonial expansion in Southern Africa. BSAC was granted a royal charter that allowed it to negotiate treaties, establish laws, maintain order, and manage resources in the region that Rhodes named ...

2025年2月28日 · In South Africa Cecil Rhodes formed the British South Africa Company, which received its charter in October 1889. Its objects were (1) to extend the railway from Kimberley northward to the Zambezi, (2) to encourage immigration and colonization, (3) to promote trade and commerce , and (4) to secure all mineral rights, in return for guarantees of ...

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2024年9月17日 · What role did corporations play in redefining property rights during colonisation? This article studies one of the most important and infamous companies in the British Empire, the British South Africa Company (BSAC).

2023年9月11日 · After occupying Mashonaland in 1890 and annexing Matebeleland in 1893, the British South Africa Company’s (BSAC) ability to finance the cost of governance was the most critical factor in the administration of the territory.

The British South Africa Company was a chartered company founded in 1889, primarily aimed at the economic exploitation and development of Southern Africa, particularly in areas that are now Zimbabwe and Zambia.