Richard Hennig, World Communication Routes, Leipzig, 1909 (284 pp.).
For the most part simply an account, an enumeration of railways, maps, etc.
Africa: railways (1907) (p. 213)
| km. | “under construck- tion or definitely planned” |
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| British colonies | 13,117 | 15,113 | ||||
| Egypt | 5,252 | 6,956 | ||||
| (Great Britain) | Σ= | 18,369 | 22,069 | |||
| French colonies | 5,657 | 9,849 | ||||
| Portuguese ” | 1,173 | 2,313 | ||||
| German ” | 1,398 | 1,988 | ||||
| Belgian ” | 642 | — | ||||
| Italian ” | 115 | 115 | ||||
| Total | 27,354 | 36,334 | ||||
There are interesting references to the unscrupulous struggle between the powers over concessions (for railways—e.g., in China), swindling, etc., etc.
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