British South Africa Company

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British colonial company chartered company

The British South Africa Company was a chartered company founded by Cecil Rhodes that administered and exploited large areas of southern and central Africa, notably in territories that became Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe and Zambia), during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	British colonial company → chartered company →
administeredTerritory	Barotseland region → surface form: Barotseland Mashonaland region → surface form: Mashonaland Matabeleland → Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland → surface form: Northern Rhodesia Rhodesia → Rhodesia → surface form: Southern Rhodesia present-day Zambia → present-day Zimbabwe →
charterDate	29 October 1889 →
charterGrantedBy	British Crown → Queen Victoria →
country	United Kingdom →
dissolved	1965 →
economicInterestRetainedAfterCharter	mineral rights in Rhodesia →
endOfAdministrativeControl	1923 in Southern Rhodesia → 1924 in Northern Rhodesia →
founder	Cecil Rhodes →
grantedMonopolyOn	land distribution in its territories → mineral rights in its territories →
headquartersLocation	London, England → surface form: London
historicalSignificance	instrument of British imperial expansion in south-central Africa →
inception	1889 →
industry	colonial administration → land speculation → mining →
involvedInConflict	First Matabele War → Second Matabele War → Shona uprisings of 1896–1897 →
keyPerson	Alfred Beit → Cecil Rhodes → Leander Starr Jameson →
legalBasisOfRule	Royal Charter of 1889 →
lostCharter	1923 →
namedAfter	British South Africa →
notableRailwayProject	Cape to Cairo Railway project → surface form: Cape to Cairo Railway segments in Rhodesia
operatedIn	Central Africa → Southern Africa →
organizedEvent	Pioneer Column expedition →
parentLegalForm	joint-stock company →
primaryActivity	commercial agriculture promotion → land settlement → mineral exploitation → railway construction → territorial administration →
roleInPioneerColumn	financed and organized occupation of Mashonaland in 1890 →
successorInGovernment	British protectorate administration in Northern Rhodesia → self-governing colony of Southern Rhodesia →

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Bulawayo → annexedBy → British South Africa Company →

Cecil Rhodes → employer → British South Africa Company →

Cecil Rhodes → founded → British South Africa Company →

Salisbury → foundedBy → British South Africa Company →

Lobengula Khumalo → opponent → British South Africa Company →

Jameson Raid → organizer → British South Africa Company →

Jameson Raid → supportedBy → British South Africa Company →