ISSN:
0022-278X
Quelle:
Cambridge Journals Digital Archives
Thema:
Ethnologie
,
Geschichte
,
Politikwissenschaft
,
Wirtschaftswissenschaften
Notizen:
In the history of Malawi's transport and communications, few modes of travel can be more unusual or fascinating than the flying-boat service from November 1949 to October 1950 between Southampton in Britain and Vaaldam near Johannesburg in South Africa, via Cape Maclear, a somewhat isolated and inaccessible spot on the south-west shore of Lake Malawi, 150 miles from the then administrative capital of Zomba and a further 50 miles from the main commercial centre of Blantyre. Although short-lived and of limited immediate practical importance, its long-term significance was considerable, whilst the details of how the service came about add to our knowledge of the early post-World War II history of colonial Nyasaland, and tell us a good deal about the Governor of the time, Geoffrey Colby.
Materialart:
Digitale Medien
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0022278X00010399
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