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Categories: 1889 establishments in England, 1965 disestablishments in England, British companies established in 1889, British companies disestablished in 1965, History of South Africa

British South Africa Company British South African Company BSAC BSACo Chartered Company of South Africa

The British South Africa Company was chartered in 1889 following the amalgamation of Cecil Rhodes' Central Search Association and the London-based Exploring Company Ltd, which had originally competed to capitalize on the expected mineral wealth of Mashonaland but united because of common economic interests and to secure British government backing. Wikipedia

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1889–1965 Wikipedia Disambiguation

Former mining and colonial enterprises company Wikidata

A company founded by Cecil Rhodes that received a charter from the British government to administer a country in southern Africa that Rhodes named Rhodesia. Wiktionary

IS A

colonial society

COUNTRY

United Kingdom

DESCRIBED BY SOURCE

The Nuttall Encyclopædia

FOUNDED BY

Rhodes

Alfred Beit

HEADQUARTERS LOCATION

London

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