Map of Rhodesia

Scarce, c.20th colour lithographed map of Rhodesia with an inset at lower left showing the the colony in red published by the controversial firm of Waterlow and Sons.

A note at bottom states: The British South Africa Company Owns the Mineral Rights over the whole of Rhodesia and Concessions, covering very large land and mineral rights in the Bechuanal and Nyasaland Protectorates.

Waterlow & Sons became controversial due to their involvement in the Portuguese Bank Note Affair of 1925, where they printed 580,000 fraudulent 500-escudo notes from the Bank of Portugal’s own plates for criminal conspirators, leading to a massive counterfeit scandal. The firm knowingly printed the notes without the Bank’s authority, breaching their contract and resulting in a landmark court case where Waterlow & Sons was found liable for significant damages. .