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| Layer Id | 2011 | Name | Humanitarians in the Antipodes: Mauritius and South Africa |
| Description | A visualisation of the investigative tours of British Quakers, James Backhouse and George Washington Walker, who were 'travelling under concern' in the 1830s. This section relates to the Maurius and South Africa. |
Subject Keywords | colonialism, religious society of friends, quakers, colonial history, james backhouse, george washington walker, transnational human rights activism |
| Type | Journey | Creator | Penny Edmonds |
| Contact | penny.edmonds@flinders.edu.au | Source Url | https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/10371634 |
| Temporal From | 1838-02-12 | Temporal To | 1841-02-21 |
| Created At | 2024-09-27 11:24:37 | Updated At | 2024-09-27 11:53:06 |
| Ghap Url | https://tlcmap.org/layers/2011 |
| Statistic | Value | Unit |
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Total Places
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64 | - |
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Area
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64078647.890926 | km2 |
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Convex Hull
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POLYGON((20.59818629 -35.6915407,10.8241726 -29.37775463,-5.553804087 -15.8701551,-24.04063668 0,-28.94633721 39.17891579,-8.544818197 48.67561973,-0.086771999897588 51.50812511145766,115.7298618 -32.0588096,20.59818629 -35.6915407)) | - |
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Density
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9.9877263498038E-7 | places/km2 |
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Centroid
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POINT(28.743464220407844 -26.105734619508475) | - |
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Bounding Box
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POLYGON((-28.94633721 -35.6915407,-28.94633721 51.50812511145766,115.7298618 51.50812511145766,115.7298618 -35.6915407,-28.94633721 -35.6915407)) | - |
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Most Central Place
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Backhouse and Walker returned to Cape Town via Morley, Clarkbury, Butterworth, Grahams Town, Glen Avon, Jammerberg, Platberg. Philippolis, Beaufort, and Ebenezer. | - |
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Most Distant Place from center
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As the schooner Invoice 'passed between the islands of Fayal and Flores among the Azores' the islands were not visible 'in consequence of a fog'. | - |
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Distribution
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kilometers |
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Start Date
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1838-02-12 | - |
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End Date
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1841-02-21 | - |
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Duration
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3.02 | years |
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Median Date
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1838-12-21 | - |
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Average Date
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1839-02-21 | - |