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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
Total Places
64 -
Area
64078647.890926 km2
Convex Hull
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)) -
Density
9.9877263498038E-7 places/km2
Centroid
POINT(28.743464220407844 -26.105734619508475) -
Bounding Box
POLYGON((-28.94633721 -35.6915407,-28.94633721 51.50812511145766,115.7298618 51.50812511145766,115.7298618 -35.6915407,-28.94633721 -35.6915407)) -
Most Central Place
Backhouse and Walker returned to Cape Town via Morley, Clarkbury, Butterworth, Grahams Town, Glen Avon, Jammerberg, Platberg. Philippolis, Beaufort, and Ebenezer. -
Most Distant Place from center
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'. -
Distribution
  • Average Distance from Centroid: 1977.2929994137
  • Average Distance from Centroid / Area of Convex Hull: 3.085728342426E-5
kilometers
Start Date
1838-02-12 -
End Date
1841-02-21 -
Duration
3.02 years
Median Date
1838-12-21 -
Average Date
1839-02-21 -