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It sounds to me like something that refers to the ethnicity of the various people of Africa, linking them to natural products. Fanciful, to a great extent spurious and (these days) distasteful, but it would not have been out of the way in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. See books like the "Sanders" series by Edgar Wallace, which document well-entrenched attitudes to racial stereotypes; the three usual stereotypes being African, Arab and European. Paul >>> [log in to unmask] 07 May 2008 11:44 >>> Dear all, I am currently in the process of cataloguing the Printing Record belonging to the firm of Bartholomew's. I have come across a map entitled British Africa, measuring 23cm x 16cm in its entirity. It was printed on the 15th October 1890 and a run of only 306 were printed. It has the words Black, White and Yellow written across the top in an arch with a knotted bow in those colours below it. It is also borderd by three bands, again in black, yellow and white. The black band has the words Negro, ebony, rubber and iron in it, the gold band contains the words Arab, gums, palm-oil and gold and the white band contains the words European, ivory, cotton and diamonds. Forgive me for perhaps labouring the description but if anyone could shed any light at all on this map I would be most grateful. I'd be especially interested to know the significance of the Black, White and Yellow theme and any explanation for why it might have been printed. Any help gratefully received. Karla Baker -- This message (and any attachments) is for the recipient only. NERC is subject to the Freedom of Information Act 2000 and the contents of this email and any reply you make may be disclosed by NERC unless it is exempt from release under the Act. Any material supplied to NERC may be stored in an electronic records management system.