"but which the United Kingdom claimed on the basis of effective occupation."

Meaning the UK had de facto control anyway

Seems fair to me

Cecil Rhodes got there 3 years earlier

In 1887

- Portugal sends explorers and army divisions into the land
- Portugal beats the natives
- British decide they want the land
- British send an ultimatum to their own ally

@The Desert Fox V bruh

our map was made in 1886

wtf are you on about

Effective occupation buddy

We occupied it

you didnt

you sent an Ultimatum

we left

From your own extract
"the United Kingdom claimed on the basis of effective occupation."
"claimed by Portugal on the basis of historical discovery and recent exploration"

The UK's claim is stronger

then you sent people in

E T E R N A L A N G L O

"the United Kingdom claimed on the basis of effective occupation."

"CLAIMED"

By 1890 Rhodesia was already under the BSC's control

"EFFECTIVE OCCUPATION"

There was no effective occupation

...

we had a campaign against natives

Yes there was

I occupied your mother

Rhodes was already there

no there fucking wasnt

Occupying it

Rhodes got there in 1887

You are backtracking on claims you made like 5 seconds ago lmao

And the ultimatum was after that @Mankn II

Theres our original map

Making a map doesn't mean you occupy it

look at the date

We claimed it first, and had a military presence in the area

I can make a map showing portugal is part of Britain does that mean it is @Mankn II

Spain made a map in the 1600s claiming parts of Japan, doesn't mean they had any means to establish control over Japan

and you as great allies backstabbed us and sent us an ultimatum

Jesus the level of mind gymnastics here is amazing