The Berlin Conference's Forgotten Mapmaker: The Anglo-French Boundary Commission

In 1898, two empires nearly went to war over a swamp in Sudan. The Fashoda Incident is famous — but what happened next? This episode follows the Anglo-French Boundary Commission that spent years in the Sahara, trying to draw a line between British and French claims. We meet the surveyors, the disputes over oases and caravan routes, and the surprising role of a young officer named Charles de Foucauld, who mapped the Moroccan border in disguise. We also look at how the commission's work shaped modern borders — and why some of those lines still cause conflicts today. Lucas and Luna discuss the human cost of cartography, the limits of 'effective occupation', and what it means when a map is drawn from a desk in London or Paris, not from the ground itself. A story of imperial ambition, strange alliances, and the birth of a border that has never really settled. #BerlinConference #FashodaIncident #AngloFrenchBoundaryCommission #ScrambleForAfrica #CharlesdeFoucauld #Sahara #EffectiveOccupation #ColonialBorders #FrenchColonialEmpire #BritishEmpire #Cartography #Diplomacy #ImperialHistory #Africa #History #FexingoHistory #19thCentury #EuropeanExpansion Keep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo