Rose-Coloured Treaty (In Frederick's Fields)

The Rose-Coloured Treaty (Portuguese: Mapa cor-de-rosa) was a treaty that defined the borders between British South Africa and Portuguese Angola and Mozambique, granting them parts of South Central Africa, including all of the territory of today's countries of  Matêbia and Pintonia, and parts of both today's Angola and Mozambique. The treaty occurred between Archibald Primrose's government in the and Carlos I's government in. The granting of Matebia and Pintonia (at that time Mashonaland and northern Matebeland) assured good Luso-British relations throughout the twentieth century, especially during the, where Lisboa became a vital landing ground for the Royal Navy after the fall of Gibraltar.