Question

How were maps useful for the exploitation of
colonies​

Answer 1

Answer:

These maps were used for revenue collection, generation of land holding records, expansion of transport networks, mining and obviously for the expansion of the British colony and their defence.

Explanation:

Exploitation colonialism is the national economic policy of conquering a country to exploit its population as labour and its natural resources as raw material. ... The geopolitics of an Imperialist power determine which of these colonial practices it will follow.

Answer 2

Answer:

These maps were used for revenue collection, generation of land holding records, expansion of transport networks, mining and obviously for the expansion of the British colony and their defence.