The British goals after the Berlin conference was to create a series of British colonies all linked by a railroad.
Explanation:
By the 1880's, imperialism was rapidly growing in Africa and a conference needed to be created in order to "divede" the continent and establish norms and rules for future imperialism. Cecil Rhodes was a British colonizer and business man who out a lot of effort towadrs the creation of the railroad through British territory. Cecil Rhodes's project was initiated but never completed.
The equator and the International Date Line cross in the area of Pacific Ocean. There is a tradition to celebrate the first sailor's crossing of the line.
