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Maji Frontier Mission, 1919' - War Office ledger. Created by 'Major L.F.I. Athill R[oyal]. F[ield]. A[rtillery].
Scope & Content:
Sheets numbered 1 to 3, produced as part of an expedition to suppress a border altercation between Abyssinian and Sudanese troops at Kangala in south-eastern Anglo-Egyptian Sudan. Compass traverse covering the 360-mile route from Maji in south-western Abyssinia across the border to Kangala and L...
Tana Mission Routes between Lake Tana and Roseires.' Signed by 'G.Y.K[arkanis].
Scope & Content:
Map sheet and amendment tracing to portray the 200-mile mission routes between Lake Tana in north-western Abyssinia and Roseires in south-eastern Anglo-Egyptian Sudan. The missions were undertaken in 1920-21 to investigate the prospects of a dam to regulate the flow of the Blue Nile.
'Abyssinia:- Compilation in 35 sheets with index. (Con. Signs, Notes etc typewritten, in dup).' - War Office ledger
Scope & Content:
Map series with graphic index, conventional signs reference sheet and compilation history. Provides full country coverage of Abyssinia. Some sheets were later used to compile series GSGS 3989 and OR 788.
'Traverse from Hawash to Lake Assale.' - War Office ledger. Created by L.M. Nesbitt
Scope & Content:
Traverse sheets and compilation portraying L.M. Nesbitt's 500-mile south to north crossing of the Danakil Desert, north-eastern Abyssinia in 1928. Note: The confirmed spelling 'Awash' appears on the map face; the unconfirmed variant 'Hawash' appears in the title. Note: Minor discrepancies in p...
Wanbera-Gubba-Tumha. Prismatic Compass Traverse by Major R.E. Cheesman O.B.E. 1928-29
Scope & Content:
A series of linked traverses of approximately 20 miles width covering routes within 100 miles of Wanbera in north-western Abyssinia. Portrays hydrology, relief by form lines and spot heights, settlements, camps, the international boundary and the expedition routes, and includes topographical not...
Compass traverse, Gorei-Sayo-Kurmuk'. Created by 'E.N. Erskine
Scope & Content:
Unadjusted traverse undertaken in 1929 and covering a 200-mile route from Gorei in western Abyssinia north-westwards towards Kurmuk in western Anglo-Egyptian Sudan to a width of approximately 15 miles. Portrays hydrology, indicative relief and form lines, roads and tracks, telephone lines, settl...
Roseires & Lake Tana, Country between.' - War Office ledger. Created by 'The J.G. White Engineering Corporation
Scope & Content:
Map sheet and accompanying report of an expedition to investigate a dry-weather road route between Lake Tsana in north-western Abyssinia and Roseires in Anglo-Egyptian Sudan. The surveyor and report author is stated as David F. Giboney. Note: The spelling 'Tana' is used in the War Office ledger...
'Reconnaissance Profile of Proposed Highway Route from Roseires to Bahrdar Giorgis'. Created by 'The J.G. White Engineering Corporation'. 1931
Scope & Content:
Long profile of 300-mile proposed dry-weather road from Roseires in eastern Anglo-Egyptian Sudan to Bahrdar Giorgis on the southern shore of Lake Tsana in north-western Abyssinia. Portrays altitudes above sea level, distances from Roseires and place names. Horizontal scale 1:1,000,000. 'Geograp...
'Reconnaissance Map of Proposed Highway Route from Gulva to Dangila'. Created by 'The J.G. White Engineering Corporation'. 1931
Scope & Content:
Covers a 180-mile proposed dry-weather road route between Gulva and Dangila in north-western Abyssinia to a width of approximately 3 miles, with significant features depicted up to 30 miles. Portrays hydrology, relief by hachures and spot heights, roads and tracks, settlements and place names, a...
