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'Relief of Mafeking.' - War Office ledger. Signed by 'B. Mahon, Col. Com[man]d[e]r. Mafeking Relief Column'.
Scope & Content:
Covers the route of the Relief Column to Mafeking and the theatre of conflict. Includes both British Bechuanaland and Bechuanaland Protectorate. Versos bear the reference 'C. in C./126/100'. 'See [WOMAT/AFR/BEC/]14' - War Office ledger
'Map of a Portion of Khama's Country by F.E. Harman M[ember].R[oyal].A[gricultural].C[ollege]., F[ellow].C[hemical].S[ociety]., F[ellow].G[eological].S[ociety]. 1890'.
Scope & Content:
Covers the area within an approximately 70-mile radius of Old Palapye in eastern Bechuanaland Protectorate. Portrays hydrology, relief by spot heights and form lines, roads and tracks, settlements, place names, pits and pans. Bears the pencil note 'F.E. Harman's Geological Map'. 'From I.1c.' -...
'Routes to L[ake]. Ngami &c.' - War Office ledger. Signed by 'C.E. Haynes Capt. R.E. 24.2.86'.
Scope & Content:
Depicts routes to Lake Ngami from the Limpopo River region, 350 miles to the south-east in eastern Bechuanaland Protectorate. Portrays hydrology, relief by hachures, roads and tracks, settlements and place names. A sheet history note describes the cartographic contributions of Mr J.T. Baines, Ma...
'From Molepolole to Luhututu & Mochap (across Kalahari Desert)' - War Office ledger. 'Copy made in I[ntelligence].B[ranch]. Section F. and sent to Section B. to keep 13/7/87'.
Scope & Content:
Route map covering a road journey in southern Bechuanaland Protectorate from Molepolole 290 miles westwards to Mochap to a width of approximately 20 miles. Portrays hydrology, vegetation, roads, settlements and water sources, and includes topographical notes. Also contains listing and textual de...
Vryburg to Macloutsie [Camp]' - War Office ledger. Signed by 'C. Coote Capt XI. H[ussars] 1st. December 1890
Scope & Content:
Covers a 500-mile road route north-eastwards from Vryburg in eastern British Bechuanaland to Macloutsie Camp in eastern Bechuanaland Protectorate to a width of approximately 30 miles. The route lies close to the border with the South African Republic (named as Transvaal on the map), although det...
Old Palapye: Road Maps of Environs to South-east, and Town plan. Created by Captain R.H. Carr-Ellison (Bechuanaland Border Police and 1st Royal Dragoons), 1892
Scope & Content:
Sheets labelled A to E, and cover Old Palapye in eastern Bechuanaland Protectorate and the area up to 60 miles to the south and east. Portray hydrology, relief by spot heights, approximate contours and shading, roads and tracks, telegraph lines, settlements and isolated buildings, cultivated are...
Bechuanaland Protectorate.' - War Office ledger. Signed by 'F.W. Panzera. Lt. Col. Acting Res[iden]t. Commissioner Bech[uanalan]d. Protectorate. 25:2:05.
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Whole-country general map. Detail in remoter areas tends to be concentrated around expedition routes. Portrays hydrology, relief by delimiting lines around major upland areas, roads, settlements, place names and administrative boundaries, and includes topographical notes. The sheet bears the no...
Ngamiland and Kalahari Desert. Compiled by 'Lieut. A.J.B. Wavell, The Welch Regiment' and signed by 'R.L. McLintock, Major R.E. acting D[eputy].A[ssistant].Q[uarter].M[aster].G[eneral]. for Intelligence'.
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Mapping produced by Lieutenant A.J.B. Wavell, tasked with crossing the Kalahari Desert and reporting on the Bechuanaland Protectorate while on secondment to the War Office. 'From D[eputy].A[ssistant].Q[uarter].M[aster].G[eneral]. for Intell[igence]. Pretoria. T.S.G.S. 2150.' - War Office ledger...
Sketch Map of Route to Chobi and Victoria Falls. (Sgd) A. Wienholt Hodson July 1906.
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Covers the route of the Resident Commissioner's journey from Tsau in north-western Bechuanaland Protectorate 400 miles north-eastwards to the Victoria Falls in Rhodesia. Portrays hydrology, principal relief features by stylised hachures, roads, settlements, water sources, significant trees, plac...