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037-002225954 Collection Area Map Collections

1. WOMAT/AFR

Reference (shelfmark):
WOMAT/AFR
Title:
'Material - Africa'.
Scope & Content:
The areas most strongly represented in this part of the War Office Archive are Nigeria, Gold Coast, British East Africa and Sierra Leone. There are also significant holdings of material relating to Cape Colony and Abyssinia. All other areas of direct British interest are represented. The material...
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1887-1950
Extent:
2,700 map sheets and 600 pages of text, approximately

2. WOMAT/AFR/ABY

Reference (shelfmark):
WOMAT/AFR/ABY
Title:
Material. Abyssinia.
Scope & Content:
Covers present-day Ethiopia and Eritrea.
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1899-1944
Extent:
250 map sheets and 160 folios

3. WOMAT/AFR/MOZ

Reference (shelfmark):
WOMAT/AFR/MOZ
Title:
Material. Mozambique.
Scope & Content:
Covers Portuguese East Africa.
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1907-1918
Extent:
105 map sheets and 1 folio.

4. WOMAT/AFR/GAM

Reference (shelfmark):
WOMAT/AFR/GAM
Title:
Material. Gambia.
Scope & Content:
16 files including route maps, administrative and topographical maps of the Gambia.
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1901-1931
Extent:
21 map sheets and 1 folio of text

5. WOMAT/AFR/TRA

Reference (shelfmark):
WOMAT/AFR/TRA
Title:
Material. Transvaal.
Scope & Content:
Covers the Colony, later Province of Transvaal, formerly the South African Republic.
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1887-1920
Extent:
42 map sheets

6. WOMAT/AFR/IDS

Reference (shelfmark):
WOMAT/AFR/IDS
Title:
Material. Africa - Islands.
Scope & Content:
6 files covering Mauritius, St Helena, and Fernando Po.
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1872
Extent:
12 map sheets

7. WOMAT/AFR/BEC

Reference (shelfmark):
WOMAT/AFR/BEC
Title:
Material. Bechuanaland.
Scope & Content:
Covers the geographical region of Bechuanaland in southern Africa
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1886-1933
Extent:
40 map sheets and 5 pages

8. WOMAT/AFR/NAT

Reference (shelfmark):
WOMAT/AFR/NAT
Title:
Material. Natal.
Scope & Content:
Covers Natal Colony (redesignated in 1910 as Natal Province, Union of South Africa)
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1899-1911
Extent:
58 map sheets, 17 field sketches, 4 folios and 3 envelopes

9. WOMAT/AFR/DAM

Reference (shelfmark):
WOMAT/AFR/DAM
Title:
Material. Damaraland.
Scope & Content:
Covers part of present-day northern Namibia (previously South West Africa and German South West Africa).
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1920?-1937
Extent:
3 map sheets

10. WOMAT/AFR/GAZ

Reference (shelfmark):
WOMAT/AFR/GAZ
Title:
Material. Gazaland.
Scope & Content:
7 files covering Lourenço Marques and areas of Portuguese East Africa to the north.
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1887-1907
Extent:
11 map sheets, 4 leaves of text