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Reference (shelfmark):: WOMAT/AFR/ABY/40
Title:: '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.
Collection Area:: Map Collections
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1917-1930
Extent:: 36 map sheets and 64 folios

Reference (shelfmark):: WOMAT/AFR/ABY/40/2
Title:: 'Index to Abyssinia 1:500,000'
Scope & Content:: Graphic index to map sheets at ABY/40/1. Base map is Topographical Section, General Staff, No. 2319 dated 1918, and portrays hydrology, relief by layer tinting, railways, roads and tracks, telegraphs, settlements, place names and international boundaries. Graphic index detail is added in manuscr...
Collection Area:: Map Collections
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1918-1930
Extent:: 1 map sheet

Reference (shelfmark):: WOMAT/AFR/ABY/40/5
Title:: Compilation history. Created by Mr P.T. Scotland
Scope & Content:: Titled 'Abyssinia 1/500,000.' Comprises a geodetic note, a list of authorities and a compilation history and analysis for each of the 35 sheets.
Collection Area:: Map Collections
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1917-1930
Extent:: 56 folios

Reference (shelfmark):: WOMAT/AFR/ABY/40/3
Title:: 'Reference for Abyssinia 1:500,000'. Created by Mr P.T. Scotland
Scope & Content:: Comprises a key to conventional symbols and a list of native names used on the map.
Collection Area:: Map Collections
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1917-1930
Extent:: 4 folios

Reference (shelfmark):: WOMAT/AFR/ABY/40/4
Title:: Copy of 'Reference for Abyssinia 1:500,000'. Created by Mr P.T. Scotland
Scope & Content:: Laminated copy of material at ABY/40/3. Also bears the note 'Copy held by Research Section as E3/H4/A1'.
Collection Area:: Map Collections
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1917-1930
Extent:: 4 folios

Reference (shelfmark):: WOMAT/AFR/ABY/40/1
Title:: Map sheets. Created by Captain W.H. Tapp, R.E. and Mr P.T. Scotland
Scope & Content:: Map sheets numbered 1 to 35. Sheets portray hydrology, relief by form lines, hachures and spot heights, vegetation, railways, roads and tracks, telegraphs, settlements, significant buildings, place names and internal and international boundaries, and include topographical notes. Detail outside A...
Collection Area:: Map Collections
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1917-1923
Extent:: 35 map sheets

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