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Time and compass traverse along the Dadesa River in western Abyssinia from a point near Nekemti and extending 100 miles north-westwards to the confluence with the Abbai River. Portrays hydrology, relief by form lines, vegetation, roads and tracks and place names, and includes topographical and c...
Original list and typescript copy of barometer readings, with covering note. In tabular form, showing place name, aneroid number, reading, time, temperature, correction from diurnal curve, corrected reading, mean and point on sketch (filed at ABY/62/3). The spellings 'Lekemti' and 'Qezan' are ...
'Nyika plateau&c (W. of L.Nyasa) showing route of H.M. Commr.from Florence Bay to Nkata Bay.' - War Office ledger
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Portrays Commissioner Sharpe's route to Ekwendeni to meet with Ngoni leaders. Covers the western shore of Lake Nyasa between Florence Bay and Nkata Bay, extending approximately 70 miles inland. Shows hydrology, relief by hachures, roads and tracks, settlements, place names, international bounda...
'N. of L.Nyasa, showing route of H.M. Commr. to German Head Quarters &c.' - War Office ledger
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Portrays Commissioner Sharpe's route to the German headquarters at New Langenburg and beyond to the Ruaha River. Covers the northern shore of Lake Nyasa, extending approximately 70 miles inland within German East Africa. Shows hydrology, relief by hachures, settlements, missions, place names, i...
'Corrections to sheet 105-K & Southwards. Lt: Colonel Hawkins' - War Office ledger
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Map produced as part of a training exercise to climb Nkanta Peak. Covers an area extending from the north-western shore of Lake Nyasa approximately 50 miles westwards into the eastern portion of the Nyika Plateau to, and approximately 5 miles across, the border with Northern Rhodesia. Portrays ...
'Map of the Upper Luangwa Basin showing the Route taken by 1st. K[ing's]. A[frican]. R[ifles]. Patrol July-August-September 1927'. Created by 'Lt. F.W. de Guingand'. - War Office ledger
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Map produced as part of an exploratory expedition to find a route for a dry-weather motor road from northern Nyasaland to Isoka in north-eastern Northern Rhodesia. Covers the western portion of the Nyika Plateau in north-west Nyasaland, and extends 60 miles westwards over the Northern Rhodesia ...
