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Abyssinia - Frontier Region between Blue Nile & Lake Rudolf.' - War Office ledger. Created by 'Major Austin & Lt. Gwynn, R.E.
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Documents an expedition to survey the frontier region between Abyssinia and Anglo-Egyptian Sudan for the purposes of boundary delimitation. Portrays hydrology, relief by form lines and spot heights, settlements, place names, tribal names and potential boundary alignments. Austin and Gwynn were a...
'East Africa Macdonald's Expedition'. 'Compiled in Intelligence Division War Office 1899 by Lieut Col J.R.L. Macdonald RE, Major H.H. Austin RE, Lieut R.G.T. Bright Rifle Brigade'
Sketch of the Sudan-Eritrea Frontier South of Sabderat'. Signed by 'M.G. Talbot' and 'Giuseppe Colli di Felizzano
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Sheets to accompany the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan / Eritrea frontier agreement of 16 April 1901. Covers the 240-mile border section from Sabderat to Todluk. Portrays hydrology, relief by form lines, roads and tracks, telegraph lines, boundary marks and the international boundary line. The maps are nu...
'Map of vicinity of Port Louis' 'Capt. Harrison i/c of Sur. Section.' - War Office ledger
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Covers the Port Louis, Mauritius, and its environs. Shows contoured and hachured relief, trignometrical stations, hydrology, settlements, and communications, with indications of terrain, and the extent of sugar plantations.
Covers Berbera Harbour and hinterland, extending approximately 1 mile to the south and west. Portrays hydrology, relief by form lines and spot heights, roads and tracks, the proposed railway and its infrastructure, buildings and place names; significant buildings are also named. Includes an inse...
Sheets cover Hargeisa and Harrar station sites, and include land up to 3 miles distant. Annotated 'Sheet 15' and 'Sheet 16' respectively, and portray hydrology, relief by contours, form lines and spot heights, roads and tracks, the proposed railway and its infrastructure, buildings and place nam...
Sheets depict 46 cross sections and long profiles at various points along the railway route. Some include datum lines and geological notes. Horizontal scales differ. Annotated 'Sheet 17' to 'Sheet 21'. The sheets were used to compile I.D.W.O. 1840 and I.D.W.O. 1841, both dated 1903 and filed at...
'Battle of Magersfontein' 'I.D.W.O. 1622' 'Original supplied by Lieut. Cuthbert, Scots Guards.' 'Capt. Harrison i/c of Sur. Section.' - War Office ledger
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Covers the field of battle south of Kimberly on the border between Cape Colony and the Orange Free State. Shows relief, hydrology, settlements, communications, and the disposition of the forces.
