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Container Reference (shelfmark) WOMAT/AFR/ABY Language English Place Lake Tana, Amhara, Abyssinia

1. WOMAT/AFR/ABY/39

Reference (shelfmark):
WOMAT/AFR/ABY/39
Title:
Tana Mission Routes between Lake Tana and Roseires.' Signed by 'G.Y.K[arkanis].
Scope & Content:
Map sheet and amendment tracing to portray the 200-mile mission routes between Lake Tana in north-western Abyssinia and Roseires in south-eastern Anglo-Egyptian Sudan. The missions were undertaken in 1920-21 to investigate the prospects of a dam to regulate the flow of the Blue Nile.
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1922
Extent:
2 map sheets

2. WOMAT/AFR/ABY/60

Reference (shelfmark):
WOMAT/AFR/ABY/60
Title:
Lake Tana Survey and List of Surrounding Churches. Created by 'The J.G. White Engineering Corporation'
Scope & Content:
Map sheets with graphic index covering Lake Tana in north-western Abyssinia; includes associated list of churches. Produced as part of a survey for a proposed dam.
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1933-34
Extent:
11 map sheets and 22 folios

3. WOMAT/AFR/ABY/61

Reference (shelfmark):
WOMAT/AFR/ABY/61
Title:
'General map around & West of Lake Tana, showing proposed highways.' - War Office ledger
Scope & Content:
Reproductions of an original single-sheet map. Covers routes between Lake Tana in north-western Abyssinia and Roseires 200 miles westwards in eastern Anglo-Egyptian Sudan. Portrays hydrology, relief by hachures and form lines, proposed roads, existing roads and tracks, telephone lines, settlemen...
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
between 1927-1934
Extent:
2 map sheets