Title translation: 'Coincidence of the map sheets - Distance between the cairns'. Comprises an edge-match plot, a boundary point plot and English translations thereof. relates to sheets 2, 7 and 12. Housed in a card folder.
British Somaliland - Ethiopia Boundary Commission. Reduced names traces
Scope & Content:
Reduction of names traces to field traverse sheets 1 to 3 covering the British Somaliland - Ethiopia boundary. Both a French and an English version of each names trace has been reproduced on to this single acetate sheet. The original field traverse sheets at scale 1:125,000 are filed at WOOS/34/...
'Sketch Shewing Route Traversed by the Eastern Soudan Expeditny Force under the Command of El Lewa Holled Smith Pacha, Govr General Red Sea Littoral. Sketched by Lieutenant R.S. Curtis, R.E., attached to Egyptian Army.' 'Lithographed in the Intelligence Department. Cairo 25th March 1891.'
Scope & Content:
Covers an area on the Red Sea Littoral between Suakin and the boundary with Eritrea, including the Ruins of Tokar. Shows hydrology, relief with form lines, vegetation, routes, and the locations of military activity, with dates. Includes 2 inset maps: 'Action of Afafit. 19.2.91' scale 1:5,280; ...
Natal'. Graphic Index to Mat. Natal. 11. 'Reduced from a map compiled in the office of the Surveyor General, Natal. Drawn and printed for the War Office, at the Ordnance Survey Office, Southampton, 1910.
Scope & Content:
Graphic index showing the extent of scale 1:63,360 series Mat. Natal. 11. in north-west Natal. The map sheet covers the whole of the Natal and portrays hydrology, relief by spot heights and hachures, railways, roads, telegraphs, settlements, place names and internal and international boundaries....
'Approaches to Ladysmith. S[igne]d J.A. Mackenzie-Grieve, Major R[oyal].A[rtillery]. November 1897'.
Scope & Content:
Composite bromide. Prismatic compass survey covering an 8-mile radius around Ladysmith in western Natal. Portrays hydrology, relief by shading, vegetation, roads, railways, telegraphs, settlements, public buildings, isolated buildings, fences and place names. The sheet bears the note 'From F 19...
Plan of Swakopmund'. Signed by 'C.D. Carpendale, Commander R.N. March 1909.
Scope & Content:
Town plan of Swakopmund in western German South West Africa. Covers coastline and town, extending approximately ½ mile inland. Portrays hydrology and coastal features, including beach detail, rock outcrops and soundings, roads, railways, buildings, piers and place names, including those of indiv...
'Sketch Map of Natal Government Telegraphs'. Signed by 'R.W. Weightman - Telegraph Engineer.' 1903.
Scope & Content:
Covers the whole of Natal Colony. Portrays government, railway and projected telegraph lines with instrumentation; also telephone lines. Telegraph stations are named, and lines are portrayed extending into neighbouring countries where applicable; additional lines are shown as manuscript annotatio...
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