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Reference (shelfmark):: WOMAT/AFR/ABY/27/2/2
Title:: 'G[ara]. Jima & G[ara]. Ogorchi to Mt. Naita.' - War Office ledger
Scope & Content:: Sheets numbered IX to XIII; sheet XIII also has a supplementary sheet. Plane table survey covering the southern Abyssinia border from Gara Jima in southern central Abyssinia and Gara Ogorchi in northern East Africa Protectorate 370 miles westwards to Mount Naita in south-western Abyssinia to a w...
Collection Area:: Map Collections
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1908-1909
Extent:: 6 map sheets

Reference (shelfmark):: WOMAT/AFR/ABY/27/3
Title:: 'Work by Cavalry sketching case.' - War Office ledger
Scope & Content:: Traverse covering a 280-mile route from Malka Sala on the southern Abyssinia border south-westwards to Eil Wak and then northwards to Banissa to a width of approximately 4 miles. Portrays hydrology, relief by form lines, roads and tracks, settlements, wells, place names and survey sight lines, a...
Collection Area:: Map Collections
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1908-1909
Extent:: 4 map sheets

Reference (shelfmark):: WOMAT/AFR/ABY/27/4
Title:: 'Revised Draft. S.& S.W. of Addis Abbaba.' - War Office ledger. Signed by 'C.W. Gwynn Major R.E. 10.12.09.'
Scope & Content:: Compilation of the plane table surveys produced at ABY/27/1/2 and ABY/27/1/3 depicting the routes taken from Murle and Maji respectively by the Anglo-Abyssinian Boundary Commission on return from the southern Abyssinia boundary to Addis Abbaba . (Note: Murle is just outside the southern limit of...
Collection Area:: Map Collections
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1909
Extent:: 1 map sheet

Reference (shelfmark):: WOMAT/AFR/ABY/27/5
Title:: 'Africa. Sheets 67.J,K,L,N,O,P. with M[anu]S[cript]. Add[itio]ns. showing extent of Maj.Gwynn's work.' - War Office ledger
Scope & Content:: Graphic index showing the extent of the northern sheets of the Southern Abyssinia Boundary Commission preliminary surveys filed at ABY/27/1. The base maps are from T[opographical].S[ection].G[eneral].S[taff]., No. 1764 (all dated 1905), filed at Maps MOD TSGS 1764, and portray hydrology, relief ...
Collection Area:: Map Collections
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1905-1909
Extent:: 6 map sheets

Reference (shelfmark):: WOMAT/AFR/ABY/29
Title:: 'Walega. Reproduced at the Intelligence Division War Office from a Map Supplied by the Director of Sudan Surveys.' 'Embodying Route Sketches in W[estern]. Abyssinia. By Capt. Kelly.' - War Office ledger
Scope & Content:: Covers part of Walega Province in western Abyssinia. Base map is I[ntelligence].D[ivision].,W[ar].O[ffice]., No. 1489 (Provisional) Sheet 66 L dated 1903 (this edition, although a different printing, is filed at Maps MOD IDWO1489) and portrays hydrology, relief by form lines and spot heights, ro...
Collection Area:: Map Collections
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1903-1909
Extent:: 1 map sheet

Reference (shelfmark):: WOMAT/AFR/ABY/30
Title:: Map of Route between Gambela, Sayo, Gore, Anderach, Jiren, Soddo, Nejo, Mendi, Goha & Gezan. Abyssinia. Compiled at the Survey Office, Khartoum from sketches by Bimb[ashi]. H.H. Kelly. Nov. 1908.
Scope & Content:: Sheets numbered 1 to 3. Covers a route traverse in western Abyssinia extending from Gambela 200 miles south-eastwards to Anderacha, then 60 miles north-eastwards to Jiren and a further 400 miles north-westwards to Gezan. Portrays hydrology, relief by form lines and spot heights, roads and tracks...
Collection Area:: Map Collections
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1908
Extent:: 3 map sheets

Reference (shelfmark):: WOMAT/AFR/ABY/31/1
Title:: 'Jig Jiga to Harrar' - War Office ledger
Scope & Content:: Shows a series of route traverses covering the 50-mile journey in eastern Abyssinia from Jig Jiga to Harrar. Plotted on to a base map of series T[opographical].S[ection].,G[eneral].S[taff]., No. 1764, (Provisional) Sheet 68-M, dated 1907, portraying hydrology, relief by form lines and spot heigh...
Collection Area:: Map Collections
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1907-1909
Extent:: 1 map sheet

Reference (shelfmark):: WOMAT/AFR/ABY/31/2
Title:: Plane table sketch to check the positions of Herreder and Anano
Scope & Content:: Sketch depicting the positions of Herreder and Anano hills, approximately 30 miles east-southeast of Harrar. Portrays hydrology, relief by form lines, roads and tracks, survey sight lines and place names. Detail is confined to within approximately 5 miles of the hills. The position of Herreder ...
Collection Area:: Map Collections
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1909
Extent:: 1 map sheet

Reference (shelfmark):: WOMAT/AFR/ABY/32
Title:: 'Addis Abbeba to Boma, Lake Rudolf & Baringo. (E[ast]. A[frica]. P[rotectorate].)'. Created by Mr A. C. Hoey, 'Dec. 1909'.
Scope & Content:: Prismatic compass traverse from south of Baringo in western East Africa Protectorate 750 miles north-eastwards to Addis Abeba in central Abyssinia to a width of approximately 30 miles. Portrays hydrology, relief by form lines and spot heights, settlements, camps, place names and the expedition r...
Collection Area:: Map Collections
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1909
Extent:: 3 map sheets

Reference (shelfmark):: WOMAT/AFR/ABY/33/1
Title:: 'Prismatic compass traverse.' - War Office ledger
Scope & Content:: Traverse in eastern Abyssinia extending 120 miles north-eastwards and also 190 miles south-eastwards from Harrar to a width of approximately 10 miles. Portrays hydrology, relief by form lines and spot heights, settlements, camps, wells, place names and the expedition route, and includes topograph...
Collection Area:: Map Collections
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1912-1914
Extent:: 1 map sheet

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