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Reference (shelfmark):: WOMAT/AFR/ABY/45/2
Title:: 'Danakil'.
Scope & Content:: Compilation based on WOMAT/AFR/ABY/45/1. Sheets numbered 1 and 2. Portrays hydrology, relief by form lines, hachures and spot heights, roads, railways, telegraphs, settlements, water sources, place and tribal names and the expedition route, and includes topographical notes. Sheet bears the not...
Collection Area:: Map Collections
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1928-[1934]
Extent:: 2 map sheets

Reference (shelfmark):: WOMAT/AFR/ABY/46
Title:: Wanbera-Gubba-Tumha. Prismatic Compass Traverse by Major R.E. Cheesman O.B.E. 1928-29
Scope & Content:: A series of linked traverses of approximately 20 miles width covering routes within 100 miles of Wanbera in north-western Abyssinia. Portrays hydrology, relief by form lines and spot heights, settlements, camps, the international boundary and the expedition routes, and includes topographical not...
Collection Area:: Map Collections
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1928-1929
Extent:: 5 map sheets

Reference (shelfmark):: WOMAT/AFR/ABY/47/2
Title:: Corrected lithographs
Scope & Content:: Copies of ABY/47/1 with additions and corrections by Mr Diespecker of Gellatly, Hankey and Co Ltd on behalf of the Ethiopian Motor Transport Co Ltd.
Collection Area:: Map Collections
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1932
Extent:: 2 map sheets

Reference (shelfmark):: WOMAT/AFR/ABY/49/1
Title:: Lithograph
Scope & Content:: Compass traverse undertaken in 1930-31 to investigate a course for a motor road. Covers a 150-mile route from Dangila north-westwards to Gallabat to a width of approximately 15 miles. Portrays hydrology, relief by form lines, hachures and spot heights, triangulation points, roads and tracks, set...
Collection Area:: Map Collections
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1931
Extent:: 1 map sheet

Reference (shelfmark):: WOMAT/AFR/ABY/49/2
Title:: 'Route Report and Compass Survey of Three Hitherto Unsurveyed Mule Track Ascents of the Escarpment in the Neighbourhood of Dangila.'
Scope & Content:: Diary with sketches and analysis to accompany the southern section of the compass traverse at ABY/49/1. Note: There are 2 copies of page 15.
Collection Area:: Map Collections
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1930
Extent:: 21 folios

Reference (shelfmark):: WOMAT/AFR/ABY/50/1
Title:: 'The Country Between Roseires and Lake Tsana'
Scope & Content:: Compass traverse and plane table survey covering the 300-mile expedition route between Lake Tsana and Roseires. Portrays hydrology, relief by form lines, roads and tracks, settlements, the international boundary and place names. The accompanying report (ABY/50/2) describes the survey contributi...
Collection Area:: Map Collections
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1931
Extent:: 1 map sheet

Reference (shelfmark):: WOMAT/AFR/ABY/50/2
Title:: Route Report from Dangila, Abyssinia to Menze, Anglo-Egyptian Sudan.
Scope & Content:: Report covering that part of the expedition route from Dangila in north-western Abyssinia to Menze on the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan frontier. Describes the expedition, survey methodology and the potential for road construction. Incorporates a covering letter from C.F. Conn, Secretary to The J.G. Whit...
Collection Area:: Map Collections
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1931
Extent:: 42 folios

Reference (shelfmark):: WOMAT/AFR/ABY/51
Title:: 'Reconnaissance Profile of Proposed Highway Route from Roseires to Bahrdar Giorgis'. Created by 'The J.G. White Engineering Corporation'. 1931
Scope & Content:: Long profile of 300-mile proposed dry-weather road from Roseires in eastern Anglo-Egyptian Sudan to Bahrdar Giorgis on the southern shore of Lake Tsana in north-western Abyssinia. Portrays altitudes above sea level, distances from Roseires and place names. Horizontal scale 1:1,000,000. 'Geograp...
Collection Area:: Map Collections
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1931
Extent:: 1 map sheet

Reference (shelfmark):: WOMAT/AFR/ABY/52
Title:: 'Reconnaissance Map of Proposed Highway Route from Gulva to Dangila'. Created by 'The J.G. White Engineering Corporation'. 1931
Scope & Content:: Covers a 180-mile proposed dry-weather road route between Gulva and Dangila in north-western Abyssinia to a width of approximately 3 miles, with significant features depicted up to 30 miles. Portrays hydrology, relief by hachures and spot heights, roads and tracks, settlements and place names, a...
Collection Area:: Map Collections
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1931
Extent:: 5 map sheets

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