'Traverse from Hawash to Lake Assale.' - War Office ledger. Created by L.M. Nesbitt
Scope & Content:
Traverse sheets and compilation portraying L.M. Nesbitt's 500-mile south to north crossing of the Danakil Desert, north-eastern Abyssinia in 1928. Note: The confirmed spelling 'Awash' appears on the map face; the unconfirmed variant 'Hawash' appears in the title. Note: Minor discrepancies in p...
Prismatic compass traverse to a width of approximately 30 miles. Sheets numbered 1 to 6. Portrays hydrology, relief by form lines, hachures and spot heights, roads, railways, settlements, water sources, place and tribal names and the expedition route, and includes topographical notes. Mostly in ...
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...
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...
Compass traverse, Gorei-Sayo-Kurmuk'. Created by 'E.N. Erskine
Scope & Content:
Unadjusted traverse undertaken in 1929 and covering a 200-mile route from Gorei in western Abyssinia north-westwards towards Kurmuk in western Anglo-Egyptian Sudan to a width of approximately 15 miles. Portrays hydrology, indicative relief and form lines, roads and tracks, telephone lines, settl...
