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1. WOMAT/AFR/ABY/27/1

Reference (shelfmark):
WOMAT/AFR/ABY/27/1
Title:
'Preliminary Surveys' - War Office ledger
Scope & Content:
Covers a route from Harrar and Dire Daua in eastern Abyssinia westwards to Adis Ababa, and then three alternate routes southwards to the border.
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1908-1909
Extent:
27 map sheets

2. WOMAT/AFR/ABY/27/2

Reference (shelfmark):
WOMAT/AFR/ABY/27/2
Title:
'B[ou]nd[ar]y. Work.' - War Office ledger
Scope & Content:
Covers a 680-mile route along the southern Abyssinia border from Dolo in the east to Mount Naita in the west. 'Reproduced in 3 sheets 1/500,000 G[eographical].S[ection].G[eneral].S[taff]. 2485 (Anglo Ab[yssinia]. b[oun]d[ar]y) See also R[oyal].G[eographical].S[ociety]. map 1/2,000,000'. - War O...
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1908-1909
Extent:
12 map sheets

3. WOMAT/AFR/ABY/27

Reference (shelfmark):
WOMAT/AFR/ABY/27
Title:
'Southern Abyssinia Boundary Commission.' Created by 'Maj. C.W. Gwynn R.E. Capt. R.L. Waller R.E. Commissioners. 1908 to 1909' - War Office ledger
Scope & Content:
Map sheets produced to accompany the delimitation of the southern Abyssinia boundary with Anglo-Egyptian Sudan and East Africa Protectorate. Note: The spellings 'Adis Ababa' and 'Addis Abbeba' are used on the map sheets; the variant 'Addis Abbaba' is used in the War Office ledger.
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1905-1909
Extent:
50 map sheets

4. WOMAT/AFR/ABY/27/5

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

5. WOMAT/AFR/ABY/27/3

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

6. WOMAT/AFR/ABY/27/4

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

7. WOMAT/AFR/ABY/27/1/2/1

Reference (shelfmark):
WOMAT/AFR/ABY/27/1/2/1
Title:
Manuscripts
Scope & Content:
Plane table survey. Sheets numbered VII to IX.
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1909
Extent:
3 map sheets

8. WOMAT/AFR/ABY/27/2/1/2

Reference (shelfmark):
WOMAT/AFR/ABY/27/2/1/2
Title:
Tracings
Scope & Content:
Sheets numbered 6, 7 and 8. Traced from the corresponding prismatic compass traverse sheets, although occasionally traverse detail has been omitted or additional detail added. The tracings portray hydrology, relief by form lines and spot heights, roads and tracks, settlements, place names, the i...
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1908-1909
Extent:
3 sheets

9. WOMAT/AFR/ABY/27/1/1

Reference (shelfmark):
WOMAT/AFR/ABY/27/1/1
Title:
'Addis Abbaba to Dolo.' - War Office ledger
Scope & Content:
Covers a route corridor from Adis Ababa 470 miles south-eastwards to Dolo on the Abyssinia/East Africa Protectorate border to a width of approximately 25 miles. Portrays hydrology, relief by form lines and spot heights, roads and tracks, settlements, place names and the expedition route, and incl...
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1908-1909
Extent:
9 map sheets

10. WOMAT/AFR/ABY/27/1/4

Reference (shelfmark):
WOMAT/AFR/ABY/27/1/4
Title:
'Harrar, Addis Abbaba & Ginir.' - War Office ledger
Scope & Content:
Covers two route corridors from the railhead at Dire Daua, one 30 miles south-eastwards to Harrar, and the other 370 miles southwards to Adis Ababa and Ginir, both to a width of approximately 25 miles. Portrays hydrology, relief by form lines, spot heights and rock drawings, roads and tracks, tel...
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1908-1909
Extent:
12 map sheets