This is an interim version of our Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue while we continue to recover from a cyber-attack.
This catalogue is currently browse-only. The collection item request form is not available at the moment but will be reopened from Monday 15 December. Find out more about our current collection access suspension.
'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; ...
'Itineraires dans le territoire de Raine (South of Kigoma, from Karema on L. Tanganyika Eastwards).' - War Office ledger. 'Le sous lieutenant Commandant le Territoire. Karema, décembre 1918'.
Scope & Content:
Portrays a series of traverse routes extending approximately 80 miles east and north from Karema. Shows hydrology, relief by spot heights and form lines, roads and tracks, settlements, place names and topographical notes. An inset depicts approximate traverse routes.
'Transvaal-Portuguese Frontr: between Incomati & Matingatinga Rivers. S: of Komati Poort.' - War Office ledger. Created under the auspices of H.E. Schoch and A.J'A. Franco.
Scope & Content:
Boundary survey between Transvaal Colony and the District of Lourenço Marques in Portuguese East Africa. Covers the boundary section between the Incomati River and the Matingatinga River 15 miles southwards. Sheets portray hydrology, relief by form lines, railways, place names, boundary pillars ...
'Croquis de la Partie de la Frontière du District de Lourenço Marques et du Territoire du Transvaal Comprise entre l'origine de la Rivière Matingatinga et la Vallée de l'Incomati'. Signed by 'J. Muchardy le 14 Septembre 1887'.
Scope & Content:
Title translation: 'Sketch of part of the border of the District of Lourenço Marques and Transvaal Territory between the source of the River Matingatinga and the Incomati valley'. Photo-print of an 1887 original with revision to 1906, and bearing the manuscript note 'with additions noted on Ref...
Croquis de la Frontière du Transvaal et du District de Lorenço Marques. Le 10 Septembre 1906.
Scope & Content:
Title translation: 'Sketch of the border between Transvaal and the District of Lourenço Marques. 10 September 1906.' Also portrays roads and tracks. Note: The variant spelling 'Lorenço Marques' is used on this sheet.
Covers an area in Chihli (直隸) to the north-west of Kalgan (張家口). Shows hydrology, routes, numbered settlements, and the line of the Great Wall, plotted on a graticule. The map is pasted down on to a larger backing-sheet. Place-names are given on the map sheet in EFEO romanisation; Wade-Giles equi...
'Chih-Li Province [直隸省]. Survey of Route followed by Lieutenant D. Pudsey.' - War Office ledger. 'Surveyed by Sowar Harnam Singh August 1906'.
Scope & Content:
Covers a surveyed route from Yenkingchow [延慶州] to Fengning [豐寧] by way of Lungmenhsien [龍門縣]. Shows relief with form lines, local hydrology, and named and numbered settlements along the line of the route. The map is drawn in multiple sections on the sheets. Place-names are given in non-standard ...
'Compagnie Imperiale des Chemins de Fer Chinois. Ligne de Pekin a Hankow'.
Scope & Content:
Covers the railway line and a large portion of north and central China, with a gradient profile in the right-hand margin of the sheet. Shows hydrology, railways and roads, major settlements and all stations along the line. Place-names are given in EFEO romanisation.
