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'Amba Alagi'. Created by 'Lt. Papino - of 1st. Geogr[afico]. Mil[itare].' - War Office ledger
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Bromide copies of manuscript originals. Sheets numbered 1 (South) and 2 (North). Covers an area of approximately 5 miles radius around Amba Alagi in northern Abyssinia. Portrays hydrology, relief by spot heights, form lines and hachures, roads and tracks, settlements and place names, and include...
'British Central Africa. (sheet "h") Blantyre district. I[ntelligence] D[ivision War Office] No 1092 (h) with MS. addns. & corrns.' - War Office ledger
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Produced as part of a projected eight-sheet series (a to h) of British Central Africa; only sheets f and h were published. Covers southern British Central Africa, including the southern part of Lake Chilwa, the Shire River valley and the protectorate capital Zomba. Portrays hydrology, relief b...
Sketch of Country East and West of Fort Alston (M'Wasis) British Central Africa'. Signed 'R. Skeffington Smyth Captain Coldstream Guards 19.2.98.
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Covers the land either side of the main caravan track between Kota Kota on the west shore of Lake Nyassa (via Fort Alston and Fort Jameson) to Kambweri in British South Africa Territory. Sheet depicts hydrology, relief by shading and spot heights, settlements and communications. The positioning...
Covers an area of southern British Central Africa and northern Portuguese East Africa extending approximately 180 miles north and east from the British Central Africa Administration Station at Zomba. Depicts the route from Zomba of the British contingent of the Anglo-Portuguese military expediti...
[Country S.E. of Lake Nyasa.] Routes &c from Fort Johnston to Mataka, also Lujenda R. (N. of Lake Shirwa)' - War Office ledger. Signed by 'C. Percival Lieut Rifle Bde. Fort Mangoche 25.6.99
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Produced to support the Anglo-Portuguese Nquamba and Mataka Expedition. Covers the country between Lake Shirwa in southern British Central Africa and Mataka in northern Portuguese East Africa. Portrays hydrology, relief by form lines, roads and paths, settlements and gardens, and includes topog...
Central Angoniland District B. C. Africa. Compiled by T.I. Binnie from Surveys made by Wahid Ali Khan in 1896 and Jamaluddin in 1899
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Covers a region of British Central Africa extending from Domira Bay on the western shore of Lake Nyasa 80 miles southwards to the boundary with Portuguese East Africa, and 100 miles westwards to the boundary of the territory under the administration of the British South Africa Company. Portrays ...
Sketch of Operations on E. of Lake Shirwa. Aug. 1897'. Signed by 'F.G. Poole, Lieut. A.F. 18.8.97.
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Map produced in support of operations against Chief Serumba of the Anguru during the Lake Shirwa Expedition in south-eastern British Central Africa. Covers the south-eastern portion of Lake Shirwa extending 40 miles southwards to Fort Lister and 40 miles eastwards into Portuguese East Africa. P...
'Plan of 25 Acres of land. The Portuguese Concession at Chipole Rhoades Bay Lake Nyasa 1901. Surveyed by Thomas I. Binnie'.
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Plan produced to accompany the Anglo-Portuguese Boundary Agreement. Portrays the land accepted as a Portuguese concession equivalent to the British concession at Chinde and in lieu of the concession at Leopard Bay. Covers land at the confluence of the Malingedzi River with the south-western sho...
Map of Fort Mlangeni and Vicinity.' Signed by 'C.R. Bacon Lieut. 1st. King's African Rifles July 1903
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Covers an area within a 5-mile radius of Fort Mlangeni in south-western British Central Africa. Portrays hydrology, relief by form lines and spot heights, roads and tracks, settlements, significant buildings, place names and the international boundary with Portuguese East Africa, across which det...
Anglo-Portuguese Bndy. between L. Shira & L. Nyassa & country E. to Lujenda R.' - War Office ledger. 'Taken from a map by Capt. C. Percival, Rifle Brigade. & 1st. Batt. C.A.R.
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Portrays hydrology, relief by spot heights and form lines, roads and tracks, settlements, water holes, international boundary with delimiting beacons and place names, and includes topographical notes and summary accounts of military operations. Detail is greater within Portuguese East Africa tha...
