'Route Addis Abeba N[orth].W[est]. to Metemma. Compass Survey. Author: Mr Baird' - War Office ledger.
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Route taken by Mr John Baird on a journey from Addis Abeba to Metemma in north-western Abyssinia. Originally comprising 3 ferro-gallic prints numbered 1 to 3, the War Office ledger records them as designated for destruction in 1963, although an adjacent manuscript note reads 'Sheet 1 & 2 on...
'Addis Abeba to Fazokli.' - War Office ledger. Created by Brevet Major C.W. Gwynn R.E.
Scope & Content:
Adjoining plane table sheets, numbered 1 to 7, depicting a 400-mile corridor of approximately 50 miles width between Adis Ababa and Jebal Fazokli in western Abyssinia. The sheets portray hydrology, relief by form lines and spot heights, settlements, place names and the route taken, and include t...
Countries of the Jidda, Jeelé, Liban, Adda, Choré, Wata, Wargi, Arusi & Koreyu Gallas. Alfred E. Pease's Road Map 1901
Scope & Content:
Covers an area of central Abyssinia extending from Adis Ababa 65 miles southwards to Lake Zwai and 80 miles eastwards to Mount Fantali. Portrays hydrology, relief by form lines, spot heights and hill shading, roads, settlements and place names, and includes topographical, ethnographic and expedi...
'Addis Abbaba to the Sobat R., via L. Rudolf.' - War Office ledger. Created by Captain M.S. Wellby
Scope & Content:
Route map showing a journey completed by Captain Wellby as a route-finding exercise from Addis Ababa to the White Nile, of which the Sobat River is a tributary. Comprises plane table sheets numbered 1 to 19 and covers a journey mostly within south-western Abyssinia from Addis Ababa 400 miles so...
'The lakes & upper Ganala & Daua R[ivers]. region. (Zwai &c). Indian Surveyors with Capt. Maud R.E.' - War Office ledger.
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Adjoining map sheets depicting Captain Maud's journey in south-west Abyssinia from the north of Lake Zwai towards the frontier with British East Africa to complete a preliminary border survey. The maps are derived from plane table surveys and portray hydrology, relief by form lines and spot heig...
Addis Abbaba to Blue Nile. McMillan's Exped[itio]n. June 1903.' - War Office ledger. Signed by 'L[ieutenan]t. G. Ramsay-Fairfax 8.10.03.
Scope & Content:
Covers the preliminary march from Addis Abbaba to the Blue Nile near Debra Markos in western Abyssinia prior to the expedition proper downstream along the Blue Nile. Portrays hydrology, relief by hachures, settlements, place names and the expedition route with campsites, and includes topographic...
From Holata to the Blue Nile at Kutai Ford'. Signed by 'H.M. Alone Major 2/W[est].I[ndia]. Regt. June 1903.
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Covers an 80-mile road corridor to a width of approximately 8 miles from Holata north-westwards to Kutai Ford in central Abyssinia. Portrays hydrology, relief by form lines, roads, tram roads, settlements and place names, and includes topographical notes.
Triangulation & Plane Table Survey of Adis Abeba by B[reve]t. Major C.W. Gwynn DSO. RE. in Season 1901-2.
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Covers an area extending approximately 45 miles south and west of Adis Abeba in central Abyssinia. Portrays hydrology, relief by form lines and spot heights, roads, settlements, survey stations, sight lines and place names, and includes topographical notes.
Sketch of Chelga & its Environs. (S[igne]d) A.C. Parker Bimb[ashi]:'. '8-3.04.
Scope & Content:
A plane table survey that covers an area within a 7-mile radius of Chelga in north-western Abyssinia. Portrays hydrology, relief by form lines, roads and paths, settlements, churches and place names, and includes topographical notes.
Mr. C.H. Walker's Sketch from Dunkur to Buré and Back. Feb. - March. 1906
Scope & Content:
Depicts two road corridors of approximately 150 miles length and 15 miles width between Dunkur and Buré in north-western Abyssinia. Portrays hydrology, relief by form lines, roads and tracks, settlements, camps, place names and the outward and return routes, and includes topographical notes.
