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Reference (shelfmark):: WOMAT/AFR/ABY/25/1
Title:: 'Carta puta "Djibouti - Rudolf-jezero.'
Scope & Content:: Title translation: 'Route map Djibouti - Lake Rudolf.' Covers a 750-mile expedition corridor from Djibouti in French Somaliland south-westwards to the northern shore of Lake Rudolf in southern Abyssinia to a width of approximately 100 miles. Portrays hydrology, relief by form lines, roads, rail...
Collection Area:: Map Collections
Languages:: Croatian and German
Date Range:: 1903
Extent:: 1 map sheet

Reference (shelfmark):: WOMAT/AFR/ABY/25/2
Title:: 'Country N.of L.Rudolf to Omo R.' - War Office ledger
Scope & Content:: Covers an area of the Omo River valley extending approximately 280 miles north-eastwards from Lake Rudolf; detail extends further on the east bank than the west. Portrays hydrology, relief by form lines and hill shading, roads, settlements, camps, elephant habitats, place names and tribal names....
Collection Area:: Map Collections
Languages:: Croatian and German
Date Range:: 1903
Extent:: 2 map sheets

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

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

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

Reference (shelfmark):: WOMAT/AFR/ABY/31/1
Title:: 'Jig Jiga to Harrar' - War Office ledger
Scope & Content:: Shows a series of route traverses covering the 50-mile journey in eastern Abyssinia from Jig Jiga to Harrar. Plotted on to a base map of series T[opographical].S[ection].,G[eneral].S[taff]., No. 1764, (Provisional) Sheet 68-M, dated 1907, portraying hydrology, relief by form lines and spot heigh...
Collection Area:: Map Collections
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1907-1909
Extent:: 1 map sheet

Reference (shelfmark):: WOMAT/AFR/ABY/31/2
Title:: Plane table sketch to check the positions of Herreder and Anano
Scope & Content:: Sketch depicting the positions of Herreder and Anano hills, approximately 30 miles east-southeast of Harrar. Portrays hydrology, relief by form lines, roads and tracks, survey sight lines and place names. Detail is confined to within approximately 5 miles of the hills. The position of Herreder ...
Collection Area:: Map Collections
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1909
Extent:: 1 map sheet

Reference (shelfmark):: WOMAT/AFR/ABY/33/1
Title:: 'Prismatic compass traverse.' - War Office ledger
Scope & Content:: Traverse in eastern Abyssinia extending 120 miles north-eastwards and also 190 miles south-eastwards from Harrar to a width of approximately 10 miles. Portrays hydrology, relief by form lines and spot heights, settlements, camps, wells, place names and the expedition route, and includes topograph...
Collection Area:: Map Collections
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1912-1914
Extent:: 1 map sheet

Reference (shelfmark):: WOMAT/AFR/ABY/33/2
Title:: 'Territories of Tribes.' - War Office ledger
Scope & Content:: Covers an area approximately 200 miles to the north, east and south of Harrar in eastern Abyssinia. Portrays hydrology, railways, settlements, tribal territories and place names. The sheet bears the typescript note 'Map copied from Map of Abyssinia, (Provisional Issue), compiled by War Office,...
Collection Area:: Map Collections
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1914
Extent:: 1 map sheet

Reference (shelfmark):: WOMAT/AFR/ABY/39/1
Title:: Sun-print
Scope & Content:: Portrays hydrology, relief by form lines, settlements, mission routes, churches, water sources, triangulation points, place names and international and internal boundaries, and includes topographical and surveying notes. The sheet bears notes describing the contributions of the Sudan Survey Dep...
Collection Area:: Map Collections
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1922
Extent:: 1 map sheet

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