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Reference (shelfmark):: WOMAT/AFR/ABY/49/1
Title:: Lithograph
Scope & Content:: Compass traverse undertaken in 1930-31 to investigate a course for a motor road. Covers a 150-mile route from Dangila north-westwards to Gallabat to a width of approximately 15 miles. Portrays hydrology, relief by form lines, hachures and spot heights, triangulation points, roads and tracks, set...
Collection Area:: Map Collections
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1931
Extent:: 1 map sheet

Reference (shelfmark):: WOMAT/AFR/ABY/49/2
Title:: 'Route Report and Compass Survey of Three Hitherto Unsurveyed Mule Track Ascents of the Escarpment in the Neighbourhood of Dangila.'
Scope & Content:: Diary with sketches and analysis to accompany the southern section of the compass traverse at ABY/49/1. Note: There are 2 copies of page 15.
Collection Area:: Map Collections
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1930
Extent:: 21 folios

Reference (shelfmark):: WOMAT/AFR/ABY/50/1
Title:: 'The Country Between Roseires and Lake Tsana'
Scope & Content:: Compass traverse and plane table survey covering the 300-mile expedition route between Lake Tsana and Roseires. Portrays hydrology, relief by form lines, roads and tracks, settlements, the international boundary and place names. The accompanying report (ABY/50/2) describes the survey contributi...
Collection Area:: Map Collections
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1931
Extent:: 1 map sheet

Reference (shelfmark):: WOMAT/AFR/ABY/50/2
Title:: Route Report from Dangila, Abyssinia to Menze, Anglo-Egyptian Sudan.
Scope & Content:: Report covering that part of the expedition route from Dangila in north-western Abyssinia to Menze on the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan frontier. Describes the expedition, survey methodology and the potential for road construction. Incorporates a covering letter from C.F. Conn, Secretary to The J.G. Whit...
Collection Area:: Map Collections
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1931
Extent:: 42 folios

Reference (shelfmark):: WOMAT/AFR/ABY/55/1
Title:: Sketch map
Scope & Content:: Plan of aeroplane landing-ground; also includes map of surrounding area extending approximately 5 miles northwards and 2 miles southwards at an approximate scale of 1:25,000. Portrays hydrology, form lines, spot heights and indicative relief, vegetation, roads and tracks, telephone lines, settlem...
Collection Area:: Map Collections
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1932
Extent:: 1 map sheet

Reference (shelfmark):: WOMAT/AFR/ABY/55/2
Title:: Lithograph
Scope & Content:: Lithographed fair drawing of map sheet at ABY/55/1 titled 'Aeroplane Landing Gore'. Also includes map of surrounding area titled 'Plan of Gore' covering a radius of approximately 2 miles from the landing ground at an approximate scale of 1:25,000. Portrays hydrology, form lines, spot heights and...
Collection Area:: Map Collections
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1932
Extent:: 1 map sheet

Reference (shelfmark):: WOMAT/AFR/ABY/56/1
Title:: Sketch map
Scope & Content:: Untitled map covering a 520-mile flying route from Kurmuk eastwards to Addis Ababa. Portrays hydrology, indicative relief, railways, settlements, place names, international boundaries and the flying route. Also includes 2 unscaled strip map insets showing flying directions to Gore from the east a...
Collection Area:: Map Collections
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1932
Extent:: 1 map sheet

Reference (shelfmark):: WOMAT/AFR/ABY/56/2
Title:: 'Map Showing Air Route Kurmuk - Addis Ababa'
Scope & Content:: Lithograph covering a 520-mile flying route from Kurmuk eastwards to Addis Ababa. Portrays hydrology, relief by form lines (around significant peaks on flight path only), railways, settlements, place names, international boundaries and the flying route. Also includes 2 unscaled strip map insets ...
Collection Area:: Map Collections
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1932
Extent:: 1 map sheet

Reference (shelfmark):: WOMAT/AFR/ABY/56/3
Title:: 'Supplementary Sketches By Captain. E.N. Erskine 1935 to Accompany his Maps of 'Air Route Kurmuk - Addis Ababa & Gore Landing Ground'
Scope & Content:: Lithograph depicting unscaled relief profiles looking eastwards and westwards from Gore. Portrays relief outlines with bearings and place names. The sheet bears the note 'Reproduced by the Sudan Survey Dept Khartoum, March, 1936 from a sketch supplied by the author. (Topo. No. S.532-36).'
Collection Area:: Map Collections
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1936
Extent:: 1 map sheet

Reference (shelfmark):: WOMAT/AFR/ABY/57/1
Title:: Plan of Existing and Proposed Roads.
Scope & Content:: Portrays hydrology, relief by form lines, roads and tracks, proposed roads, settlements, place names and engineering structures, and includes engineering notes. Detail extends approximately 1 mile from the road.
Collection Area:: Map Collections
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1932
Extent:: 1 map sheet

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