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Archive Reference (shelfmark) WOA Place Abyssinia, Africa Material Type Maps and Plans

1. WOMAT/ADD/78

Reference (shelfmark):
WOMAT/ADD/78
Title:
'Tracing referred to in Sir Clare Ford's No. 228 of 1896 illustrating the Treaty of Peace between Italy and Abyssinia'.
Scope & Content:
Map showing part of the boundary between Abyssinia and Italian Eritrea along the Mareb and Belesa rivers following the Battle of Adua. Portrays hydrology, roads, settlements, place names and a segment of the international boundary.
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1896
Extent:
1 map sheet

2. WOMAT/ADD/79

Reference (shelfmark):
WOMAT/ADD/79
Title:
'Missione Geodetica dell' I[stituto].G[eografico].M[ilitare]. Schizzo Dimostrativo per lo Studio del Progetto della Catena. di Triangolazione del 9º Parallelo'. Created by 'I[stituto].G[eografico].M[ilitare]', Head Surveyor 'G. Carreri', Assistant Surveyor 'G. Raiser'.
Scope & Content:
Title translation: 'Geodetic Mission of the Military Geographic Institute. Sketch Map showing the Scheme of Triangulation along the 9º Parallel'. Covers a corridor extending 100 miles east and west from Dire Daua in central Abyssinia with a width of approximately 35 miles. Portrays hydrology, r...
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
Italian
Date Range:
[between 1935-1942]
Extent:

1 map sheet

3. WOMAT/ADD/80

Reference (shelfmark):
WOMAT/ADD/80
Title:
Index Map. Abyssinia. 27. Aug. 1907.
Scope & Content:
Graphic index showing the extent of surveys in Abyssinia, some of which are filed at WOMAT/AFR/ABY; some surveys also extend into Anglo-Egyptian Sudan, British East Africa and British Somaliland. The base map portrays hydrology, railways, settlements, international boundaries and place names.
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1907
Extent:
1 map sheet

4. WOMAT/ADD/81

Reference (shelfmark):
WOMAT/ADD/81
Title:
Graphic Index Showing the Southern Extent of Mr Butter's Expedition to Abyssinia
Scope & Content:
Graphic index portraying Archibald Butter's 1902-03 preliminary survey expedition to the Abyssinia/British East Africa border; the survey work was managed by Captain Philip Maud R.E., and the sheet bears his name. The base map is Topographical Section, General Staff No. 2291, published by the Wa...
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1907?
Extent:
1 map sheet

5. WOMAT/ADD/82

Reference (shelfmark):
WOMAT/ADD/82
Title:
Graphic Indexes to Material. Abyssinia.
Scope & Content:
Graphic indexes to sheets covering Abyssinia, including some sheets that extend across the border into Anglo-Egyptian Sudan and British East Africa. Drawn on to topographical base map Topographical Section, General Staff, No. 2319, compiled and lithographed by the War Office (1908) and portrayin...
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[between 1908-1930]
Extent:
2 map sheets

6. WOMAT/ADD/90

Reference (shelfmark):
WOMAT/ADD/90
Title:
Pibor Post. Created by C.R.K. Bacon.
Scope & Content:
Route traverses made during patrols to establish administrative authority in south-eastern Anglo-Egyptian Sudan. Covers a radius of approximately 85 miles from Pibor Post. Portrays hydrology, relief by form lines, roads and tracks, settlements, place names and water sources, and includes topogra...
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1920-1924
Extent:
4 map sheets

7. WOMAT/ADD/91

Reference (shelfmark):
WOMAT/ADD/91
Title:
British Somaliland - Ethiopia Boundary Commission. Reduced names traces
Scope & Content:
Reduction of names traces to field traverse sheets 1 to 3 covering the British Somaliland - Ethiopia boundary. Both a French and an English version of each names trace has been reproduced on to this single acetate sheet. The original field traverse sheets at scale 1:125,000 are filed at WOOS/34/...
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
after 1932
Extent:
1 map sheet

8. WOMAT/AFR/ABY

Reference (shelfmark):
WOMAT/AFR/ABY
Title:
Material. Abyssinia.
Scope & Content:
Covers present-day Ethiopia and Eritrea.
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1899-1944
Extent:
250 map sheets and 160 folios

9. WOMAT/AFR/BEA/263

Reference (shelfmark):
WOMAT/AFR/BEA/263
Title:
'Northern Turkana, Sketch Map of Journey through (2 Sheets).' - War Office ledger, which also gives 'Maj. E.B. Hawkins, D.S.O. (Consul for S.W. Abyssinia)' as author
Scope & Content:
Shows an area of the border region between Kenya, Uganda Protectorate, Sudan and Abyssinia, indicating hydrology, relief with form lines and spot heights, tribal regions, settlements, routes and paths, with brief descriptions of vegetation and topography
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1909-21
Extent:

2 map sheets

10. WOOG/320

Reference (shelfmark):
WOOG/320
Title:
Abyssinia - Frontier Region between Blue Nile & Lake Rudolf.' - War Office ledger. Created by 'Major Austin & Lt. Gwynn, R.E.
Scope & Content:
Documents an expedition to survey the frontier region between Abyssinia and Anglo-Egyptian Sudan for the purposes of boundary delimitation. Portrays hydrology, relief by form lines and spot heights, settlements, place names, tribal names and potential boundary alignments. Austin and Gwynn were a...
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1900
Extent:
3 map sheets