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Archive Reference (shelfmark) WOA Material Type Maps and Plans

1341. WOOG/300

Reference (shelfmark):
WOOG/300
Title:
'China. Map of British Territory Wei-Hai-Wei Surveyed in the Autumn of 1898 with Theodolite, Plane Table, and Abney |Level' 'Surveyed and Drawn by a Party of Royal Engineers under the Superintendence of Major C. Penrose, R.E.' - title sheet
Scope & Content:
Covers the Territory in north-eastern Shantung Province leased by Great Britain from China under the Convention of 1898. Shows contoured relief, hydrology, settlements, communications, and the boundary of the Territory. Names of settlements are in non-standard romanised Chinese, natural features...
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1898
Extent:
4 map sheets, with a smaller title sheet

1342. 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

1343. WOOG/326

Reference (shelfmark):
WOOG/326
Title:
'East Africa Macdonald's Expedition'. 'Compiled in Intelligence Division War Office 1899 by Lieut Col J.R.L. Macdonald RE, Major H.H. Austin RE, Lieut R.G.T. Bright Rifle Brigade'
Scope & Content:
Fair drawings, showing a region of East Africa
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1899
Extent:
4 map sheets

1344. WOOG/347

Reference (shelfmark):
WOOG/347
Title:
Sketch of the Sudan-Eritrea Frontier South of Sabderat'. Signed by 'M.G. Talbot' and 'Giuseppe Colli di Felizzano
Scope & Content:
Sheets to accompany the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan / Eritrea frontier agreement of 16 April 1901. Covers the 240-mile border section from Sabderat to Todluk. Portrays hydrology, relief by form lines, roads and tracks, telegraph lines, boundary marks and the international boundary line. The maps are nu...
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1901
Extent:
2 map sheets

1345. WOOG/432

Reference (shelfmark):
WOOG/432
Title:
'Map of vicinity of Port Louis' 'Capt. Harrison i/c of Sur. Section.' - War Office ledger
Scope & Content:
Covers the Port Louis, Mauritius, and its environs. Shows contoured and hachured relief, trignometrical stations, hydrology, settlements, and communications, with indications of terrain, and the extent of sugar plantations.
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1902
Extent:
1 map sheet

1346. WOOG/497

Reference (shelfmark):
WOOG/497
Title:
Berbera-Harrar Railway. 'Sd. SL. Craster, Maj. RE.' - War Office ledger
Scope & Content:
Preliminary drawings for a proposed 250-mile railway from Berbera in northern British Somaliland to Harrar in eastern Abyssinia.
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1903
Extent:
8 map sheets

1347. WOOG/497/1

Reference (shelfmark):
WOOG/497/1
Title:
Berbera Harbour Proposed Works
Scope & Content:
Covers Berbera Harbour and hinterland, extending approximately 1 mile to the south and west. Portrays hydrology, relief by form lines and spot heights, roads and tracks, the proposed railway and its infrastructure, buildings and place names; significant buildings are also named. Includes an inse...
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1903
Extent:
1 map sheet

1348. WOOG/497/2

Reference (shelfmark):
WOOG/497/2
Title:
Plans of Station Sites
Scope & Content:
Sheets cover Hargeisa and Harrar station sites, and include land up to 3 miles distant. Annotated 'Sheet 15' and 'Sheet 16' respectively, and portray hydrology, relief by contours, form lines and spot heights, roads and tracks, the proposed railway and its infrastructure, buildings and place nam...
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1903
Extent:
2 map sheets

1349. WOOG/497/3

Reference (shelfmark):
WOOG/497/3
Title:
Cross sections and longitudinal profiles
Scope & Content:
Sheets depict 46 cross sections and long profiles at various points along the railway route. Some include datum lines and geological notes. Horizontal scales differ. Annotated 'Sheet 17' to 'Sheet 21'. The sheets were used to compile I.D.W.O. 1840 and I.D.W.O. 1841, both dated 1903 and filed at...
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1903
Extent:
5 map sheets

1350. WOOG/498

Reference (shelfmark):
WOOG/498
Title:
'Battle of Magersfontein' 'I.D.W.O. 1622' 'Original supplied by Lieut. Cuthbert, Scots Guards.' 'Capt. Harrison i/c of Sur. Section.' - War Office ledger
Scope & Content:
Covers the field of battle south of Kimberly on the border between Cape Colony and the Orange Free State. Shows relief, hydrology, settlements, communications, and the disposition of the forces.
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
ca 1902
Extent:
1 map sheet