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271. WOMAT/AFR/ABY/62

Reference (shelfmark):
WOMAT/AFR/ABY/62
Title:
'Adis Ababa to Gezan in Sudan.' Created by 'Capt. Taylor RA and [Capt.] Dunlop 1935' - War Office ledger
Scope & Content:
Covers a 600-mile journey from Addis Ababa in central Abyssinia westwards along the main caravan route to Gezan in south-eastern Anglo-Egyptian Sudan. The spelling 'Adis Ababa' is used in the War Office ledger; the spellings 'Addis Ababa' and 'Adis Abeba' are used on the maps. Dunlop's rank ap...
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1931-1935
Extent:
8 map sheets and 4 folios

272. WOMAT/AFR/ABY/62/1

Reference (shelfmark):
WOMAT/AFR/ABY/62/1
Title:
Route traverse
Scope & Content:
Compass traverse plotted on to base mapping. Includes variant spelling of town Nekempti (see also ABY/62/4).
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1935
Extent:
6 map sheets

273. WOMAT/AFR/ABY/62/1/1

Reference (shelfmark):
WOMAT/AFR/ABY/62/1/1
Title:
Bromides
Scope & Content:
Base maps are reproductions of WOMAT/AFR/ABY/40/1 sheets 11, 12, 13, 18 and 19 and portray hydrology, relief by form lines, hachures and spot heights, vegetation, railways, roads and tracks, telegraphs, settlements, significant buildings, place names and internal and international boundaries, an...
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1935
Extent:
5 map sheets

274. WOMAT/AFR/ABY/62/1/2

Reference (shelfmark):
WOMAT/AFR/ABY/62/1/2
Title:
Tracing
Scope & Content:
Base map is a tracing of part of an original survey by Enrico Cerulli in 1928 and portrays hydrology, relief by form lines and spot heights, the expedition route, settlements and significant buildings; also includes place names and topographical notes in Italian. Compass traverse added in manu...
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
1935
Extent:
1 map sheet

275. WOMAT/AFR/ABY/62/2

Reference (shelfmark):
WOMAT/AFR/ABY/62/2
Title:
'Classification of Towns & Villages.'
Scope & Content:
Plotted on to lithographed base map Geographic Section, General Staff, No. 2871, Sheet North C.36 37/B.36 37 titled 'Abyssinia', 2nd Edition, 1931 (a copy is filed at Maps MOD GSGS 2871). Portrays hydrology, relief by spot heights and gradient tints, railways, roads and tracks, telegraph lines, ...
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1931-1935
Extent:

1 map sheet

276. WOMAT/AFR/ABY/62/3

Reference (shelfmark):
WOMAT/AFR/ABY/62/3
Title:
'Dadesa River (Abyssinia)'
Scope & Content:
Time and compass traverse along the Dadesa River in western Abyssinia from a point near Nekemti and extending 100 miles north-westwards to the confluence with the Abbai River. Portrays hydrology, relief by form lines, vegetation, roads and tracks and place names, and includes topographical and c...
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1935
Extent:

1 map sheet

277. WOMAT/AFR/ABY/62/4

Reference (shelfmark):
WOMAT/AFR/ABY/62/4
Title:
Aneroid Barometer Readings, Lekemti to Qezan
Scope & Content:
Original list and typescript copy of barometer readings, with covering note. In tabular form, showing place name, aneroid number, reading, time, temperature, correction from diurnal curve, corrected reading, mean and point on sketch (filed at ABY/62/3). The spellings 'Lekemti' and 'Qezan' are ...
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1935
Extent:

4 folios

278. WOMAT/AFR/ABY/62/4/1

Reference (shelfmark):
WOMAT/AFR/ABY/62/4/1
Title:
Original list
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1935
Extent:
1 folio

279. WOMAT/AFR/ABY/62/4/2

Reference (shelfmark):
WOMAT/AFR/ABY/62/4/2
Title:
Typescript copy of original list, with covering note
Scope & Content:
Covering note reads 'Copy sent to Director of Surveys Khartoum in October 1935 with request for closing value for Qezan.' Signed by '[illegible letter]B.'
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1935
Extent:
3 folios

280. WOMAT/AFR/ABY/67

Reference (shelfmark):
WOMAT/AFR/ABY/67
Title:
'Amba Alagi'. Created by 'Lt. Papino - of 1st. Geogr[afico]. Mil[itare].' - War Office ledger
Scope & Content:
Bromide copies of manuscript originals. Sheets numbered 1 (South) and 2 (North). Covers an area of approximately 5 miles radius around Amba Alagi in northern Abyssinia. Portrays hydrology, relief by spot heights, form lines and hachures, roads and tracks, settlements and place names, and include...
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
between 1941-1944
Extent:
2 map sheets