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Field sheets and fair drawings with associated documentation, arising from surveys undertaken by British Army units. Primarily covering areas of British interest in Africa and the Middle East, the series also includes material relating to Jamaica, British Honduras, the Falkland Islands, St Helen...
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1903-1955
Extent:
2,100 map sheets and 3,500 pages of text, approximately
'Anglo-Belgian Bdy. Commn. 1922-23-24 (Ruanda-Urundi)' - War Office ledger
Scope & Content:
Field sheets, fair drawings, blue prints and a sheet index relating to a region extending to the south and west of Uganda Protectorate, and encompassing parts of Ruanda, Urundi, the Belgian Congo and Tanganyika. The War Office ledger lists the items in this file (A) to (F), with the sheet index ...
This file originally comprised various survey documents arranged by 32 sheet numbers in the range North A-36/L to South B-37/D. The material relating to just one of these numbers was present on transfer to the British Library.
'E[ast]. Af[rica]. Prot[ectorate] "Northern Frontier District" by G.F. Archer. District Commissioner 1909-12' - War Office ledger
Scope & Content:
Map compilation and reproduction material relating to a region in the northern portion of East Africa Protectorate. The War Office ledger lists the items in this file as (a) to (h). Items (b) and (e), not present on transfer, are indicated as having been moved to the Trig Library in 1927
'East Africa Protectorate. Explorations and Surveys in the Northern Frontier District by G.F. Archer. 1909-12.' 'Published by the Royal Geographical Society'.