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1. Add MS 5415 A

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 5415 A
Title:
The Queen Mary Atlas
Scope & Content:
This portolan or atlas consists of three tables and nine large ornamented maps, executed by the Portuguese cartographer Diogo Homem (b. 1521, d. 1576) between 1555 and 1559. The manuscript is thought to have been made for King Philip II of Spain (r. 1556–98), possibly as a gift from Queen Mary I...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
c 1555-1559
Extent:

1 volume

2. IOR/W/F/4/2219/110061

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/W/F/4/2219/110061
Title:
Plans of the Calcutta Botanic Garden
Scope & Content:
Three coloured plans of the Calcutta Botanic Garden in 1816, 1843 and 1846. Included in report on the Calcutta Botanic Garden by J McClelland dated 1846.
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1816-1846
Extent:
3 plans

3. WOMAT/ADD/1

Reference (shelfmark):
WOMAT/ADD/1
Title:
Mbarara. Distribution of Field Sheets
Scope & Content:
Index diagram to the field sheets forming sheet South A-36 A for the survey of Uganda 1905-1913
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1912
Extent:

1 map sheet

4. WOMAT/ADD/75

Reference (shelfmark):
WOMAT/ADD/75
Title:
'Mozambique. Africa 1:2,000,000. Geographical Section, General Staff, No 2871.
Scope & Content:
A graphic index indicating the coverage and sheet lines of material in WOMAT/AFR/GAZ (Gazaland) and WOMAT/AFR/MOZ (Mozambique). Shows the contemporary re-numbering of files in the latter series.
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1918
Extent:

1 map sheet and 1 folio

5. WOMAT/ADD/76

Reference (shelfmark):
WOMAT/ADD/76
Title:
Nyasaland Protectorate. Revised and drawn in the Lands Office, Blantyre. Revision of 1933 - Additions of 1935
Scope & Content:
Whole-country general purpose map. Portrays hydrology, relief by form lines, forests, roads, railways, lake steamer routes, aerodromes, telegraphs, settlements and significant buildings, place names, game reserves, and international and internal boundaries. An inset depicts transport corridors b...
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1935
Extent:
1 map sheet

6. 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

7. 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

8. 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

9. 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

10. WOMAT/ADD/82/1

Reference (shelfmark):
WOMAT/ADD/82/1
Title:
Graphic Index to Material. Abyssinia., Except No. 27.
Scope & Content:
The map also portrays some sheets that cross the Abyssinian border into British Somaliland, Eritrea and French Somaliland.
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[1908-1930]
Extent:
1 map sheet