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Reference (shelfmark):: WOMAT/AFR/ABY/40/1
Title:: Map sheets. Created by Captain W.H. Tapp, R.E. and Mr P.T. Scotland
Scope & Content:: Map sheets numbered 1 to 35. Sheets 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, and include topographical notes. Detail outside A...
Collection Area:: Map Collections
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1917-1923
Extent:: 35 map sheets

Reference (shelfmark):: WOMAT/AFR/ABY/40/2
Title:: 'Index to Abyssinia 1:500,000'
Scope & Content:: Graphic index to map sheets at ABY/40/1. Base map is Topographical Section, General Staff, No. 2319 dated 1918, and portrays hydrology, relief by layer tinting, railways, roads and tracks, telegraphs, settlements, place names and international boundaries. Graphic index detail is added in manuscr...
Collection Area:: Map Collections
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1918-1930
Extent:: 1 map sheet

Reference (shelfmark):: WOMAT/AFR/ABY/40/3
Title:: 'Reference for Abyssinia 1:500,000'. Created by Mr P.T. Scotland
Scope & Content:: Comprises a key to conventional symbols and a list of native names used on the map.
Collection Area:: Map Collections
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1917-1930
Extent:: 4 folios

Reference (shelfmark):: WOMAT/AFR/ABY/40/4
Title:: Copy of 'Reference for Abyssinia 1:500,000'. Created by Mr P.T. Scotland
Scope & Content:: Laminated copy of material at ABY/40/3. Also bears the note 'Copy held by Research Section as E3/H4/A1'.
Collection Area:: Map Collections
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1917-1930
Extent:: 4 folios

Reference (shelfmark):: WOMAT/AFR/ABY/40/5
Title:: Compilation history. Created by Mr P.T. Scotland
Scope & Content:: Titled 'Abyssinia 1/500,000.' Comprises a geodetic note, a list of authorities and a compilation history and analysis for each of the 35 sheets.
Collection Area:: Map Collections
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1917-1930
Extent:: 56 folios

Reference (shelfmark):: WOMAT/AFR/ABY/45/1
Title:: Traverse of Mr. L.M. Nesbitt 1928
Scope & Content:: Prismatic compass traverse to a width of approximately 30 miles. Sheets numbered 1 to 6. Portrays hydrology, relief by form lines, hachures and spot heights, roads, railways, settlements, water sources, place and tribal names and the expedition route, and includes topographical notes. Mostly in ...
Collection Area:: Map Collections
Languages:: English and Italian
Date Range:: 1928
Extent:: 6 map sheets

Reference (shelfmark):: WOMAT/AFR/ABY/45/2
Title:: 'Danakil'.
Scope & Content:: Compilation based on WOMAT/AFR/ABY/45/1. Sheets numbered 1 and 2. Portrays hydrology, relief by form lines, hachures and spot heights, roads, railways, telegraphs, settlements, water sources, place and tribal names and the expedition route, and includes topographical notes. Sheet bears the not...
Collection Area:: Map Collections
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1928-[1934]
Extent:: 2 map sheets

Reference (shelfmark):: WOMAT/AFR/ABY/46
Title:: Wanbera-Gubba-Tumha. Prismatic Compass Traverse by Major R.E. Cheesman O.B.E. 1928-29
Scope & Content:: A series of linked traverses of approximately 20 miles width covering routes within 100 miles of Wanbera in north-western Abyssinia. Portrays hydrology, relief by form lines and spot heights, settlements, camps, the international boundary and the expedition routes, and includes topographical not...
Collection Area:: Map Collections
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1928-1929
Extent:: 5 map sheets

Reference (shelfmark):: WOMAT/AFR/ABY/47/2
Title:: Corrected lithographs
Scope & Content:: Copies of ABY/47/1 with additions and corrections by Mr Diespecker of Gellatly, Hankey and Co Ltd on behalf of the Ethiopian Motor Transport Co Ltd.
Collection Area:: Map Collections
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1932
Extent:: 2 map sheets

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