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71. WOMAT/AFR/ABY/27/1/3

Reference (shelfmark):
WOMAT/AFR/ABY/27/1/3
Title:
'Addis Abbaba to Maji.' - War Office ledger.
Scope & Content:
Plane table survey with sheets numbered V and VI. Covers a route corridor from Adis Ababa 380 miles south-westwards to Maji on the Abyssinia/Anglo-Egyptian Sudan border to a width of approximately 30 miles. Portrays hydrology, relief by form lines, roads and tracks, telephone lines, settlements,...
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1908-1909
Extent:
2 map sheets

72. WOMAT/AFR/ABY/27/1/4/1

Reference (shelfmark):
WOMAT/AFR/ABY/27/1/4/1
Title:
Manuscripts
Scope & Content:
Plane table survey. Sheets numbered I to V, with a supplementary sheet to Sheet I. Sheets IV and V are signed by Corporal C. Carter R.E. and dated October1908. Sheets IV and V bear the undated note 'Work redrawn and adjusted', initialled by Corporal Carter.
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1908-1909
Extent:
6 map sheets

73. WOMAT/AFR/ABY/27/1/4/2

Reference (shelfmark):
WOMAT/AFR/ABY/27/1/4/2
Title:
Tracings
Scope & Content:
Sheets numbered I to V, traced from the corresponding plane table survey manuscripts. Sheet 5, however, does not extend as far south as its manuscript counterpart. Sheet I bears the note 'Revised Latitude Value to agree with Subsequent Sheets'. Sheets IV and V bear notes stating a requirement f...
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1908-1909
Extent:
5 map sheets

74. WOMAT/AFR/ABY/27/1/4/3

Reference (shelfmark):
WOMAT/AFR/ABY/27/1/4/3
Title:
Composite redraft. Signed by 'C. Carter Corpl. R.E. Oct 1909.'
Scope & Content:
Composite sheet compiled from sheets IV and V of the plane table survey, and incorporating positional adjustment and revision of map detail.
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1909
Extent:

1 map sheet

75. WOMAT/AFR/ABY/27/2/1/1

Reference (shelfmark):
WOMAT/AFR/ABY/27/2/1/1
Title:
Manuscripts
Scope & Content:
Prismatic compass traverse. Sheets numbered VI, VII and VIII. Portrays hydrology, relief by form lines and spot heights, roads and tracks, settlements, place names and the expedition route, and includes topographical and ethnographical notes. Sheet VII bears a note relating the survey to an earl...
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1908-1909
Extent:
3 sheets

76. WOMAT/AFR/ABY/27/2/1/2

Reference (shelfmark):
WOMAT/AFR/ABY/27/2/1/2
Title:
Tracings
Scope & Content:
Sheets numbered 6, 7 and 8. Traced from the corresponding prismatic compass traverse sheets, although occasionally traverse detail has been omitted or additional detail added. The tracings portray hydrology, relief by form lines and spot heights, roads and tracks, settlements, place names, the i...
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1908-1909
Extent:
3 sheets

77. WOMAT/AFR/ABY/27/2/2

Reference (shelfmark):
WOMAT/AFR/ABY/27/2/2
Title:
'G[ara]. Jima & G[ara]. Ogorchi to Mt. Naita.' - War Office ledger
Scope & Content:
Sheets numbered IX to XIII; sheet XIII also has a supplementary sheet. Plane table survey covering the southern Abyssinia border from Gara Jima in southern central Abyssinia and Gara Ogorchi in northern East Africa Protectorate 370 miles westwards to Mount Naita in south-western Abyssinia to a w...
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1908-1909
Extent:
6 map sheets

78. WOMAT/AFR/ABY/27/3

Reference (shelfmark):
WOMAT/AFR/ABY/27/3
Title:
'Work by Cavalry sketching case.' - War Office ledger
Scope & Content:
Traverse covering a 280-mile route from Malka Sala on the southern Abyssinia border south-westwards to Eil Wak and then northwards to Banissa to a width of approximately 4 miles. Portrays hydrology, relief by form lines, roads and tracks, settlements, wells, place names and survey sight lines, a...
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1908-1909
Extent:
4 map sheets

79. WOMAT/AFR/ABY/27/4

Reference (shelfmark):
WOMAT/AFR/ABY/27/4
Title:
'Revised Draft. S.& S.W. of Addis Abbaba.' - War Office ledger. Signed by 'C.W. Gwynn Major R.E. 10.12.09.'
Scope & Content:
Compilation of the plane table surveys produced at ABY/27/1/2 and ABY/27/1/3 depicting the routes taken from Murle and Maji respectively by the Anglo-Abyssinian Boundary Commission on return from the southern Abyssinia boundary to Addis Abbaba . (Note: Murle is just outside the southern limit of...
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1909
Extent:
1 map sheet

80. WOMAT/AFR/ABY/27/5

Reference (shelfmark):
WOMAT/AFR/ABY/27/5
Title:
'Africa. Sheets 67.J,K,L,N,O,P. with M[anu]S[cript]. Add[itio]ns. showing extent of Maj.Gwynn's work.' - War Office ledger
Scope & Content:
Graphic index showing the extent of the northern sheets of the Southern Abyssinia Boundary Commission preliminary surveys filed at ABY/27/1. The base maps are from T[opographical].S[ection].G[eneral].S[taff]., No. 1764 (all dated 1905), filed at Maps MOD TSGS 1764, and portray hydrology, relief ...
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1905-1909
Extent:
6 map sheets