'Route Addis Abeba N[orth].W[est]. to Metemma. Compass Survey. Author: Mr Baird' - War Office ledger.
Scope & Content:
Route taken by Mr John Baird on a journey from Addis Abeba to Metemma in north-western Abyssinia. Originally comprising 3 ferro-gallic prints numbered 1 to 3, the War Office ledger records them as designated for destruction in 1963, although an adjacent manuscript note reads 'Sheet 1 & 2 on...
'Addis Abeba to Fazokli.' - War Office ledger. Created by Brevet Major C.W. Gwynn R.E.
Scope & Content:
Adjoining plane table sheets, numbered 1 to 7, depicting a 400-mile corridor of approximately 50 miles width between Adis Ababa and Jebal Fazokli in western Abyssinia. The sheets portray hydrology, relief by form lines and spot heights, settlements, place names and the route taken, and include t...
Countries of the Jidda, Jeelé, Liban, Adda, Choré, Wata, Wargi, Arusi & Koreyu Gallas. Alfred E. Pease's Road Map 1901
Scope & Content:
Covers an area of central Abyssinia extending from Adis Ababa 65 miles southwards to Lake Zwai and 80 miles eastwards to Mount Fantali. Portrays hydrology, relief by form lines, spot heights and hill shading, roads, settlements and place names, and includes topographical, ethnographic and expedi...
'Addis Abbaba to the Sobat R., via L. Rudolf.' - War Office ledger. Created by Captain M.S. Wellby
Scope & Content:
Route map showing a journey completed by Captain Wellby as a route-finding exercise from Addis Ababa to the White Nile, of which the Sobat River is a tributary. Comprises plane table sheets numbered 1 to 19 and covers a journey mostly within south-western Abyssinia from Addis Ababa 400 miles so...
'Plan of Road from Genjabiet to Wambera, Daboke and Famaka. Showing also the Junction of Rivers Abai and Didessa.'
Scope & Content:
Covers a 100-mile road corridor in western Abyssinia from Genjabiet westwards to Wambera. The map extends a further 30 miles westwards to the Blue Nile (Abai River) and into Anglo-Egyptian Sudan. Portrays hydrology, relief by hachures and spot heights, roads and tracks, settlements, camps and pl...
'The lakes & upper Ganala & Daua R[ivers]. region. (Zwai &c). Indian Surveyors with Capt. Maud R.E.' - War Office ledger.
Scope & Content:
Adjoining map sheets depicting Captain Maud's journey in south-west Abyssinia from the north of Lake Zwai towards the frontier with British East Africa to complete a preliminary border survey. The maps are derived from plane table surveys and portray hydrology, relief by form lines and spot heig...
'Map of the Blue Nile Bend Showing Discovered Reefs and Roads'. Created by 'Col. Lewis' - War Office ledger
Scope & Content:
Covers the bend on the Blue Nile at Dabok in western Abyssinia, and extends 55 miles northwards and 30 miles eastwards. Portrays hydrology, relief by form lines and spot heights, metal/mineral reefs, roads and tracks, settlements, camps and place names.
