'Southern Abyssinia Boundary Commission.' Created by 'Maj. C.W. Gwynn R.E. Capt. R.L. Waller R.E. Commissioners. 1908 to 1909' - War Office ledger
Scope & Content:
Map sheets produced to accompany the delimitation of the southern Abyssinia boundary with Anglo-Egyptian Sudan and East Africa Protectorate. Note: The spellings 'Adis Ababa' and 'Addis Abbeba' are used on the map sheets; the variant 'Addis Abbaba' is used in the War Office ledger.
Covers a route corridor from Adis Ababa 470 miles south-eastwards to Dolo on the Abyssinia/East Africa Protectorate border to a width of approximately 25 miles. Portrays hydrology, relief by form lines and spot heights, roads and tracks, settlements, place names and the expedition route, and incl...
Sheets numbered 1 to 4. Traced from the corresponding plane table and prismatic compass survey sheets, although the sheet boundaries and the extent of the mapped areas are not always consistent. Sheet 1 bears a note, signed by Major C.W. Gwynn R.E. and dated 1908, highlighting a discrepancy wit...
Composite sheet compiled from parts of sheets II, III and IV of the plane table and prismatic compass survey. The sheet bears a note by Major C.W. Gwynn R.E. highlighting additional names and route information supplied by Lieutenant E. Perducchi of the Italian Legation. This information postdat...
'Addis Abbaba to Merle.' - War Office ledger. Signed by Corporal C. Carter R.E.
Scope & Content:
Covers a route corridor from Adis Ababa 380 miles south-westwards to Murle on the Abyssinia/East Africa Protectorate border to a width of approximately 40 miles. Portrays hydrology, relief by form lines and spot heights, roads and tracks, telephone lines, settlements, place names and the expedit...
Part of Sheet VII, traced from the corresponding plane table survey sheet. Supplementary detail has been added in red. The sheet bears the note 'Traced by Sapr. Favier'.
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,...
