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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
Title:: 'Traverse from Hawash to Lake Assale.' - War Office ledger. Created by L.M. Nesbitt
Scope & Content:: Traverse sheets and compilation portraying L.M. Nesbitt's 500-mile south to north crossing of the Danakil Desert, north-eastern Abyssinia in 1928. Note: The confirmed spelling 'Awash' appears on the map face; the unconfirmed variant 'Hawash' appears in the title. Note: Minor discrepancies in p...
Collection Area:: Map Collections
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1928-[1934]
Extent:: 8 map sheets

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
Title:: Compass traverse, Gorei-Sayo-Kurmuk'. Created by 'E.N. Erskine
Scope & Content:: Unadjusted traverse undertaken in 1929 and covering a 200-mile route from Gorei in western Abyssinia north-westwards towards Kurmuk in western Anglo-Egyptian Sudan to a width of approximately 15 miles. Portrays hydrology, indicative relief and form lines, roads and tracks, telephone lines, settl...
Collection Area:: Map Collections
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1930-1932
Extent:: 4 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

Reference (shelfmark):: WOMAT/AFR/ABY/49
Title:: Gallabat to Dangila via Sarako.' Created by 'Major R.E. Cheesman 1930-31
Scope & Content:: Map sheet and report of exploratory expedition from Dangila in north-western Abyssinia to Gallabat in eastern Anglo-Egyptian Sudan.
Collection Area:: Map Collections
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1930-1931
Extent:: 1 map sheet and 21 folios

Reference (shelfmark):: WOMAT/AFR/ABY/49/1
Title:: Lithograph
Scope & Content:: Compass traverse undertaken in 1930-31 to investigate a course for a motor road. Covers a 150-mile route from Dangila north-westwards to Gallabat to a width of approximately 15 miles. Portrays hydrology, relief by form lines, hachures and spot heights, triangulation points, roads and tracks, set...
Collection Area:: Map Collections
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1931
Extent:: 1 map sheet

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