'Plan of Various Traverses Made in Western Abyssinia. Surveyed by Mr Diespecker in 1932.'
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Tracing depicting compass traverses by Mr Diespecker of Gellatly, Hankey and Co Ltd on behalf of the Ethiopian Motor Transport Co Ltd. Corrects and extends ABY/57/1. Portrays hydrology, relief by form lines, hachures rock drawings and spot heights, roads and paths, settlements and place names, ...
Two tables of altitudes on the main road from Addis Ababa to Gore, together with a covering letter. Carbon copy of an original sent from the British Consulate, Gore to the Sudan Survey Department.
Lake Tana Survey and List of Surrounding Churches. Created by 'The J.G. White Engineering Corporation'
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Map sheets with graphic index covering Lake Tana in north-western Abyssinia; includes associated list of churches. Produced as part of a survey for a proposed dam.
Reproductions of 6 original sheets covering Lake Tana (except the centre) and the surrounding land area to approximately 2 miles from the shore. Portrays hydrology, relief by contours and spot heights, roads, churches and place names.
Graphic index portraying the map sheets at ABY/60/1, although there are some minor inconsistencies in sheet limits. Portrays hydrology, roads, churches, place names and sheetlines, and includes tables of lake extent for selected lake surface elevations.
Numbered list of churches cross-referenced to the map sheets at ABY/60/1 and ABY/60/2. Includes the elevation of each church together with details of its structural condition, internal decoration and accessibility at times of high lake levels. The title page bears the statements 'Appendix II' a...
'General map around & West of Lake Tana, showing proposed highways.' - War Office ledger
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Reproductions of an original single-sheet map. Covers routes between Lake Tana in north-western Abyssinia and Roseires 200 miles westwards in eastern Anglo-Egyptian Sudan. Portrays hydrology, relief by hachures and form lines, proposed roads, existing roads and tracks, telephone lines, settlemen...
'Adis Ababa to Gezan in Sudan.' Created by 'Capt. Taylor RA and [Capt.] Dunlop 1935' - War Office ledger
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Covers a 600-mile journey from Addis Ababa in central Abyssinia westwards along the main caravan route to Gezan in south-eastern Anglo-Egyptian Sudan. The spelling 'Adis Ababa' is used in the War Office ledger; the spellings 'Addis Ababa' and 'Adis Abeba' are used on the maps. Dunlop's rank ap...
Base maps are reproductions of WOMAT/AFR/ABY/40/1 sheets 11, 12, 13, 18 and 19 and 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, an...
