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Container Reference (shelfmark) WOMAT/AFR/ABY Place Addis Ababa, Abyssinia Digitised Content No

1. WOMAT/AFR/ABY/56

Reference (shelfmark):
WOMAT/AFR/ABY/56
Title:
'Air Route:- Kurmuk to Addis Abbaba.' Created by 'Captain Erskine. 1932' - War Office ledger
Scope & Content:
Sketch map and lithographs depicting an air route from Kurmuk in eastern Anglo-Egyptian Sudan to Addis Ababa with intermediate landing places; centred on Gore in western Abyssinia. Note: The spelling 'Addis Ababa' is used on the maps; the variant 'Addis Abbaba' is used in the War Office ledger.
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1932-1936
Extent:

3 map sheets

2. WOMAT/AFR/ABY/62

Reference (shelfmark):
WOMAT/AFR/ABY/62
Title:
'Adis Ababa to Gezan in Sudan.' Created by 'Capt. Taylor RA and [Capt.] Dunlop 1935' - War Office ledger
Scope & Content:
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...
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1931-1935
Extent:
8 map sheets and 4 folios