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21. WOMAT/AFR/ABY/27

Reference (shelfmark):
WOMAT/AFR/ABY/27
Title:
'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.
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1905-1909
Extent:
50 map sheets

22. WOMAT/AFR/ABY/29

Reference (shelfmark):
WOMAT/AFR/ABY/29
Title:
'Walega. Reproduced at the Intelligence Division War Office from a Map Supplied by the Director of Sudan Surveys.' 'Embodying Route Sketches in W[estern]. Abyssinia. By Capt. Kelly.' - War Office ledger
Scope & Content:
Covers part of Walega Province in western Abyssinia. Base map is I[ntelligence].D[ivision].,W[ar].O[ffice]., No. 1489 (Provisional) Sheet 66 L dated 1903 (this edition, although a different printing, is filed at Maps MOD IDWO1489) and portrays hydrology, relief by form lines and spot heights, ro...
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1903-1909
Extent:
1 map sheet

23. WOMAT/AFR/ABY/30

Reference (shelfmark):
WOMAT/AFR/ABY/30
Title:
Map of Route between Gambela, Sayo, Gore, Anderach, Jiren, Soddo, Nejo, Mendi, Goha & Gezan. Abyssinia. Compiled at the Survey Office, Khartoum from sketches by Bimb[ashi]. H.H. Kelly. Nov. 1908.
Scope & Content:
Sheets numbered 1 to 3. Covers a route traverse in western Abyssinia extending from Gambela 200 miles south-eastwards to Anderacha, then 60 miles north-eastwards to Jiren and a further 400 miles north-westwards to Gezan. Portrays hydrology, relief by form lines and spot heights, roads and tracks...
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1908
Extent:
3 map sheets

24. WOMAT/AFR/ABY/31

Reference (shelfmark):
WOMAT/AFR/ABY/31
Title:
Harrar, Jig Jiga and Environs. Created by Lieutenant D.A. Sandford R[oyal]. G[arrison]. A[rtillery].
Scope & Content:
Route traverses and positional check of selected relief features.
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1907-1909
Extent:
2 map sheets

25. WOMAT/AFR/ABY/32

Reference (shelfmark):
WOMAT/AFR/ABY/32
Title:
'Addis Abbeba to Boma, Lake Rudolf & Baringo. (E[ast]. A[frica]. P[rotectorate].)'. Created by Mr A. C. Hoey, 'Dec. 1909'.
Scope & Content:
Prismatic compass traverse from south of Baringo in western East Africa Protectorate 750 miles north-eastwards to Addis Abeba in central Abyssinia to a width of approximately 30 miles. Portrays hydrology, relief by form lines and spot heights, settlements, camps, place names and the expedition r...
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1909
Extent:
3 map sheets

26. WOMAT/AFR/ABY/33

Reference (shelfmark):
WOMAT/AFR/ABY/33
Title:
'Harrar & country to South & East.' - War Office ledger. Signed 'G.T.C. Perram Lieut. R.A. 11.3.14.'
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1912-1914
Extent:
2 map sheets

27. WOMAT/AFR/ABY/37

Reference (shelfmark):
WOMAT/AFR/ABY/37
Title:
Maji Frontier Mission, 1919' - War Office ledger. Created by 'Major L.F.I. Athill R[oyal]. F[ield]. A[rtillery].
Scope & Content:
Sheets numbered 1 to 3, produced as part of an expedition to suppress a border altercation between Abyssinian and Sudanese troops at Kangala in south-eastern Anglo-Egyptian Sudan. Compass traverse covering the 360-mile route from Maji in south-western Abyssinia across the border to Kangala and L...
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1919
Extent:
3 map sheets

28. WOMAT/AFR/ABY/39

Reference (shelfmark):
WOMAT/AFR/ABY/39
Title:
Tana Mission Routes between Lake Tana and Roseires.' Signed by 'G.Y.K[arkanis].
Scope & Content:
Map sheet and amendment tracing to portray the 200-mile mission routes between Lake Tana in north-western Abyssinia and Roseires in south-eastern Anglo-Egyptian Sudan. The missions were undertaken in 1920-21 to investigate the prospects of a dam to regulate the flow of the Blue Nile.
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1922
Extent:
2 map sheets

29. WOMAT/AFR/ABY/40

Reference (shelfmark):
WOMAT/AFR/ABY/40
Title:
'Abyssinia:- Compilation in 35 sheets with index. (Con. Signs, Notes etc typewritten, in dup).' - War Office ledger
Scope & Content:
Map series with graphic index, conventional signs reference sheet and compilation history. Provides full country coverage of Abyssinia. Some sheets were later used to compile series GSGS 3989 and OR 788.
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1917-1930
Extent:
36 map sheets and 64 folios

30. WOMAT/AFR/ABY/45

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