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1. WOMAT/AFR

Reference (shelfmark):
WOMAT/AFR
Title:
'Material - Africa'.
Scope & Content:
The areas most strongly represented in this part of the War Office Archive are Nigeria, Gold Coast, British East Africa and Sierra Leone. There are also significant holdings of material relating to Cape Colony and Abyssinia. All other areas of direct British interest are represented. The material...
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1887-1950
Extent:
2,700 map sheets and 600 pages of text, approximately

2. WOMAT/AFR/ABY

Reference (shelfmark):
WOMAT/AFR/ABY
Title:
Material. Abyssinia.
Scope & Content:
Covers present-day Ethiopia and Eritrea.
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1899-1944
Extent:
250 map sheets and 160 folios

3. WOMAT/AFR/ABY/4

Reference (shelfmark):
WOMAT/AFR/ABY/4
Title:
'Routes from Gildessa to Adis Ababa.' - War Office ledger. Created by Brevet Major C.W. Gwynn R.E.
Scope & Content:
Depicts a selection of routes within a 250-mile corridor of approximately 50 miles width between Gildessa and Adis Ababa in central Abyssinia.
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1900
Extent:
7 map sheets

4. WOMAT/AFR/ABY/9

Reference (shelfmark):
WOMAT/AFR/ABY/9
Title:
Maps of the Wambera area. Sketched by 'Col. Lewis CB.'
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1902
Extent:
2 map sheets

5. WOMAT/AFR/ABY/12

Reference (shelfmark):
WOMAT/AFR/ABY/12
Title:
'Map of the Blue Nile Bend Showing Discovered Reefs and Roads'. Created by 'Col. Lewis' - War Office ledger
Scope & Content:
Covers the bend on the Blue Nile at Dabok in western Abyssinia, and extends 55 miles northwards and 30 miles eastwards. Portrays hydrology, relief by form lines and spot heights, metal/mineral reefs, roads and tracks, settlements, camps and place names.
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1903-[1958]
Extent:
2 map sheets

6. WOMAT/AFR/ABY/14

Reference (shelfmark):
WOMAT/AFR/ABY/14
Title:
'P[ar]t. of S[outhern].Abyssinia & Brit[ish].E[ast].Africa. Lake Region & Daua R[iver].&c. Capt. Maud R.E. &. Indian Surveyor.' - War Office ledger.
Scope & Content:
A series of plane table sheets depicting Captain Maud's journey from Lake Zwai in south-western Abyssinia 650 miles southwards to Lake Baringo in north-western British East Africa as part of a preliminary border survey. Portrays hydrology, relief by form lines and spot heights, roads and tracks,...
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1903
Extent:
28 map sheets

7. WOMAT/AFR/ABY/15

Reference (shelfmark):
WOMAT/AFR/ABY/15
Title:
Harrar and route to Elgobaia and Tukka Waka. Created by 'Lt.Ogilvy. R.E.' - War Office ledger
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1904
Extent:
4 map sheets

8. WOMAT/AFR/ABY/22

Reference (shelfmark):
WOMAT/AFR/ABY/22
Title:
Graphic Indexes, Abyssinia
Scope & Content:
Portrays the extent of map sheets in Abyssinia; some extend into British Somaliland and French Somaliland.
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1907-[c 1920]
Extent:
2 map sheets

9. WOMAT/AFR/ABY/25

Reference (shelfmark):
WOMAT/AFR/ABY/25
Title:
Djibouti to Lake Rudolf. Created by Mirko Seljan and Stjepan Seljan
Scope & Content:
Depicts an expedition route from Djibouti in French Somaliland to Lake Rudolf (Rudolf jezero), with larger scale mapping along the Omo River valley. 'risao i sastavio: Mirko Seljan Brusselj 1903' (Drawn and assembled: Mirko Seljan, Brussels, 1903). From surveys completed 1899-1902. In Croatian...
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
Croatian and German
Date Range:
1903
Extent:
3 map sheets

10. 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