'Uganda Topographical Survey. Sheet 86. U. IV. b., Sheet 86. V. III. a&b, Parts of'.' Signed by 'W Colvin Macfie Capt: R.E. O I/C Uganda Topo: Survey.' and 'WW McDiarmid Lce Cpl R.E.'
Covers a route corridor from Adis Ababa 470 miles south-eastwards to Dolo on the Abyssinia/East Africa Protectorate border to a width of approximately 25 miles. Portrays hydrology, relief by form lines and spot heights, roads and tracks, settlements, place names and the expedition route, and incl...
'Supplementary Sketches By Captain. E.N. Erskine 1935 to Accompany his Maps of 'Air Route Kurmuk - Addis Ababa & Gore Landing Ground'
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Lithograph depicting unscaled relief profiles looking eastwards and westwards from Gore. Portrays relief outlines with bearings and place names. The sheet bears the note 'Reproduced by the Sudan Survey Dept Khartoum, March, 1936 from a sketch supplied by the author. (Topo. No. S.532-36).'
Typescript copy of original list, with covering note
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Covering note reads 'Copy sent to Director of Surveys Khartoum in October 1935 with request for closing value for Qezan.' Signed by '[illegible letter]B.'
'Harrar, Addis Abbaba & Ginir.' - War Office ledger
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Covers two route corridors from the railhead at Dire Daua, one 30 miles south-eastwards to Harrar, and the other 370 miles southwards to Adis Ababa and Ginir, both to a width of approximately 25 miles. Portrays hydrology, relief by form lines, spot heights and rock drawings, roads and tracks, tel...
Frontière Anglo-Portugaise dans la région du Manica. Carte annéxée à l'arrêt arbitral du 30 Janvier 1897
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Title translation: Anglo-Portuguese frontier in the Manica region. Map annex to the arbitral decision of 30 January 1897'. Composite sheet comprised from 2 originals. Defines the border alignment between the British and Portuguese spheres of influence (Rhodesia and Portuguese East Africa respec...
The original record of place-names, in Chinese, providing the source for the name-lists added to the blue-print version of the map. There is no title, but the first page has '光緒三十一年六月二十七日由河南衛輝府新鄉縣繪' indicating the date and place where the journey began.
'British Somaliland & French Somali Coast Boundary Commission, 1933-34.' Created by 'Lt. Colonel Clifford, Capt. Godfrey-Faussett, Lt. Taylor.' - War Office ledger
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Covers the British Somaliland - French Somaliland frontier, surveyed as part of the British Somaliland - Ethiopia Boundary Commission survey. The material was used in the compilation of G.S.G.S. 4075 titled 'Frontier of British Somaliland and the French Somali Coast' produced in 2 sheets dated ...
Covers the prefecture including the provincial capital of Fukien [福建] Province. Shows hydrology, routes, settlements and the prefecture boundary. Relief is indicated by small inverted chevrons. Place-names are numbered, and given in Wade-Giles romanisation.