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WOMAT/AFR/BEA/126
- Record Id:
- 040-002787460
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002225695
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100023409998.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100173429672.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- WOMAT/AFR/BEA/126
- Title:
-
'Uganda' 'Made with 6 inch compass from known points J W Brooke Fenay Hall Huddersfield'
- Scope & Content:
- Shows a portion of eastern Uganda Protectorate and western East Africa Protectorate, indicating hydrology, relief with form lines, spot heights, roads, paths, railway, tribal regions, settlements and the routes of survey parties, with descriptions of topography, vegetation, cultivation, geology and population. The map is a variant state of IDWO sheets 1429 b & d including data deriving from an East Africa Syndicate expedition of 1903-04 to the north and west of Lake Rudolf
- Collection Area:
- Map Collections
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002225695
036-002225925
037-002225954
038-002754218
040-002787460 - Is part of:
- WOA : War Office Archive: cartographic and topographic source material
WOMAT : War Office 'Material'
WOMAT/AFR : 'Material - Africa'.
WOMAT/AFR/BEA : Material. British East Africa.
WOMAT/AFR/BEA/126 : Uganda' 'Made with 6 inch compass from known points J W Brooke Fenay Hall Huddersfield - Hierarchy:
- 032-002225695[0001]/036-002225925[0001]/037-002225954[0003]/038-002754218[0127]/040-002787460
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: WOA
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 2 map sheets
- Digitised Content:
- http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=WOMAT/AFR/BEA/126 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
-

- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1904
- End Date:
- 1904
- Date Range:
- 1904
- Era:
- CE
- Scale:
- Scale 1:633,600
- Scale Designator:
- Horizontal
- Coordinates (Decimal):
- 33.5107,-1.5103,37.0044,7.0159
- Coordinates (Degree):
- E 33°30’39”-E 37°0’16”/N 7°0’57”-S 1°30’37”
- Orientation:
- North
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
- Printed, with manuscript additions in coloured ink and pencil; 96 x 71cm
- Former External References:
- F/3717
Mat. British East Africa. 126. - Information About Copies:
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Digitised version available at: http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=WOMAT/AFR/BEA/126
- Material Type:
- Maps and Plans
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)
- Notes:
- The War Office ledger gives a date of 1902, but Brooke's expedition was 1903-04 - Geographical Journal Vol XXV, May 1905
- Names:
- Brooke, John Weston, army officer and explorer, 1880-1908
- Places:
- Lake Rudolf, Kenya
Uganda, Africa - Related Material:
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An account of the expedition is given in: J.W. Brooke, 'A Journey West and North of Lake Rudolf', The Geographical Journal, XXV-5 [1905] pp.525-31with accompanying map, p. 588.
Earlier states of this map are held at BL 2358.h.6.; BL Maps MOD IDWO 1429; and BL Maps WOOG/326