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WOMAT/AFR/BEA/211
- Record Id:
- 040-002800347
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002225695
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100023517685.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100173433117.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- WOMAT/AFR/BEA/211
- Title:
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'Railway Reconnaissance Gilgil - Kenya executed with Prismatic Compass, Perambulator Wheel, and Aneroid and adjusted to E.A.P. Survey Points'
Signed by 'H.A.Lewis. Hall Lt. R.E.'
- Scope & Content:
- Shows an area in the central portion of East Africa Protectorate, indicating hydrology, relief with form lines and spot heights, vegetation, settlements, paths and camps
- Collection Area:
- Map Collections
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002225695
036-002225925
037-002225954
038-002754218
040-002800347 - 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/211 : Railway Reconnaissance Gilgil - Kenya executed with Prismatic Compass, Perambulator Wheel, and Aneroid and adjusted to… - Hierarchy:
- 032-002225695[0001]/036-002225925[0001]/037-002225954[0003]/038-002754218[0212]/040-002800347
- 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/211 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
-

- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1909
- End Date:
- 1909
- Date Range:
- 1909
- Era:
- CE
- Scale:
- Scale 1:125,000
- Scale Designator:
- Horizontal
- Coordinates (Decimal):
- 36.2507,-0.6612,37.1641,0.2694
- Coordinates (Degree):
- E 36°15’3”-E 37°9’51”/N 0°16’10”-S 0°39’40”
- Orientation:
- North
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
- Manuscript: coloured ink, pencil and watercolour on paper; 98 x 61cm and 51 x 28cm
- Former External References:
- Mat. British East Africa. 211.
- Information About Copies:
-
Digitised version available at: http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=WOMAT/AFR/BEA/211
- Material Type:
- Maps and Plans
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)
- Notes:
- Dated on the information that Lt. Hall departed for England at the end of the railway survey in May 1909 (North, Europeans in British Administered East Africa, 2014)
- Names:
- Hall, Harry Alexander Lewis, army officer, b 1883
- Places:
- Gilgil, East Africa Protectorate
Mount Kenya, Kenya