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WOMAT/AFR/BEA/275
- Record Id:
- 040-002878595
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002225695
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100023666770.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100173434794.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- WOMAT/AFR/BEA/275
- Title:
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'Colony & Protectorate of Kenya. Plans Showing Administrative Boundaries'.
'The Director of Military Operations & Intelligence'
'Land Survey Depart. Nairobi' - War Office ledger
- Scope & Content:
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Comprises 1 index sheet and 19 cadastral maps of Kenya in East Africa, indicating administrative boundaries, districts, settlements, land parcels, native reserves, hydrology and railways, with some indication of relief. Includes an insertion pasted onto sheet 3 and brief manuscript notes on boundary changes
- Collection Area:
- Map Collections
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002225695
036-002225925
037-002225954
038-002754218
040-002878595 - 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/275 : 'Colony & Protectorate of Kenya. Plans Showing Administrative Boundaries'.'The Director of Military Operations… - Hierarchy:
- 032-002225695[0001]/036-002225925[0001]/037-002225954[0003]/038-002754218[0277]/040-002878595
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: WOA
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
-
20 map sheets, sewn into a soft cover
- Digitised Content:
- http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=WOMAT/AFR/BEA/275 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1924
- End Date:
- 1928
- Date Range:
- 1924-1928
- Era:
- CE
- Scale:
- Scales differ
- Scale Designator:
- Horizontal
- Coordinates (Decimal):
- 33.9098,-4.6797,41.9068,3.8724
- Coordinates (Degree):
- E 33°54’35”-E 41°54’24”/N 3°52’21”-S 4°40’47”
- Orientation:
- North
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
- Printed on cloth with manuscript additions in coloured ink, watercolour and pencil; 56 x 56cm and smaller
- Former External References:
- Mat. British East Africa. 275.
- Information About Copies:
- Digitised version available at: http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=WOMAT/AFR/BEA/275
- Material Type:
- Maps and Plans
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)
- Notes:
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'Vide Official Gazette 29th. Feb. 1924. (As Amended to June 1st. 1925.)'
'Land Dept. Survey Division, Nairobi Kenya. Plan Prepared Date 3/2/26' - Stamp on verso of front cover
Many of the base maps bear the date 1924, while one of the manuscript notes bears the date 1928