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WOMAT/AFR/BEA/262
- Record Id:
- 040-002879520
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002225695
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100023804435.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100163065237.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- WOMAT/AFR/BEA/262
- Title:
- Map Showing the New Kenya - Uganda Boundary from Mt. Elgon to Chemorongi Hills (Signed) P.W. Perryman, 1922
- Scope & Content:
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Covers a 90-mile length of the inter-protectorate boundary between Kenya and Uganda following a transfer of land from the latter to the former in 1910. Portrays hydrology, relief by form lines and spot heights, vegetation, roads and paths, settlements, water holes, place names and the inter-protectorate boundary.
The sheet bears the notes 'Based on the Kenya Topographical Survey, 1912 Sheets North A-36/Q & R', 'Uganda Survey Dept. A.440' and 'F.C. MacDonald, April 1922'.
- Collection Area:
- Map Collections
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002225695
036-002225925
037-002225954
038-002754218
040-002879520 - 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/262 : Map Showing the New Kenya - Uganda Boundary from Mt. Elgon to Chemorongi Hills (Signed) P.W. Perryman, 1922 - Hierarchy:
- 032-002225695[0001]/036-002225925[0001]/037-002225954[0003]/038-002754218[0264]/040-002879520
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: WOA
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 map sheet
- Digitised Content:
- http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=WOMAT/AFR/BEA/262 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
-

- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1922
- End Date:
- 1922
- Date Range:
- 1922
- Era:
- CE
- Scale:
- Scale 1:250,000
- Scale Designator:
- Horizontal
- Coordinates (Decimal):
- 34.0833,0.9667,35.0833,2.0833
- Coordinates (Degree):
- E 34°5’0”-E 35°5’0”/N 2°5’0”-N 0°58’0”
- Orientation:
- North
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
- Sun-print; 53 x 56cm
- Former External References:
- Dpt. No. A.440
Mat. British East Africa. 262. - Material Type:
- Maps and Plans
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)
- Notes:
- 'For description see File M.I. 4c/86 & also Matl. 274.' - War Office ledger. [Mat. British East Africa 274. was not present on transfer.]
- Names:
- MacDonald, F C, draughtsman, fl 1913-1925
Perryman, Percy Otto St Clair Wilbraham, colonial administrator, 1885-1933
Survey of Kenya, 1906-
Uganda Survey Department, 1900- - Places:
- Chemorongi Hills, Rift Valley, Kenya
Mount Elgon, Kenya / Uganda - Related Material:
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Brief details of the land transfer effecting the change in the inter-protectorate boundary are given in:
- United Kingdom, Colonial Reports, East Africa Protectorate 1909-10 (London: His Majesty's Stationery Office, 1910), p.41