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WOOS/12
- Record Id:
- 040-002919854
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002225695
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100025544516.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100163066392.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- WOOS/12
- Title:
- 'East Africa Geodetic Survey. Tanganyika Terry. Maj. Hotine R.E. 1931-1933' - War Office ledger
- Scope & Content:
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Covers an area along the eastern coast of Lake Tanganyika from Kate to Kigoma, extending approximately 75 miles inland. The maps depict the newly created triangulation stations and access routes to them. Relief is shown by contours, form lines and spot heights; hydrology, vegetation, settlements and communications are also portrayed.
Includes an 'Index to topographical sheets' depicting the sheet boundaries together with the limits of surveyed work. A folio 'Explanation of gap' details a cartographic correction required to map sheet E[ast]3, and is initialed by Corporal B.C. Frost R.E.
- Collection Area:
- Map Collections
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002225695
036-002897752
040-002919854 - Is part of:
- WOA : War Office Archive: cartographic and topographic source material
WOOS : War Office 'Original Surveys'
WOOS/12 : 'East Africa Geodetic Survey. Tanganyika Terry. Maj. Hotine R.E. 1931-1933' - War Office ledger - Hierarchy:
- 032-002225695[0003]/036-002897752[0012]/040-002919854
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: WOA
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
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11 map sheets, 1 folio. (The folio has been left attached to sheet E3 for the purposes of collection management.)
- Digitised Content:
- http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=WOOS/12 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1931
- End Date:
- 1933
- Date Range:
- 1931-1933
- Era:
- CE
- Scale:
- Scale 1:250,000
- Scale Designator:
- Horizontal
- Coordinates (Decimal):
- 29.2500,-9.0000,32.1333,-4.0000
- Coordinates (Degree):
- E 29°15’0”-E 32°8’0”/S 4°0’0”-S 9°0’0”
- Orientation:
- North
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Manuscript: coloured ink and watercolour on card (backed with linen); 60 x 45cm (index sheet 49 x 27cm)
- Former External References:
- Original Surveys. E. Africa Geod. Survey
- Administrative Context:
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The East Africa Geodetic Survey aimed to establish, by triangulation, a control network along the 30° East line of longitude in Tanganyika Territory. As such, it formed part of a larger survey along this meridian that extended the length of Africa from The Cape to Cairo.
Led by Major Martin Hotine (Royal Engineers), it was the intention to provide geodetic control along the meridian from 9° South to 1½° South. This was successfully achieved to 4½° South, where lack of funds forced the suspension of work. (The remaining northern portion was completed by the Tanganyikan Survey Department in 1936-37.)
- Material Type:
- Maps and Plans
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)
- Notes:
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Western sheets signed by Lance Sergeant G.F. Mullinger R.E., eastern sheets by Corporal B.C. Frost R.E.