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WOMAT/AFR/MOZ/4
- Record Id:
- 040-003376127
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002225695
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100043947944.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100174812232.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- WOMAT/AFR/MOZ/4
- Title:
- Mozambique. Memba Minerals Ltd Concession.
- Scope & Content:
-
Covers a region extending approximately 400km inland from Memba in north-eastern Mozambique.
Sheets depict relief by hachures, hydrology, settlements and communications.
- Collection Area:
- Map Collections
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002225695
036-002225925
037-002225954
038-003375166
040-003376127 - Is part of:
- WOA : War Office Archive: cartographic and topographic source material
WOMAT : War Office 'Material'
WOMAT/AFR : 'Material - Africa'.
WOMAT/AFR/MOZ : Material. Mozambique.
WOMAT/AFR/MOZ/4 : Mozambique. Memba Minerals Ltd Concession. - Hierarchy:
- 032-002225695[0001]/036-002225925[0001]/037-002225954[0009]/038-003375166[0003]/040-003376127
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: WOA
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 3 map sheets
- Digitised Content:
- http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=WOMAT/AFR/MOZ/4 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
-

- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1911
- End Date:
- 1911
- Date Range:
- 1911
- Era:
- CE
- Scale:
- Scale 1:500,000
- Scale Designator:
- Horizontal
- Coordinates (Decimal):
- 36.5000,-15.1200,41.0000,-13.7500
- Coordinates (Degree):
- E 36°30’0”-E 41°0’0”/S 13°45’0”-S 15°7’12”
- Orientation:
- North
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
- Bromides, with manuscript additions; 39 x 46cm
- Custodial History:
-
'From Dr. Dickson, Admy War Staff to M.I.4. 9.3.18.' - War Office ledger
- Former External References:
- H/15a, b and c
Mat. Mozambique. 4. - Administrative Context:
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Maps produced as part of a mineral prospecting expedition by Memba Minerals Ltd and completed over two seasons in 1910 and 1911. It was led by E.W.E. Barton and included R.L. Reid, Disney Alexander Wray, Edward James Wayland and Arthur Holmes.
- Material Type:
- Maps and Plans
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)
- Notes:
-
In some areas the bromide has not reproduced well, and here the linework has been enhanced in black ink (settlement and communications) and blue ink (hydrology).
- Names:
- Barton, E. W. E., mineral prospector, fl 1910-1911
Holmes, Arthur, professor of geology, 1890-1965
Memba Minerals Ltd, fl 1910-1911
Reid, R L, mineral prospector, fl 1910-1913
Wayland, Edward James, geologist and archaeologist, 1888-1966
Wray, Disney Alexander, geologist, 1888-1982 - Places:
- Memba, Nampula, Mozambique, Portuguese East Africa
- Related Material:
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The expedition is described in:
Holmes, A. and Wray, D.A., 'Mozambique: a geographical study', Geographical Journal, 42, 2 (1913), 143-152.
Reid, R.L., 'Notes on Mozambique exploration', Geographical Journal, 42, 1 (1913), 44-49 and map 112.