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WOMAT/AFR/GEA/56
- Record Id:
- 040-003377448
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002225695
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100044979138.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100163157849.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- WOMAT/AFR/GEA/56
- Title:
- The Ubena Escarpment Northern Section. Survey & Cartography by M.A. Unwin-Heathcote. May - October 1930.
- Scope & Content:
-
Covers the area between Emmaberg and Mpanga in southern Tanganyika. Portrays hydrology, relief by spot heights and approximate contours, settlements, place names, survey control points and traverse routes.
Includes a short note on survey methodology.
- Collection Area:
- Map Collections
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002225695
036-002225925
037-002225954
038-003375102
040-003377448 - Is part of:
- WOA : War Office Archive: cartographic and topographic source material
WOMAT : War Office 'Material'
WOMAT/AFR : 'Material - Africa'.
WOMAT/AFR/GEA : Material. German East Africa.
WOMAT/AFR/GEA/56 : The Ubena Escarpment Northern Section. Survey & Cartography by M.A. Unwin-Heathcote. May - October 1930. - Hierarchy:
- 032-002225695[0001]/036-002225925[0001]/037-002225954[0008]/038-003375102[0014]/040-003377448
- 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/GEA/56 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
-

- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1930
- End Date:
- 1930
- Date Range:
- 1930
- Era:
- CE
- Scale:
- Scale 1:100,000
- Scale Designator:
- Horizontal
- Coordinates (Decimal):
- 34.8333,-9.1667,35.9167,-8.5667
- Coordinates (Degree):
- E 34°50’0”-E 35°55’0”/S 8°34’0”-S 9°10’0”
- Orientation:
- North
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
- Bromide, with manuscript additions in coloured ink; 74 x 138cm
- Former External References:
- Mat. Tanganyika. 56.
- Administrative Context:
- Produced as a reconnaissance survey for railway development between Emmaberg and Mpanga.
- Material Type:
- Maps and Plans
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Heathcote, Michael Arthur, surveyor, 1902-1979
- Places:
- Emmaberg, Iringa, Tanganyika
Mpanga, Mahenge, Tanganyika
Ubena Escarpment, Iringa/Rungwe, Tanganyika - Related Material:
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The survey expedition is described in:
Michael A. Unwin Heathcote, 'The Head Waters of the Mnyera Ruaha', The Geographical Journal, 79 (1932), 124-131.
'See Tang. T. Dist 391 for publ. map' - War Office ledger