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WOMAT/AFR/BCA/6
- Record Id:
- 040-003377767
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002225695
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100045520419.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- WOMAT/AFR/BCA/6
- Title:
- 'Country S.E. of Lake Nyasa.' - War Office ledger
- Scope & Content:
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Covers an area of southern British Central Africa and northern Portuguese East Africa extending approximately 180 miles north and east from the British Central Africa Administration Station at Zomba. Depicts the route from Zomba of the British contingent of the Anglo-Portuguese military expedition against Kwamba village in Portuguese East Africa. Portrays hydrology, relief by hachures, roads, settlements, British Central Africa Administration Stations, Yao Chief Centres and place names.
The map bears the title 'Map accompanying No. 108 B.C.A.'
- Collection Area:
- Map Collections
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002225695
036-002225925
037-002225954
038-003375098
040-003377767 - Is part of:
- WOA : War Office Archive: cartographic and topographic source material
WOMAT : War Office 'Material'
WOMAT/AFR : 'Material - Africa'.
WOMAT/AFR/BCA : Material. British Central Africa.
WOMAT/AFR/BCA/6 : 'Country S.E. of Lake Nyasa.' - War Office ledger - Hierarchy:
- 032-002225695[0001]/036-002225925[0001]/037-002225954[0002]/038-003375098[0003]/040-003377767
- 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/BCA/6 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
-

- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1899
- End Date:
- 1899
- Date Range:
- 1899
- Era:
- CE
- Scale:
- Scale 1: 1,520,640
- Scale Designator:
- Horizontal
- Coordinates (Decimal):
- 34.0714,-12.5714,37.6857,-16.0000
- Coordinates (Degree):
- E 34°4’17”-E 37°41’9”/S 16°0’0”-S 12°34’17”
- Orientation:
- North
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
- Manuscript: coloured ink and watercolour on tracing linen; 37 x 35cm
- Former External References:
- E1:4(5)
Mat. British Central Africa. 6. - Administrative Context:
- The War Office ledger quotes '"Germans" from Mr Sharpe' as the author, and adds the remark, 'Traced in I[ntelligence].D[ivision]. accompanying Sharpe's108 B.C.A.'
- Material Type:
- Maps and Plans
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Sharpe, Alfred, Knight, colonial administrator, 1853-1935
- Places:
- Kwamba, Mozambique, Portuguese East Africa
Lake Nyasa, East Africa
Portuguese East Africa, Africa
Zomba, Zomba, British Central Africa - Related Material:
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An account of the military expedition depicted on the map is found at:
'Fighting on Lake Tanganyika', Barry Herald, 8 December 1899, p.3. http://newspapers.library.wales/view/3791817/3791820/16/Lake [accessed 26/06/2017]
An account of the expedition, survey methodology and involvement of Mr Sharpe is found at:
F.B. Pearce, 'Notes on the country between Lake Chiuta and the River Luli, Central Africa', The Geographical Journal, 15 (1900), 612-620 (p. 619 and map after p. 680).