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WOMAT/AFR/BCA/1
- Record Id:
- 040-003379036
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002225695
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100047022282.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- WOMAT/AFR/BCA/1
- Title:
- 'British Central Africa. (sheet "h") Blantyre district. I[ntelligence] D[ivision War Office] No 1092 (h) with MS. addns. & corrns.' - War Office ledger
- Scope & Content:
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Produced as part of a projected eight-sheet series (a to h) of British Central Africa; only sheets f and h were published.
Covers southern British Central Africa, including the southern part of Lake Chilwa, the Shire River valley and the protectorate capital Zomba. Portrays hydrology, relief by spot heights and hachures, roads and tracks, telegraphs, settlements, significant buildings, plantations, international and internal boundaries, and place names; also includes topographical notes.
Proof comments added in manuscript and relate to the amendment or deletion of place names and the addition of spot heights.
- Collection Area:
- Map Collections
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002225695
036-002225925
037-002225954
038-003375098
040-003379036 - 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/1 : 'British Central Africa. (sheet "h") Blantyre district. I[ntelligence] D[ivision War Office] No 1092 (h) with MS.… - Hierarchy:
- 032-002225695[0001]/036-002225925[0001]/037-002225954[0002]/038-003375098[0001]/040-003379036
- 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/1 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1895
- End Date:
- 1897
- Date Range:
- 1895-1897
- Era:
- CE
- Scale:
- Scale 1:253,440
- Scale Designator:
- Horizontal
- Coordinates (Decimal):
- 34.1452,-17.3128,36.1643,-15.2494
- Coordinates (Degree):
- E 34°8’43”-E 36°9’51”/S 15°14’58”-S 17°18’46”
- Orientation:
- North
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
- Printed, with manuscript additions; 100 x 70cm
- Former External References:
- E40:10(2)
Mat. British Central Africa. 1. - Administrative Context:
- Proof copy
- Material Type:
- Maps and Plans
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)
- Notes:
- Lithographed at the Intell. Div. W.O. March 1895.