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WOMAT/AFR/BCA/18
- Record Id:
- 040-003379102
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002225695
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100047132269.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- WOMAT/AFR/BCA/18
- Title:
- Sketch of Road from Fort Mlangeni towards Fort Manning British Central Africa.' Signed by 'C.R. Bacon. Capt. 1 H.Q. Rifles January 1904
- Scope & Content:
-
Covers a 70-mile road corridor in central British Central Africa of approximately 10 miles width to the Nanjire River, 80 miles south-east of Fort Manning. Portrays hydrology, relief by hachures and spot heights, roads and tracks, settlements, place names and the international boundary with Portuguese East Africa; also includes topographical notes.
The map was later used in the compilation of BCA/19.
- Collection Area:
- Map Collections
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002225695
036-002225925
037-002225954
038-003375098
040-003379102 - 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/18 : Sketch of Road from Fort Mlangeni towards Fort Manning British Central Africa.' Signed by 'C.R. Bacon. Capt. 1 H.Q. Rifles… - Hierarchy:
- 032-002225695[0001]/036-002225925[0001]/037-002225954[0002]/038-003375098[0012]/040-003379102
- 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/18 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
-

- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1904
- End Date:
- 1904
- Date Range:
- 1904
- Era:
- CE
- Scale:
- Scale 1:190,080
- Scale Designator:
- Horizontal
- Coordinates (Decimal):
- 34.0000,-14.7000,34.6667,-14.0833
- Coordinates (Degree):
- E 34°0’0”-E 34°40’0”/S 14°5’0”-S 14°42’0”
- Orientation:
- North-west
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
- Manuscript: coloured ink and crayon on tracing linen; 81 x 53cm
- Former External References:
- E40:5(2)
Mat. British Central Africa. 18. - Administrative Context:
-
Traced from 'Encl. to No.291a B.C.A. Oct.10.1904.' - War Office ledger
- Material Type:
- Maps and Plans
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)
- Notes:
- 'Sh 111-L + 111-K' - War Office ledger
- Names:
- Bacon, Charles Raymond Kenrick, army officer, 1877-1970
- Places:
- Fort Manning, Central Angoniland, British Central Africa
Fort Mlangeni, Upper Shire, British Central Africa
Nanjire River, Central Angoniland, British Central Africa
Portuguese East Africa, Africa