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WOMAT/AFR/BCA/24
- Record Id:
- 040-003379321
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002225695
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100047432707.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- WOMAT/AFR/BCA/24
- Title:
- Map of British Central Africa. Prepared at the B.C.A.A. Survey Office, Zomba.
- Scope & Content:
-
General purpose map with full country coverage. Portrays hydrology, relief by hachures and spot heights, roads and tracks, railways, telegraphs, settlements, government stations, international and internal administrative boundaries, and place names.
Depths and bathymetric tints in Lake Nyasa, together with an additional map panel portraying an extension of the Zambezi River southwards through Portuguese East Africa to the Indian Ocean, have been drawn in a different hand. Additionally, a redrawn sheet has been pasted over a section of the original map in the West Nyasa/Mombera area.
- Collection Area:
- Map Collections
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002225695
036-002225925
037-002225954
038-003375098
040-003379321 - 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/24 : Map of British Central Africa. Prepared at the B.C.A.A. Survey Office, Zomba. - Hierarchy:
- 032-002225695[0001]/036-002225925[0001]/037-002225954[0002]/038-003375098[0018]/040-003379321
- 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/24 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1904
- End Date:
- 1904
- Date Range:
- 1904
- Era:
- CE
- Scale:
- Scale 1:760,320
- Scale Designator:
- Horizontal
- Coordinates (Decimal):
- 32.0000,-19.5000,37.3333,-8.0000
- Coordinates (Degree):
- E 32°0’0”-E 37°20’0”/S 8°0’0”-S 19°30’0”
- Orientation:
- North
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
- Manuscript: coloured ink, watercolour and pencil on paper (backed with linen); 190 x 91cm
- Custodial History:
- 'Handed by Mr T.F. Firr' - War Office ledger
- Former External References:
- E40(108)
F/3392
Mat. British Central Africa. 24. - Material Type:
- Maps and Plans
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)
- Notes:
-
'Depths of Lake from Observations of Lieuts. E.L. Rhoades & W.B. Phillips R.N.R.' - War Office ledger
'Used for GS 2136' - War Office ledger. [TSGS 2136 filed at Maps MOD TSGS 2136].