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WOMAT/AFR/ABY/6
- Record Id:
- 040-003380199
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002225695
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100048168363.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100163064272.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- WOMAT/AFR/ABY/6
- Title:
- 'Addis Abeba to Fazokli.' - War Office ledger. Created by Brevet Major C.W. Gwynn R.E.
- Scope & Content:
-
Adjoining plane table sheets, numbered 1 to 7, depicting a 400-mile corridor of approximately 50 miles width between Adis Ababa and Jebal Fazokli in western Abyssinia. The sheets portray hydrology, relief by form lines and spot heights, settlements, place names and the route taken, and include topographical and expedition notes.
Sheet 1 bears notes on verso relating to sheet content.
Compilation date derived from note by Major Gwynn on ABY/27/4 for which these sheets provided compilation material.
NB The spelling 'Adis Ababa' is used on the map face; 'Addis Abeba' is used in the War Office ledger.
- Collection Area:
- Map Collections
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002225695
036-002225925
037-002225954
038-003375091
040-003380199 - Is part of:
- WOA : War Office Archive: cartographic and topographic source material
WOMAT : War Office 'Material'
WOMAT/AFR : 'Material - Africa'.
WOMAT/AFR/ABY : Material. Abyssinia.
WOMAT/AFR/ABY/6 : 'Addis Abeba to Fazokli.' - War Office ledger. Created by Brevet Major C.W. Gwynn R.E. - Hierarchy:
- 032-002225695[0001]/036-002225925[0001]/037-002225954[0001]/038-003375091[0004]/040-003380199
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: WOA
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 7 map sheets
- Digitised Content:
- http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=WOMAT/AFR/ABY/6 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1901
- End Date:
- 1901
- Date Range:
- [1901]
- Era:
- CE
- Scale:
- Scale 1:250,000
- Scale Designator:
- Horizontal
- Coordinates (Decimal):
- 34.0833,8.5000,39.0000,11.5000
- Coordinates (Degree):
- E 34°5’0”-E 39°0’0”/N 11°30’0”-N 8°30’0”
- Orientation:
- North
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
- Manuscript: coloured ink and pencil on paper; 64 x 61cm or smaller
- Former External References:
- Mat. Abyssinia. 6.
- Former Internal References:
- MLC0011452
- Administrative Context:
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Sheets 2 and 3 bear the note 'Used for REVISE 1912. of 67M'.
Sheets 2 and 3 bear the stamp 'Photographed 16.6.1911'.
'See [WOMAT/AFR/ABY/19]' - War Office ledger.
'Contd. under E. Sudan 75,6' - War Office ledger.
- Material Type:
- Maps and Plans
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)