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WOMAT/AFR/ABY/8
- Record Id:
- 040-003380316
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002225695
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100048313911.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100163064504.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- WOMAT/AFR/ABY/8
- Title:
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'Addis Abbaba to the Sobat R., via L. Rudolf.' - War Office ledger. Created by Captain M.S. Wellby
- Scope & Content:
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Route map showing a journey completed by Captain Wellby as a route-finding exercise from Addis Ababa to the White Nile, of which the Sobat River is a tributary.
Comprises plane table sheets numbered 1 to 19 and covers a journey mostly within south-western Abyssinia from Addis Ababa 400 miles south-westwards to Lake Rudolf. The route continues southwards into British East Africa and around the southern tip of Lake Rudolf, returning northwards into Abyssinia. It continues for a further 400 miles north-westwards to the Sobat River and across the border into Anglo-Egyptian Sudan to Nasser. Portrays hydrology, relief by form lines and spot heights, trees and woods, tracks, settlements, camps and place names, and includes topographical and operational notes.
Plane table surveying undertaken by Shahzad Mir.
Note: The spelling 'Adis Abbaba' is used on the map face.
The folio (manuscript: coloured ink and pencil on paper; 39 x 21cm) is titled 'Signs used in Map.'
- Collection Area:
- Map Collections
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002225695
036-002225925
037-002225954
038-003375091
040-003380316 - 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/8 : 'Addis Abbaba to the Sobat R., via L. Rudolf.' - War Office ledger. Created by Captain M.S. Wellby - Hierarchy:
- 032-002225695[0001]/036-002225925[0001]/037-002225954[0001]/038-003375091[0006]/040-003380316
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: WOA
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 19 map sheets and 1 folio
- Digitised Content:
- http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=WOMAT/AFR/ABY/8 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1899
- End Date:
- 1899
- Date Range:
- 1899
- Era:
- CE
- Scale:
- 1:253,440
- Scale Designator:
- Horizontal
- Coordinates (Decimal):
- 33.0000,2.3333,38.8333,9.0833
- Coordinates (Degree):
- E 33°0’0”-E 38°50’0”/N 9°5’0”-N 2°20’0”
- Orientation:
- Various
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
- Manuscript: coloured ink, pencil and watercolour on paper; 56 x 44cm or smaller
- Former External References:
- Mat. Abyssinia. 8.
- Former Internal References:
- MLC 0011479
- Material Type:
- Maps and Plans
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)
- Notes:
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'Unusable by Maj. Gwynn' - War Office ledger.