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WOMAT/AFR/ABY/11
- Record Id:
- 040-003380515
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002225695
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100048624248.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100163063057.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- WOMAT/AFR/ABY/11
- Title:
- 'The lakes & upper Ganala & Daua R[ivers]. region. (Zwai &c). Indian Surveyors with Capt. Maud R.E.' - War Office ledger.
- Scope & Content:
-
Adjoining map sheets depicting Captain Maud's journey in south-west Abyssinia from the north of Lake Zwai towards the frontier with British East Africa to complete a preliminary border survey. The maps are derived from plane table surveys and portray hydrology, relief by form lines and spot heights, settlements, routes followed, camps, survey stations and place names, and include topographical notes.
The map sheets cite the Indian Surveyors as Sher Jang and Shahzad Mir.
Note: The spellings 'Ganala' and 'Ganale' both appear on the map face.
- Collection Area:
- Map Collections
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002225695
036-002225925
037-002225954
038-003375091
040-003380515 - 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/11 : 'The lakes & upper Ganala & Daua R[ivers]. region. (Zwai &c). Indian Surveyors with Capt. Maud R.E.' -… - Hierarchy:
- 032-002225695[0001]/036-002225925[0001]/037-002225954[0001]/038-003375091[0008]/040-003380515
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: WOA
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 2 map sheets
- Digitised Content:
- http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=WOMAT/AFR/ABY/11 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1903
- End Date:
- 1903
- Date Range:
- 1903
- Era:
- CE
- Scale:
- Scale 1:250,000
- Scale Designator:
- Horizontal
- Coordinates (Decimal):
- 38.0000,4.5000,40.1667,8.2167
- Coordinates (Degree):
- E 38°0’0”-E 40°10’0”/N 8°13’0”-N 4°30’0”
- Orientation:
- North
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
- Manuscript: coloured ink on tracing linen; 147 x 68cm and 75 x 62cm
- Former External References:
- F/3768
Mat. Abyssinia. 11. - Former Internal References:
- MLC 0011509
- Material Type:
- Maps and Plans
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)
- Notes:
-
Both sheets incorrectly state scale as 1:25,000.
Sheets numbered '1' and '2' by Intelligence Division War Office Map Room.
'See also [WOMAT/AFR/ABY/14]' - War Office ledger.