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WOMAT/ADD/79
- Record Id:
- 040-003380581
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002225695
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100048815173.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100163062592.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- WOMAT/ADD/79
- Title:
- 'Missione Geodetica dell' I[stituto].G[eografico].M[ilitare]. Schizzo Dimostrativo per lo Studio del Progetto della Catena. di Triangolazione del 9º Parallelo'. Created by 'I[stituto].G[eografico].M[ilitare]', Head Surveyor 'G. Carreri', Assistant Surveyor 'G. Raiser'.
- Scope & Content:
-
Title translation: 'Geodetic Mission of the Military Geographic Institute. Sketch Map showing the Scheme of Triangulation along the 9º Parallel'.
Covers a corridor extending 100 miles east and west from Dire Daua in central Abyssinia with a width of approximately 35 miles. Portrays hydrology, relief by form lines, hachures and spot heights, roads and tracks, railways, settlements, churches, survey stations and place names.
Creation start date derived from Italy's invasion of Abyssinia; creation end date derived from accession stamp.
- Collection Area:
- Map Collections
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002225695
036-002225925
037-002899450
040-003380581 - Is part of:
- WOA : War Office Archive: cartographic and topographic source material
WOMAT : War Office 'Material'
WOMAT/ADD : Material - Addendum
WOMAT/ADD/79 : 'Missione Geodetica dell' I[stituto].G[eografico].M[ilitare]. Schizzo Dimostrativo per lo Studio del Progetto della Catena.… - Hierarchy:
- 032-002225695[0001]/036-002225925[0004]/037-002899450[0081]/040-003380581
- 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/ADD/79 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
-

- Languages:
- Italian
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1935
- End Date:
- 1942
- Date Range:
- [between 1935-1942]
- Era:
- CE
- Scale:
- Scale 1:400,000
- Scale Designator:
- Horizontal
- Coordinates (Decimal):
- 40.0000,8.5000,43.3333,9.9000
- Coordinates (Degree):
- E 40°0’0”-E 43°20’0”/N 9°54’0”-N 8°30’0”
- Orientation:
- North
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
- Printed; 49 x 92cm
- Former External References:
- 153.
E3:15(14)
E3:5(34) - Material Type:
- Maps and Plans
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Notes:
-
The sheet has been trimmed along the western edge.
The sheet bears the note 'Riproduzione e stampa ufficio topocartografico e monografie'. [Reproduced and printed at the cartography and monographs office].
The sheet bears the note 'Ricognizione eseguita con la tavoletta Pretoriana'. [Reconnaissance performed by plane table].
- Names:
- Carreri, G, surveyor, fl 1935
Istituto Geografico Militare, Italy, national mapping agency, Florence, 1861-
Raiser, G, surveyor, fl 1935 - Places:
- Abyssinia, Africa
Dire Daua, Harrar, Abyssinia