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WOMAT/AFR/ABY/14
- Record Id:
- 040-003380811
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002225695
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100049061172.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- WOMAT/AFR/ABY/14
- Title:
- 'P[ar]t. of S[outhern].Abyssinia & Brit[ish].E[ast].Africa. Lake Region & Daua R[iver].&c. Capt. Maud R.E. &. Indian Surveyor.' - War Office ledger.
- Scope & Content:
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A series of plane table sheets depicting Captain Maud's journey from Lake Zwai in south-western Abyssinia 650 miles southwards to Lake Baringo in north-western British East Africa as part of a preliminary border survey. Portrays hydrology, relief by form lines and spot heights, roads and tracks, settlements, the expedition route, survey stations and sight lines, and includes topographical notes.
Survey of India surveyors Sher Jang (also known as Sher Jung, and recorded on 11 sheets) and Shahzad Mir also contributed to the survey.
- Collection Area:
- Map Collections
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002225695
036-002225925
037-002225954
038-003375091
040-003380811 - 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/14 : 'P[ar]t. of S[outhern].Abyssinia & Brit[ish].E[ast].Africa. Lake Region & Daua R[iver].&c. Capt. Maud… - Contains:
- WOMAT/AFR/ABY/14/1 : Plane table sheets
WOMAT/AFR/ABY/14/2 : Photo-lithographic reductions
Click here to View / search full list of parts of WOMAT/AFR/ABY/14 - Hierarchy:
- 032-002225695[0001]/036-002225925[0001]/037-002225954[0001]/038-003375091[0011]/040-003380811
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: WOA
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 28 map sheets
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1903
- End Date:
- 1903
- Date Range:
- 1903
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Former External References:
- Mat. Abyssinia. 14.
- Former Internal References:
- MLC 0011517
- Administrative Context:
- 'Reprodns. of A,8-13, 14 15,16. from O.S.O.' - War Office ledger
- Material Type:
- Maps and Plans
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)
- Notes:
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'See also [WOMAT/AFR/ABY/]11' - War Office ledger.
'2 Triangulation sheets to M.I.4. Trig Library 6-12-27' - War Office ledger.
- Names:
- Jang, Sher, Khan Bahadur, military surveyor, b 1870
Maud, Philip, army officer and international rugby player, 1870-1947
Mir, Shahzad, Khan Bahadur, military surveyor, 1863-1924 - Places:
- British East Africa, Africa
Daua River, East Africa
KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Lake Baringo, Naivasha, British East Africa - Related Material:
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A description of the journey is given at:
- Philip Maud, 'Exploration in the Southern Borderland of Abyssinia', The Geographical Journal, 23(1904), 552-79 and map after p. 704.
- Related Archive Descriptions:
- TRIG/48
WOMAT/ADD/81
WOMAT/AFR/ABY/11