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WOMAT/AFR/ABY/37
- Record Id:
- 040-003389058
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002225695
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100050730020.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100163063707.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- WOMAT/AFR/ABY/37
- Title:
- Maji Frontier Mission, 1919' - War Office ledger. Created by 'Major L.F.I. Athill R[oyal]. F[ield]. A[rtillery].
- Scope & Content:
-
Sheets numbered 1 to 3, produced as part of an expedition to suppress a border altercation between Abyssinian and Sudanese troops at Kangala in south-eastern Anglo-Egyptian Sudan. Compass traverse covering the 360-mile route from Maji in south-western Abyssinia across the border to Kangala and Losinga to a width of approximately 15 miles. Portrays hydrology, relief by form lines, vegetation, settlements, camps, wells, the international boundary, place names and the expedition route, and includes topographical notes. A compilation note states that the sheets require planimetric adjustment, and relates them to earlier survey work by Major C.W. Gwynn R.E.
On transfer Sheet 1 lacked a small portion of the northern edge, including the location of Maji.
- Collection Area:
- Map Collections
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002225695
036-002225925
037-002225954
038-003375091
040-003389058 - 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/37 : Maji Frontier Mission, 1919' - War Office ledger. Created by 'Major L.F.I. Athill R[oyal]. F[ield]. A[rtillery]. - Hierarchy:
- 032-002225695[0001]/036-002225925[0001]/037-002225954[0001]/038-003375091[0027]/040-003389058
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: WOA
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 3 map sheets
- Digitised Content:
- http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=WOMAT/AFR/ABY/37 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1919
- End Date:
- 1919
- Date Range:
- 1919
- Era:
- CE
- Scale:
- Scale 1:250,000
- Scale Designator:
- Horizontal
- Coordinates (Decimal):
- 33.0000,4.0000,36.0000,6.2500
- Coordinates (Degree):
- E 33°0’0”-E 36°0’0”/N 6°15’0”-N 4°0’0”
- Orientation:
- North
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
- Manuscript: coloured ink and pencil on tracing linen; 90 x 77cm or smaller
- Former External References:
- Mat. Abyssinia. 37.
- Material Type:
- Maps and Plans
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)
- Notes:
- Sheet 1 is a composite of paper field sheets.