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WOMAT/AFR/ABY/47
- Record Id:
- 040-003391219
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002225695
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100052341539.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- WOMAT/AFR/ABY/47
- Title:
- Compass traverse, Gorei-Sayo-Kurmuk'. Created by 'E.N. Erskine
- Scope & Content:
-
Unadjusted traverse undertaken in 1929 and covering a 200-mile route from Gorei in western Abyssinia north-westwards towards Kurmuk in western Anglo-Egyptian Sudan to a width of approximately 15 miles. Portrays hydrology, indicative relief and form lines, roads and tracks, telephone lines, settlements, significant buildings, administrative boundaries, place names and the expedition route, and includes topographical notes.
The sheets are numbered 1 and 2, and bear the designation 'O.R. No. 507. War Office 1930.'
'Embodied in 1931 Edn' - War Office ledger
- Collection Area:
- Map Collections
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002225695
036-002225925
037-002225954
038-003375091
040-003391219 - 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/47 : Compass traverse, Gorei-Sayo-Kurmuk'. Created by 'E.N. Erskine - Contains:
- WOMAT/AFR/ABY/47/1 : Lithographs
WOMAT/AFR/ABY/47/2 : Corrected lithographs
Click here to View / search full list of parts of WOMAT/AFR/ABY/47 - Hierarchy:
- 032-002225695[0001]/036-002225925[0001]/037-002225954[0001]/038-003375091[0032]/040-003391219
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: WOA
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 4 map sheets
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1930
- End Date:
- 1932
- Date Range:
- 1930-1932
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Former External References:
- Mat. Abyssinia. 47.
- Material Type:
- Maps and Plans
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Erskine, Esme Nourse, army officer and colonial administrator, 1885-1962
- Places:
- Anglo-Egyptian Sudan, Africa
Gorei, Ilubabor, Abyssinia
Kurmuk, Upper Nile, Anglo-Egyptian Sudan
Sayo, Walega, Abyssinia