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WOMAT/AFR/ABY/52
- Record Id:
- 040-003391365
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002225695
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100052514167.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100163064083.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- WOMAT/AFR/ABY/52
- Title:
- 'Reconnaissance Map of Proposed Highway Route from Gulva to Dangila'. Created by 'The J.G. White Engineering Corporation'. 1931
- Scope & Content:
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Covers a 180-mile proposed dry-weather road route between Gulva and Dangila in north-western Abyssinia to a width of approximately 3 miles, with significant features depicted up to 30 miles. Portrays hydrology, relief by hachures and spot heights, roads and tracks, settlements and place names, and includes topographical notes. Incorporates 2 enlarged insets.
Originally produced as 3 sheets numbered 1 to 3, these 5 bromide reproductions are numbered 1 to 5; the western edge of sheet 1 (beyond the western limit of the proposed road) has been trimmed.
'Geographical positions dependant on Major Cheesman.' - War Office ledger
- Collection Area:
- Map Collections
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002225695
036-002225925
037-002225954
038-003375091
040-003391365 - 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/52 : 'Reconnaissance Map of Proposed Highway Route from Gulva to Dangila'. Created by 'The J.G. White Engineering… - Hierarchy:
- 032-002225695[0001]/036-002225925[0001]/037-002225954[0001]/038-003375091[0036]/040-003391365
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: WOA
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 5 map sheets
- Digitised Content:
- http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=WOMAT/AFR/ABY/52 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1931
- End Date:
- 1931
- Date Range:
- 1931
- Era:
- CE
- Scale:
- Scale 1:100,000
- Scale Designator:
- Horizontal
- Coordinates (Decimal):
- 35.1000,11.0167,36.9833,11.7500
- Coordinates (Degree):
- E 35°6’0”-E 36°59’0”/N 11°45’0”-N 11°1’0”
- Orientation:
- North
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
- Bromide; 69 x 69cm
- Former External References:
- Mat. Abyssinia. 52.
- Material Type:
- Maps and Plans
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)