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WOMAT/AFR/ABY/61
- Record Id:
- 040-003391470
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002225695
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100052723906.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100163064349.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- WOMAT/AFR/ABY/61
- Title:
- 'General map around & West of Lake Tana, showing proposed highways.' - War Office ledger
- Scope & Content:
-
Reproductions of an original single-sheet map. Covers routes between Lake Tana in north-western Abyssinia and Roseires 200 miles westwards in eastern Anglo-Egyptian Sudan. Portrays hydrology, relief by hachures and form lines, proposed roads, existing roads and tracks, telephone lines, settlements, international boundaries and place names.
Creation start date derived from initiation of exploratory work on a possible Lake Tana dam; end date derived from accession stamp.
- Collection Area:
- Map Collections
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002225695
036-002225925
037-002225954
038-003375091
040-003391470 - 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/61 : 'General map around & West of Lake Tana, showing proposed highways.' - War Office ledger - Hierarchy:
- 032-002225695[0001]/036-002225925[0001]/037-002225954[0001]/038-003375091[0042]/040-003391470
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: WOA
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 2 map sheets
- Digitised Content:
- http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=WOMAT/AFR/ABY/61 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
-

- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1927
- End Date:
- 1934
- Date Range:
- between 1927-1934
- Era:
- CE
- Scale:
- Scale 1:500,000
- Scale Designator:
- Horizontal
- Coordinates (Decimal):
- 34.2500,11.0000,39.7167,13.0000
- Coordinates (Degree):
- E 34°15’0”-E 39°43’0”/N 13°0’0”-N 11°0’0”
- Orientation:
- North
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
- Bromide; 58 x 59cm
- Custodial History:
- 'Per Major Cheesman.' - War Office ledger
- Former External References:
- Mat. Abyssinia. 61.
- Material Type:
- Maps and Plans
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)
- Places:
- Anglo-Egyptian Sudan, Africa
Lake Tana, Amhara, Abyssinia
Roseires, Upper Nile, Anglo-Egyptian Sudan - Related Material:
-
Investigations into the feasibility of a Lake Tana dam are described at:
- Gebre Tsadik Degefu, The Nile: Historical, Legal and Developmental Perspectives (Indiana: Trafford, 2003), p.118