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WOMAT/ADD/86
- Record Id:
- 040-003392595
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002225695
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100054075734.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100163062714.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- WOMAT/ADD/86
- Title:
- 'Anglo-Italian Boundary. Somaliland.' Created by Lieutenant Colonel J.H. Stafford, Major J.F. Phipps and Lieutenant R.H.R. Taylor
- Scope & Content:
-
Patched photo-reductions with manuscript additions. Sheets numbered 1 to 10; there is a duplicate copy of Sheet 2 with fewer manuscript additions.
General purpose topographical map series demarcating the international boundary between British Somaliland and Italian Somaliland as defined by the Somaliland Anglo-Italian Boundary Commission. Portrays hydrology, relief by contours and spot heights, roads and tracks, settlements, place names, water sources, boundary points and the international boundary, and includes topographical and compilation notes.
Sheets used in the compilation of GSGS 3918 produced in 18 sheets at scale 1:50,000 by the War Office in 1931-32 and constituting Appendix IV of the Agreement of the Anglo-Italian Boundary Commission of 1 June 1931. Filed at Maps MOD GSGS 3918.
- Collection Area:
- Map Collections
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002225695
036-002225925
037-002899450
040-003392595 - Is part of:
- WOA : War Office Archive: cartographic and topographic source material
WOMAT : War Office 'Material'
WOMAT/ADD : Material - Addendum
WOMAT/ADD/86 : 'Anglo-Italian Boundary. Somaliland.' Created by Lieutenant Colonel J.H. Stafford, Major J.F. Phipps and Lieutenant R.H.R.… - Hierarchy:
- 032-002225695[0001]/036-002225925[0004]/037-002899450[0088]/040-003392595
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: WOA
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 11 map sheets
- Digitised Content:
- http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=WOMAT/ADD/86 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
-

- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1929
- End Date:
- 1939
- Date Range:
- 1929-30
- Era:
- CE
- Scale:
- Scale 1:50,000
- Scale Designator:
- Horizontal
- Coordinates (Decimal):
- 46.7500,7.8333,49.2500,11.2833
- Coordinates (Degree):
- E 46°45’0”-E 49°15’0”/N 11°17’0”-N 7°50’0”
- Orientation:
- North
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
- Patched photo-reproduction, with manuscript additions in coloured ink, crayon and pencil, mounted on card; 76 x 57cm and 57 x 76cm
- Material Type:
- Maps and Plans
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Anglo-Italian Somaliland Boundary Commission, 1929-1930
Phipps, John Faviell, army officer, 1894-1964
Stafford, John Howard, army officer, fl 1918-1966
Taylor, Richard Harold Redvers, army officer and artist, 1900-1975 - Places:
- British Somaliland, Africa
Italian Somaliland, Africa - Related Material:
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A description of the Boundary Commission's work and of the survey methodology is given at:
- J.H. Stafford and C.L. Collenette, 'The Anglo-Italian Somaliland Boundary', The Geographical Journal, 78 (1931), 102-121.
- Related Archive Descriptions:
- WOMAT/ADD/87
WOMAT/ADD/88
WOOS/33