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WOMAT/AFR/TRA/15
- Record Id:
- 040-003431078
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002225695
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100068191408.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100164340686.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- WOMAT/AFR/TRA/15
- Title:
- Sketch of Ground Near Sand Spruit. Original sketch by Captain W.S. Melvill 1st Leicestershire Regiment. Reproduced by Mapping Section Field Intelligence Division. 17th. July 1900.
- Scope & Content:
-
Covers Sand Spruit in south-eastern South African Republic and the surrounding area to a radius of approximately 6 miles. Portrays hydrology, relief by form lines, railways, roads, settlements and isolated buildings, place names, an army camp and the limit of view of 4.7-inch guns.
The sheet bears the reference 'F/3335'.
- Collection Area:
- Map Collections
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002225695
036-002225925
037-002225954
038-003421620
040-003431078 - Is part of:
- WOA : War Office Archive: cartographic and topographic source material
WOMAT : War Office 'Material'
WOMAT/AFR : 'Material - Africa'.
WOMAT/AFR/TRA : Material. Transvaal.
WOMAT/AFR/TRA/15 : Sketch of Ground Near Sand Spruit. Original sketch by Captain W.S. Melvill 1st Leicestershire Regiment. Reproduced by… - Hierarchy:
- 032-002225695[0001]/036-002225925[0001]/037-002225954[0011]/038-003421620[0002]/040-003431078
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: WOA
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 map sheet
- Digitised Content:
- http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=WOMAT/AFR/TRA/15 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
-

- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1900
- End Date:
- 1900
- Date Range:
- 1900
- Era:
- CE
- Scale:
- Scale 1:63,360
- Scale Designator:
- Horizontal
- Coordinates (Decimal):
- 29.6781,-27.3264,29.8694,-27.1497
- Coordinates (Degree):
- E 29°40’41”-E 29°52’10”/S 27°8’59”-S 27°19’35”
- Orientation:
- North
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
- Printed, with manuscript additions in coloured ink and watercolour; 48 x 34cm
- Former External References:
- Mat. South African Republic. 15.
- Material Type:
- Maps and Plans
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Field Intelligence Department, 1899-1901
Melvill, Walter Sydney, army officer, 1866-1901 - Places:
- Sand Spruit, Wakkerstroom, South African Republic