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WOMAT/AFR/BEC/14

Record Id:

040-003435618

Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:

032-002225695

MDARK:

ark:/81055/vdc_100072542300.0x000001

LARK:

SLARK:

Format:

ISAD(G)

Reference (shelfmark):

WOMAT/AFR/BEC/14

Title:

'Mafeking'. Created by 'Col. Vyvyan, "The Buffs" during the Seige'.

Scope & Content:

Second Boer War Siege map. Covers the town of Mafeking and surrounding area in Bechuanaland Protectorate and Cape Colony to a radius of 3 miles. Portrays hydrology, relief by shading and hachures, roads and tracks, railways, settlements and isolated buildings, vegetation and military installations.

The sheet bears the note 'This is a photograph of an original map done by Col Vyvyan, "The Buffs" during the Siege. The original was presented to the Corporation of Mafeking. See 57/8/5567 22/3/9 4a/3455'.

Original map produced 1900; this copy 1909.

'See also [Material] 4 and Orig[ina]l 362' - War Office ledger

Collection Area:

Map Collections

Hierarchy Record Ids:

032-002225695
036-002225925
037-002225954
038-003433240
040-003435618

Is part of:

WOA : War Office Archive: cartographic and topographic source material
WOMAT : War Office 'Material'
WOMAT/AFR : 'Material - Africa'.
WOMAT/AFR/BEC : Material. Bechuanaland.

WOMAT/AFR/BEC/14 : 'Mafeking'. Created by 'Col. Vyvyan, "The Buffs" during the Seige'.

Hierarchy:

032-002225695[0001]/036-002225925[0001]/037-002225954[0004]/038-003433240[0014]/040-003435618

Container:

View / search within Archive / Collection: WOA

Record Type (Level):

File

Extent:

1 map sheet

Digitised Content:

Languages:

English

Scripts:

Latin

Start Date:

1900

End Date:

1909

Date Range:

1900-1909

Era:

Scale:

Scale 1:31,680

Scale Designator:

Horizontal

Coordinates (Decimal):

25.5439,-25.9833,25.7522,-25.7842

Coordinates (Degree):

E 25°32’38”-E 25°45’8”/S 25°47’3”-S 25°59’0”

Orientation:

North

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