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WOMAT/AFR/BEC/30
- Record Id:
- 040-003436020
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002225695
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100073372784.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- WOMAT/AFR/BEC/30
- Title:
- 'Bechuanaland Protectorate. Geographical Section, General Staff, No. 3915.' With revision information signed by 'Capt. Griffiths The Buffs. 1933'.
- Scope & Content:
-
Note: These sheets filed at Maps MOD GSGS 3915.
Printed sheets numbered '1' and '2' from Bechuanaland Protectorate series GSGS 3915 and covering the northern part of the country; the series is filed at Maps MOD GSGS 3915. Sheets portray hydrology, including land subject to inundation, relief by spot heights and form lines, railways and proposed railways, roads and tracks, settlements, place names, water sources, international boundaries, survey stations and limits of tsetse fly, and include topographical and compilation notes. Significant map detail extends into Northern Rhodesia, Southern Rhodesia and the Caprivi Strip of South West Africa. Revision information has been added in manuscript and signed by Captain Griffiths.
'The result of motor-lorry journey.' - War Office ledger.
Sheet 3, listed in the War Office ledger, was not present on transfer.
- Collection Area:
- Map Collections
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002225695
036-002225925
037-002225954
038-003433240
040-003436020 - 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/30 : 'Bechuanaland Protectorate. Geographical Section, General Staff, No. 3915.' With revision information signed by… - Hierarchy:
- 032-002225695[0001]/036-002225925[0001]/037-002225954[0004]/038-003433240[0021]/040-003436020
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: WOA
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 2 map sheets
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1933
- End Date:
- 1933
- Date Range:
- 1933
- Era:
- CE
- Scale:
- Scale 1:500,000
- Scale Designator:
- Horizontal
- Coordinates (Decimal):
- 21.0000,-20.0000,28.0000,-17.5000
- Coordinates (Degree):
- E 21°0’0”-E 28°0’0”/S 17°30’0”-S 20°0’0”
- Orientation:
- North
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
- Printed, with manuscript additions in coloured ink and pencil; 76 x 75cm and 76 x 97cm
- Former External References:
- Mat. Bechuanaland. 30.
- Material Type:
- Maps and Plans
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Griffiths, -, army officer, fl 1933
- Places:
- Bechuanaland Protectorate, Africa
Caprivi Strip, South West Africa
Northern Rhodesia, Africa
South West Africa, Africa
Southern Rhodesia, Africa