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WOMAT/AFR/ABY/13
- Record Id:
- 040-003437777
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002225695
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100074838018.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100164340651.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- WOMAT/AFR/ABY/13
- Title:
- Addis Abbaba to Blue Nile. McMillan's Exped[itio]n. June 1903.' - War Office ledger. Signed by 'L[ieutenan]t. G. Ramsay-Fairfax 8.10.03.
- Scope & Content:
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Covers the preliminary march from Addis Abbaba to the Blue Nile near Debra Markos in western Abyssinia prior to the expedition proper downstream along the Blue Nile. Portrays hydrology, relief by hachures, settlements, place names and the expedition route with campsites, and includes topographical notes. Reduced from an original compass survey by Lieutenant W.G.A. Ramsay-Fairfax and Mr E.A. Lang.
'See R.G.S. and E. Sudan, Dist. 41.' - War Office ledger.
'See No 16' - War Office ledger. [Mat. Abyssinia. 16. comprised mapping from McMillan's 1904 expedition in Abyssinia; it recorded as 'destroyed' in the ledger.]
- Collection Area:
- Map Collections
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002225695
036-002225925
037-002225954
038-003375091
040-003437777 - 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/13 : Addis Abbaba to Blue Nile. McMillan's Exped[itio]n. June 1903.' - War Office ledger. Signed by 'L[ieutenan]t. G.… - Hierarchy:
- 032-002225695[0001]/036-002225925[0001]/037-002225954[0001]/038-003375091[0010]/040-003437777
- 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/ABY/13 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
-

- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1903
- End Date:
- 1903
- Date Range:
- 1903
- Era:
- CE
- Scale:
- Scale: 1:633,600
- Scale Designator:
- Horizontal
- Coordinates (Decimal):
- 37.0000,9.0000,39.0000,10.5000
- Coordinates (Degree):
- E 37°0’0”-E 39°0’0”/N 10°30’0”-N 9°0’0”
- Orientation:
- North
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
- Manuscript: coloured ink and pencil on paper; 31 x 49cm
- Former External References:
- E3:6(28)
Mat. Abyssinia. 13 - Material Type:
- Maps and Plans
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Fairfax, William George Astell, military officer, 1876-1946
Lang, E A, mining engineer, fl 1903
McMillan, William Northrup, Knight, explorer and army officer, 1872-1925 - Places:
- Addis Abbaba, Abyssinia
Blue Nile, Abyssinia / Anglo-Egyptian Sudan
Debra Markos, Gojam, Abyssinia - Related Material:
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The expedition is briefly described in:
- B.H. Jessen, W.N. Mcmillan's Expeditions and Big Game Hunting in Southern Sudan, Abyssinia & East Africa, (London: Marchant Singer, 1906)