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WOMAT/RAS/ADE/8
- Record Id:
- 040-003469082
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002225695
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100089977629.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- WOMAT/RAS/ADE/8
- Title:
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'Sketch Map of Country West of Hadramaut. By F[light]/L[ieutenant]. A.R.M. Rickards January 1933'.
- Scope & Content:
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Map compiled in 1933 from prismatic compass route report (not held). Covers an area of approximately 140 miles by 220 miles west of the Hadramaut valley, eastern Aden Protectorate. Portrays hydrology, relief by hachures, limited vegetation, settlements, water sources and the expedition route, and includes topographical notes. Geographical Section General Staff Map Room accession stamp dated 1933; pencil annotations dated 1937 make suggestions for revision.
'From Air Ministry.' - War Office ledger.
- Collection Area:
- Map Collections
- Project / Collection:
- Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002225695
036-002225925
037-002226339
038-003467820
040-003469082 - Is part of:
- WOA : War Office Archive: cartographic and topographic source material
WOMAT : War Office 'Material'
WOMAT/RAS : 'Material - Rest of World' - Asia
WOMAT/RAS/ADE : Material. Aden.
WOMAT/RAS/ADE/8 : 'Sketch Map of Country West of Hadramaut. By F[light]/L[ieutenant]. A.R.M. Rickards January 1933'. - Hierarchy:
- 032-002225695[0001]/036-002225925[0002]/037-002226339[0001]/038-003467820[0007]/040-003469082
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: WOA
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 map sheet
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1933
- End Date:
- 1937
- Date Range:
- 1933-1937
- Era:
- CE
- Scale:
- Scale 1:250,000
- Scale Designator:
- Horizontal
- Coordinates (Decimal):
- 45.5000,14.3000,48.5250,16.3000
- Coordinates (Degree):
- E 45°30’0”-E 48°31’30”/N 16°18’0”-N 14°18’0”
- Orientation:
- North
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Manuscript; ink and pencil on tracing linen
Dimensions: 845 x 1288mm on sheet 870 x 1359mm
- Former External References:
- D3:10(116)
D3:10(22)
D63:6(28)
Mat. Aden. 8.
Mat. Arabia. 73. - Material Type:
- Maps and Plans
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Rickards, Aubrey Robert Maxwell, Royal Air Force officer, 1898-1937
- Places:
- Aden Protectorate, Arabian Peninsula
Hadramaut, Arabian Peninsula, Yemen