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WOMAT/AFR/BEA/2/3
- Record Id:
- 041-002756886
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002225695
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100022996998.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100173432292.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- WOMAT/AFR/BEA/2/3
- Title:
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'Mombasa, Victoria Lake Railway'.
'Surveyed in 1892 by Captain J.R.L. Macdonald R.E. Captain J.W. Pringle R.E. Lieut. P.G.Twining R.E. Lieut. H.H. Austin R.E. Sergt. F.H. Thomas M.W.D. India'.
'Published on behalf of the War Office by Edward Stanford'.
'Photozincographed at the Ordnance Survey Office, Southampton, 1893. Reprinted in 1896.'
- Scope & Content:
- Shows projected railway routes in East Africa between Mombasa and Kampala, indicating vegetation, relief with contours, tribal regions, hydrology, routes surveyed and locations of camps, with descriptions of topography. Manuscript additions highlight identified points
- Collection Area:
- Map Collections
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002225695
036-002225925
037-002225954
038-002754218
040-002755949
041-002756886 - Is part of:
- WOA : War Office Archive: cartographic and topographic source material
WOMAT : War Office 'Material'
WOMAT/AFR : 'Material - Africa'.
WOMAT/AFR/BEA : Material. British East Africa.
WOMAT/AFR/BEA/2 : Plane Table Sheets' and 'MacDonald's Railway Survey. showing Identified Points.' - War Office ledger, which also…
WOMAT/AFR/BEA/2/3 : Mombasa, Victoria Lake Railway'.'Surveyed in 1892 by Captain J.R.L. Macdonald R.E. Captain J.W. Pringle R.E. Lieut.… - Hierarchy:
- 032-002225695[0001]/036-002225925[0001]/037-002225954[0003]/038-002754218[0002]/040-002755949[0003]/041-002756886
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: WOA
- Record Type (Level):
- Item
- Extent:
- 7 map sheets
- Digitised Content:
- http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=WOMAT/AFR/BEA/2/3 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1896
- End Date:
- 1897
- Date Range:
- 1896-1897
- Era:
- CE
- Scale:
- Scale 1:292,176
- Scale Designator:
- Horizontal
- Coordinates (Decimal):
- 32.1098,-4.3275,39.8798,1.163
- Coordinates (Degree):
- E 32°6’35”-E 39°52’47”/N 1°9’47”-S 4°19’39”
- Orientation:
- North
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
- Printed with manuscript additions in coloured ink; 69 x 82cm and smaller
- Former External References:
- Mat. British East Africa. 2.(e)
- Information About Copies:
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Digitised version available at: http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=WOMAT/AFR/BEA/2/3
Copies of this map are also held at British Library Maps 66430.(17.); BL Maps R.U.S.I. A45.43; and BL Maps MOD IDWO 957
- Material Type:
- Maps and Plans
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)
- Notes:
- The sheets bear the printed designation 'I.D.W.O. No. 957'