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WOOS/14/3
- Record Id:
- 041-002899884
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002225695
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100024506409.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100173438530.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- WOOS/14/3
- Title:
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'Plane Table Sheets' - War Office ledger.
Signed by 'R.G.T. Bright. Lt. Col.'.
Sheets signed variously by 'A. Thomas II Cpl. R.E.', 'A.J. Jones. Lc. Corpl. R.E.', 'C.H.J. Page Lc. Cpl R.E.', 'S.M.L. Iredell Lt. 4/K.A.R.'
- Scope & Content:
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Show areas around Lake Edward, Lake Albert, Fort Portal and the Bulegga Mountains in East Africa, indicating hydrology, relief with form lines and spot heights, vegetation, settlements and paths
- Collection Area:
- Map Collections
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002225695
036-002897752
040-002899704
041-002899884 - Is part of:
- WOA : War Office Archive: cartographic and topographic source material
WOOS : War Office 'Original Surveys'
WOOS/14 : 'Uganda-Congo Boundary' - War Office ledger
WOOS/14/3 : Plane Table Sheets' - War Office ledger.Signed by 'R.G.T. Bright. Lt. Col.'.Sheets signed variously by 'A. Thomas II… - Hierarchy:
- 032-002225695[0003]/036-002897752[0014]/040-002899704[0003]/041-002899884
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: WOA
- Record Type (Level):
- Item
- Extent:
- 11 map sheets
- Digitised Content:
- http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=WOOS/14/3 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
-

- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1907
- End Date:
- 1908
- Date Range:
- 1907-1908
- Era:
- CE
- Scale:
- Scale 1:250,000
- Scale Designator:
- Horizontal
- Coordinates (Decimal):
- 29.2500,-1.000,31.7500,2.2500
- Coordinates (Degree):
- E 29°15’0”-E 31°45’0”/N 2°15’0”-S 1°0’0”
- Orientation:
- North
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Manuscript: coloured ink, watercolour and pencil on paper, mounted on linen; 76 x 60cm and smaller
- Former External References:
- Mat. British East Africa. 185.
- Information About Copies:
- Digitised version available at: http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=WOOS/14/3
- Material Type:
- Maps and Plans
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)
- Notes:
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'Anglo-Congolese Boundary Commission, Uganda' - hand-stamp.
'Sheet '7' to Science Museum, S. Kensington, Feb. 1929. (for retention)' - War Office ledger
- Names:
- Bright, Richard George Tyndall, army officer, 1872-1944
Iredell, Stanley McCartney Lewis, army officer, 1880-1960
Jones, A J, sapper, fl 1907-1909
Page, C H J, sapper, fl 1907-1909
Thomas, A, sapper, fl 1908-1912 - Places:
- Albert Nyanza, Congo Free State, Uganda
Bulegga Mountains, Anglo-Egyptian Sudan
Fort Portal, Uganda
Lake Albert, Africa
Lake Edward, Congo Free State, Uganda - Related Material:
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Used in the production of maps entitled 'Lake Edward', 'Fort Portal' and 'Bulegga' in the series GSGS 1764, and 'Lake Albert' in series GSGS 2471 - BL Maps MOD GSGS 1764 and BL Maps MOD GSGS 2471