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WOMAT/AFR/GAM/15/1
- Record Id:
- 041-003080909
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002225695
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100025796412.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- WOMAT/AFR/GAM/15/1
- Title:
- Map of the British Colony of the Gambia showing the boundary between the British and French Possessions 1904-1905'. Signed 'A B B de Tscharner Assist. Commissioner. Ernest H. Cowie. Major. The West India Regt. Chief Commissioner.
- Scope & Content:
- A fair drawing, showing hydrology, areas of mangrove swamp and of cultivation, communications, settlements, and the boundary line.
- Collection Area:
- Map Collections
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002225695
036-002225925
037-002225954
038-002236291
040-002879235
041-003080909 - Is part of:
- WOA : War Office Archive: cartographic and topographic source material
WOMAT : War Office 'Material'
WOMAT/AFR : 'Material - Africa'.
WOMAT/AFR/GAM : Material. Gambia.
WOMAT/AFR/GAM/15 : 'The British Colony of the Gambia showing the boundary between the British & French Possessions' - War Office ledger.
WOMAT/AFR/GAM/15/1 : Map of the British Colony of the Gambia showing the boundary between the British and French Possessions 1904-1905'. Signed… - Hierarchy:
- 032-002225695[0001]/036-002225925[0001]/037-002225954[0006]/038-002236291[0015]/040-002879235[0001]/041-003080909
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: WOA
- Record Type (Level):
- Item
- Extent:
- 1 map sheet
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1904
- End Date:
- 1905
- Date Range:
- 1904-1905
- Era:
- CE
- Scale:
- Scale 1:125,000
- Scale Designator:
- Horizontal
- Coordinates (Decimal):
- -16.813631,13.04244,-13.786251,13.679658
- Coordinates (Degree):
- W 16°48’49”-W 13°47’11”/N 13°40’47”-N 13°2’33”
- Orientation:
- North
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
- Manuscript: coloured ink and watercolour on paper; 297 x 78cm. The sheet includes 2 extensions pasted to the bottom edge. A small sheet of tracing paper bearing a section of the fair drawing has been pasted down over the portion of the map showing the western extremity of the country, south of the river estuary
- Material Type:
- Maps and Plans
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)
- Notes:
- This map provided the principal source for the compilation of GSGS 1958, first issued in 1905
- Names:
- Cowie, Ernest Leonard, army officer, fl 1898-1914
Tscharner, A B B, cartographer, fl 1904-1905