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WOMAT/AFR/GEA/36/2
- Record Id:
- 041-003377230
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002225695
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100044821970.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100174812044.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- WOMAT/AFR/GEA/36/2
- Title:
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'Plan der Technischen Erkundung der Bahn Tabora - Kagera'
- Scope & Content:
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Preliminary survey covering the routes of the proposed railways from Tabora north-westwards towards Rwanda and the Kagera valley, and northwards to Muanza on Lake Victoria. Related material indicates that the sheet was surveyed by Clement Gillman in 1913.
Portrays hydrology, relief by contours, roads and tracks, settlements and place names. Areas outside of the proposed route corridors are unsurveyed.
- Collection Area:
- Map Collections
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002225695
036-002225925
037-002225954
038-003375102
040-003377217
041-003377230 - Is part of:
- WOA : War Office Archive: cartographic and topographic source material
WOMAT : War Office 'Material'
WOMAT/AFR : 'Material - Africa'.
WOMAT/AFR/GEA : Material. German East Africa.
WOMAT/AFR/GEA/36 : German maps of the Tabora area
WOMAT/AFR/GEA/36/2 : Plan der Technischen Erkundung der Bahn Tabora - Kagera - Hierarchy:
- 032-002225695[0001]/036-002225925[0001]/037-002225954[0008]/038-003375102[0007]/040-003377217[0002]/041-003377230
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: WOA
- Record Type (Level):
- Item
- Extent:
- 1 map sheet
- Digitised Content:
- http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=WOMAT/AFR/GEA/36/2 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
-

- Languages:
- German
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1913
- End Date:
- 1913
- Date Range:
- 1913
- Era:
- CE
- Scale:
- Scale 1:300,000
- Scale Designator:
- Horizontal
- Coordinates (Decimal):
- 30.6667,-5.1667,33.1667,-2.0000
- Coordinates (Degree):
- E 30°40’0”-E 33°10’0”/S 2°0’0”-S 5°10’0”
- Orientation:
- North
- Access:
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
- Blue-print, with manuscript additions in ink and crayon; 120 x 96cm
- Custodial History:
- 'From Col. Office, (File M.I.4c 74) 28.5.20' - War Office ledger
- Former External References:
- Mat. German East Africa. 36b.
- Material Type:
- Maps and Plans
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Gillman, Clement, railway surveyor and engineer, 1882-1946
- Places:
- Kagera River, German East Africa, Uganda
Muanza, Mwansa, German East Africa - Related Material:
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A description of the map's creation is given in:
Brian S. Hoyle, 'Clement Gillman, 1882-1946: biographical notes on a pioneer East African geographer', East African Geographical Review, 3 (1965), 1-16 (p.3).