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WOMAT/AFR/BCA/42/2
- Record Id:
- 041-003379736
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002225695
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100047834985.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- WOMAT/AFR/BCA/42/2
- Title:
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'Map of the Upper Luangwa Basin showing the Route taken by 1st. K[ing's]. A[frican]. R[ifles]. Patrol July-August-September 1927'. Created by 'Lt. F.W. de Guingand'. - War Office ledger
- Scope & Content:
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Map produced as part of an exploratory expedition to find a route for a dry-weather motor road from northern Nyasaland to Isoka in north-eastern Northern Rhodesia.
Covers the western portion of the Nyika Plateau in north-west Nyasaland, and extends 60 miles westwards over the Northern Rhodesia border to the Luangwa River and Isoka. Portrays hydrology, relief by form lines and spot heights, roads and tracks, settlements, international boundaries and place names, and highlights a suggested route for the road to Isoka. Also includes a ray diagram from Mivula Hill and several indicative relief sketches.
- Collection Area:
- Map Collections
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002225695
036-002225925
037-002225954
038-003375098
040-003379686
041-003379736 - Is part of:
- WOA : War Office Archive: cartographic and topographic source material
WOMAT : War Office 'Material'
WOMAT/AFR : 'Material - Africa'.
WOMAT/AFR/BCA : Material. British Central Africa.
WOMAT/AFR/BCA/42 : Nyika Plateau. '1st K[ing's]. A[frican]. R[ifles].' - War Office ledger
WOMAT/AFR/BCA/42/2 : 'Map of the Upper Luangwa Basin showing the Route taken by 1st. K[ing's]. A[frican]. R[ifles]. Patrol… - Hierarchy:
- 032-002225695[0001]/036-002225925[0001]/037-002225954[0002]/038-003375098[0027]/040-003379686[0002]/041-003379736
- 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/BCA/42/2 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1927
- End Date:
- 1928
- Date Range:
- 1927-1928
- Era:
- CE
- Scale:
- Scale 1:250,000
- Scale Designator:
- Horizontal
- Coordinates (Decimal):
- 32.5000,-10.1250,33.7500,-11.5000
- Coordinates (Degree):
- E 32°30’0”-E 33°45’0”/S 11°30’0”-S 10°7’30”
- Orientation:
- North
- Access:
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
- Printed, with manuscript additions in crayon and pencil; 87 x 67cm
- Former External References:
- Mat. Nyasaland. 42b.
- Administrative Context:
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Map bears a Geographical Section War Office proof stamp dated 4/4/28.
'For description of this route; See file, M.O.1(b) 0165/1754 "Half-yearly Intelligence Report".
- Material Type:
- Maps and Plans
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)
- Notes:
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'Affects sheet 105-K; Southwards & adjoining portions of Rhodesia.' - War Office ledger