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WOMAT/AFR/ABY/9/1
- Record Id:
- 041-003380440
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002225695
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100048482593.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100163064517.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- WOMAT/AFR/ABY/9/1
- Title:
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'Plan of Road from Genjabiet to Wambera, Daboke and Famaka. Showing also the Junction of Rivers Abai and Didessa.'
- Scope & Content:
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Covers a 100-mile road corridor in western Abyssinia from Genjabiet westwards to Wambera. The map extends a further 30 miles westwards to the Blue Nile (Abai River) and into Anglo-Egyptian Sudan. Portrays hydrology, relief by hachures and spot heights, roads and tracks, settlements, camps and place names.
- Collection Area:
- Map Collections
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002225695
036-002225925
037-002225954
038-003375091
040-003380416
041-003380440 - Is part of:
- WOA : War Office Archive: cartographic and topographic source material
WOMAT : War Office 'Material'
WOMAT/AFR : 'Material - Africa'.
WOMAT/AFR/ABY : Material. Abyssinia.
WOMAT/AFR/ABY/9 : Maps of the Wambera area. Sketched by 'Col. Lewis CB.'
WOMAT/AFR/ABY/9/1 : Plan of Road from Genjabiet to Wambera, Daboke and Famaka. Showing also the Junction of Rivers Abai and Didessa. - Hierarchy:
- 032-002225695[0001]/036-002225925[0001]/037-002225954[0001]/038-003375091[0007]/040-003380416[0001]/041-003380440
- 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/ABY/9/1 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1902
- End Date:
- 1902
- Date Range:
- 1902
- Era:
- CE
- Scale:
- Scale 1:1,000,000
- Scale Designator:
- Horizontal
- Coordinates (Decimal):
- 34.5000,9.0000,38.2500,12.0000
- Coordinates (Degree):
- E 34°30’0”-E 38°15’0”/N 12°0’0”-N 9°0’0”
- Orientation:
- North
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
- Manuscript: coloured ink on tracing linen; 44 x 53cm
- Former External References:
- Mat. Abyssinia. 9.(a)
- Former Internal References:
- MLC 0011487
- Material Type:
- Maps and Plans
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)
- Notes:
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The sheet bears the initials 'J.S.F.' in the lower right corner.
A photo reduction is listed in the War Office ledger at WOMAT/AFR/ABY/12 as having been attached to this sheet, but was not present on transfer.