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WOMAT/AFR/ABY/12/1
- Record Id:
- 041-003380536
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002225695
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100048729585.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100174811798.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- WOMAT/AFR/ABY/12/1
- Title:
- Tracing
- Collection Area:
- Map Collections
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002225695
036-002225925
037-002225954
038-003375091
040-003380533
041-003380536 - 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/12 : 'Map of the Blue Nile Bend Showing Discovered Reefs and Roads'. Created by 'Col. Lewis' - War Office ledger
WOMAT/AFR/ABY/12/1 : Tracing - Hierarchy:
- 032-002225695[0001]/036-002225925[0001]/037-002225954[0001]/038-003375091[0009]/040-003380533[0001]/041-003380536
- 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/12/1 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1903
- End Date:
- 1903
- Date Range:
- 1903
- Era:
- CE
- Scale:
- Scale 1:126,720
- Scale Designator:
- Horizontal
- Coordinates (Decimal):
- 35.0667,10.0000,35.8333,10.5333
- Coordinates (Degree):
- E 35°4’0”-E 35°50’0”/N 10°32’0”-N 10°0’0”
- Orientation:
- North
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
-
Manuscript: ink and pencil on tracing paper (mounted on paper backed with linen); 80 x 59cm
- Administrative Context:
- 'Traced from a sketch lent by Col. Lewis, used by Maj. Gwynn for 250,000 sheet.' - War Office ledger
- Material Type:
- Maps and Plans
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)
- Notes:
-
The map was originally drawn on tracing paper, and later mounted for the purposes of conservation. Some peripheral parts of the tracing paper, including map detail at the northern edge, were lacking on transfer. However, these are present on the copy filed at WOMAT/AFR/ABY/12/2.