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WOMAT/AFR/ABY/40/1
- Record Id:
- 041-003390646
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002225695
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100052081518.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100163063810.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- WOMAT/AFR/ABY/40/1
- Title:
- Map sheets. Created by Captain W.H. Tapp, R.E. and Mr P.T. Scotland
- Scope & Content:
-
Map sheets numbered 1 to 35. Sheets portray hydrology, relief by form lines, hachures and spot heights, vegetation, railways, roads and tracks, telegraphs, settlements, significant buildings, place names and internal and international boundaries, and include topographical notes. Detail outside Abyssinia is minimal.
Sheets bear the note 'The geographical Co-ordinates are not in accordance with File M.I. 4c/156(a)'.
Some sheets also bear the name 'Mr M. Pearce'.
- Collection Area:
- Map Collections
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002225695
036-002225925
037-002225954
038-003375091
040-003390586
041-003390646 - 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/40 : 'Abyssinia:- Compilation in 35 sheets with index. (Con. Signs, Notes etc typewritten, in dup).' - War Office ledger
WOMAT/AFR/ABY/40/1 : Map sheets. Created by Captain W.H. Tapp, R.E. and Mr P.T. Scotland - Hierarchy:
- 032-002225695[0001]/036-002225925[0001]/037-002225954[0001]/038-003375091[0029]/040-003390586[0001]/041-003390646
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: WOA
- Record Type (Level):
- Item
- Extent:
- 35 map sheets
- Digitised Content:
- http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=WOMAT/AFR/ABY/40/1 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1917
- End Date:
- 1923
- Date Range:
- 1917-1923
- Era:
- CE
- Scale:
- Scale 1:500,000
- Scale Designator:
- Horizontal
- Coordinates (Decimal):
- 33.0000,3.0000,37.7500,15.0000
- Coordinates (Degree):
- E 33°0’0”-E 37°45’0”/N 15°0’0”-N 3°0’0”
- Orientation:
- North
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
- Manuscript: coloured ink, watercolour and pencil on tracing linen; 79 x 94cm or smaller
- Former External References:
- E3(84)
Mat. Abyssinia. 40. - Material Type:
- Maps and Plans
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)