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Map of the Blue Nile Bend Showing Discovered Reefs and Roads'. Created by 'Col. Lewis' - War Office ledger. Bromide.
Covers the bend on the Blue Nile at Dabok in western Abyssinia, and extends 55 miles northwards and 30 miles eastwards. Portrays hydrology, relief by form lines and spot heights, metal/mineral reefs, roads and tracks, settlements, camps and place names.Creation date derived from accession stamp.This map is a copy of a 1903 tracing filed at WOMAT/AFR/ABY/12/1, and contains detail at the northern edge now lacking from that tracing.
The British LibraryLewis, David Francis, 1855-1927, army officer, Cartographer.
1958
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