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'Sketch to Illustrate Report on the Lango-Mutineer Expedition, 1901'. 'C. Delmé-Radcliffe...

Catalogue reference: WOMAT/AFR/BEA/55

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WOMAT/AFR/BEA/55
Title
'Sketch to Illustrate Report on the Lango-Mutineer Expedition, 1901'. 'C. Delmé-Radcliffe Major Uganda Rifles Commanding Lango Field Force'.
Date
1901
Description

Shows a region to the north and east of a section of the Victoria Nile river in north-western Uganda, indicating vegetation, hydrology, settlements and relief with hachures and spot heights. Shows also the names of local tribal chiefs and routes taken by military units, with a note on the survey methodology

Note

The sheet includes an erroneous statement of scale.

Related material

'Enclosure V with Nile M.D./1751'. An account of the map's creation is given in: Sir H. Johnston, 'Major Delmé Radcliffe's Map of the Nile Province of the Uganda Protectorate', The Geographical Journal, 21-2 [1903], pp.162-164 with accompanying map, p. 220. An account of the Lango Expedition is given in: The London Gazette, September 12, 1902, pp. 5876-8.

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British Library, Map Library
Former department reference
Mat. British East Africa. 55.
Legal status
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Language
English
Creator(s)
Radcliffe, Charles, Knight, army officer, 1864-1937
Physical description
1 map sheet
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Physical condition
Manuscript: coloured ink, pencil and watercolour on paper; 69 x 55cm
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/17a25059-ce4f-4f63-a042-d013cfe27535/

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'Sketch to Illustrate Report on the Lango-Mutineer Expedition, 1901'. 'C. Delmé-Radcliffe Major Uganda Rifles Commanding Lango Field Force'.