T E Lawrence, Sketch map: Wejh to Aqaba

Sketch map, in the hand of T E Lawrence (1888-1935), of which H St J B Armitage notes, in Leach with Farrington, Strolling About on the Roof of the World (2003) note (p. 138): "Drawn in ink on a fragile sheet of greaseproof paper, Lawrence's sketch map shows a section of the route between Wejh and Aqaba taken by Sharif Nasir's expedition which culminated in the capture of Aqaba in July 1917. It embraced the expedition's route from a crossing of the Hejaz Railway between Dis'ad and Al-Mu'adhdham to Imshash Arfaja in Wadi Sirhan about 60 miles west of Jauf. Lawrence was the first westerner to travel this northward route, during the course of which he crossed the west-east tracks of Guarmani, Carruthers, Musil and Gertrude Bell."

The sketch map has been conserved and framed. It is reproduced (b/w) in Leach and Farrington, p. 139.

This file comprises:

1. Colour photocopy of the sketch map drawn by T E Lawrence. (2 sheets)

2. Letter (22 March, 2003) from Preservation Solutions to the RSAA outlining their conservation recommendations for the sketch map, and Conservation Record Sheet, detailing conservation treatment subsequently implemented, in June 2003. (2 sheets)

3. Colour photocopy of a published map of Al Jawf, including the area given in the sketch map. (1 sheet folded)

4. B/w photocopy of the same published map with sketch map locations marked in red (by Merilyn Hywel-Jones, April 2004). (1 sheet)

5. B/w photocopy of lower portion of the same published map, indicating adjoining map sheets and other map data. (1 sheet)