P[ar]t. of S[outhern].Abyssinia & Brit[ish].E[ast].Africa. Lake Region & Daua R[iver].&c. Capt. Maud R.E. &. Indian Surveyor.' - War Office ledger. Photo-lithographic reductions.

A series of plane table sheets depicting Captain Maud's journey from Lake Zwai in south-western Abyssinia 650 miles southwards to Lake Baringo in north-western British East Africa as part of a preliminary border survey. Portrays hydrology, relief by form lines and spot heights, roads and tracks, settlements, the expedition route, survey stations and sight lines, and includes topographical notes. .Survey of India surveyors Sher Jang (also known as Sher Jung, and recorded on 11 sheets) and Shahzad Mir also contributed to the survey. Reductions of plane table sheets numbered 2 and 3.

Jang, Sher, b 1870, military surveyor, Khan Bahadur, Surveyor. Maud, Philip, 1870-1947, army officer and international rugby player, Cartographer. Mir, Shahzad, 1863-1924, military surveyor, Khan Bahadur, Surveyor.

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