'Addis Abbaba to Blue Nile. McMillan's Exped[itio]n. June 1903.' - War Office ledger. Signed by 'L[ieutenan]t. G. Ramsay-Fairfax 8.10.03.'

Covers the preliminary march from Addis Abbaba to the Blue Nile near Debra Markos in western Abyssinia prior to the expedition proper downstream along the Blue Nile. Portrays hydrology, relief by hachures, settlements, place names and the expedition route with campsites, and includes topographical notes. Reduced from an original compass survey by Lieutenant W.G.A. Ramsay-Fairfax and Mr E.A. Lang.'See R.G.S. and E. Sudan, Dist. 41.' - War Office ledger.'See No 16' - War Office ledger. [Mat. Abyssinia. 16. comprised mapping from McMillan's 1904 expedition in Abyssinia; it recorded as 'destroyed' in the ledger.]

Fairfax, William George Astell, Ramsay-, 1876-1946, military officer, Surveyor. Lang, E A, fl 1903, mining engineer, Surveyor. McMillan, Sir, William Northrup, 1872-1925, explorer and army officer, Subject.

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