Traverse from Hawash to Lake Assale.' - War Office ledger. Created by L.M. Nesbitt. 'Danakil'.

Traverse sheets and compilation portraying L.M. Nesbitt's 500-mile south to north crossing of the Danakil Desert, north-eastern Abyssinia in 1928.Note: The confirmed spelling 'Awash' appears on the map face; the unconfirmed variant 'Hawash' appears in the title.Note: Minor discrepancies in positions, detail and place names exist between the traverse sheets and the compilation. Compilation based on WOMAT/AFR/ABY/45/1. Sheets numbered 1 and 2. Portrays hydrology, relief by form lines, hachures and spot heights, roads, railways, telegraphs, settlements, water sources, place and tribal names and the expedition route, and includes topographical notes. Sheet bears the note 'This is Sig. Tullio Pastori's version of Nesbitt's journey'.Creation end date derived from accession stamp.

Nesbitt, Ludovico Mariano, 1891-1935, mining engineer and explorer, Surveyor. Pastori, Tullio, b 1885, Cartographer.

1928 - 1934

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