በተመሳሳይ መልኩ John R.short የተባለው ሰው በ15ኛው መክዘ “the world through maps: a history of cartography” በተሰኘ መጽሐፉ በገጽ 352 ወልቃይትና ጠገዴ የአማራ ክልል ርስቶች እንደነበሩ በማያሻማ መልኩ አስቀምጦታል።
“Among all the kingdoms that the emperor of Ethiopia possesses today one of the greatest if not the greatest and the most important is the kingdom the. Tigre.from north to south that is from the limits of the hamasen to enderta,it covers an areas of from the east,which one hundred leagues (3.2miles) and from the east,which is besides dancali,located at the entrance to the red sea to the southern end of the red sea,to the west bounded by the tekezze river beside the semen,it covers an area of similar size,so that the kingdom has an early circular shape” ሲል በማለት አስቀምጧል።
በዘመነ መሳፍንት ወደ ኢትዮጵያ የመጣው ስኮትላንዳዊው ጀምስ ብሩስም travel to discover source of the Nile volume 3 በገጽ 582 ላይ የአማራና የትግራዋይ ተፈጥሮአዊና ታሪካዊ ወሰን ተከዜ መሆኑን አረጋግጧል።
“Tigre is bounded by the teritory of the bahiren egash that is by the river mereb on the east and taccazze upon the west.it is about on hundred and twenty miles broad from E.to W.and two hundred from N.to S.”
ጀምስ ብሩስ በዚሁ መጽሐፉ ገጽ 10 ላይ “geographical division of Abyssinia in to province”በሚለው አንቀጹ
“The first division is called tigre,between red sea and the river tekeze.between that river(tekeze) and the Nile west wards where it bounds the oromo,it is called Amahara” ካለ በኋላ ወረድ ብሎ
“Tekezze is the natural boundary between tigre and Amhara” ሲል እቅጩን አስቀምጦታል።
የአፄ ቴዎድሮስ ልእለ ሀያልነት በምድረ አውሮፓ ወሬው መናፈስ ሲጀምር የእንግሊዝ መንግስት ፓርላማና የጸጥታው ሀይል ኢትዮጵያን በሚገባ ለማወቅ ጥናት እንዲደረግ ትእዛዝ ሰጥቶ ነበር።የእንግሊዙ topographical and statistical department of the war office A.C.cook በተባለ እንግሊዛዊ ኮሎነል አማካኝነት ስለ ኢትዮጵያ ከ15ኛው ክፍለዘመን ጀምሮ በተለያዩ አውሮፓውያን የተጻፉ መጻሕፍትን ባንድ ላይ እንዲጠረዝ አደረጉ።ይሄ ጥናታዊ ሰነድ በ1867 እ.ኤ.አ በእንግሊዝ ንግስት ጥያቄ ለ”house of common lower house ይውል ዘንድ ሲታተም የወቅቱ የኢትዮጵያ ዝርዝር ጉዳይ ስለተካተተ የወልቃይት ና ጠገዴም ጉዳይ ተዳሶበታል።
” the provinces of Amhara are is simen,weldiba,wolkait,wogera, chilga,kuara,belesa,fogerra,damot,Gojjam,begemidir,beshilo…..waldiba situated to the Nw of simen between the tekeze and the angereb,extends as far as the junction of the two rivers.welkaitis to the west of waldiba it is interested through its whole length by the two river tekuar and guang.it is more wooded than waldiba……ይላል(routes in Abyssinia (printed in 1867G.C) በዚህ ትንታኔ ውስጥ እንደምትመለከቱት ዋልድባ፣ወልቃይት በአማራ ክልል ውስጥ ናቸው።የትግራዋይ እና የአማራ ተፈጥሮአዊና ታሪካዊ ወሰንም ተከዜ ነው።
“the area concerned welkait-tsegede separated from tigray by impressive natural barrier of setit tekezz river has never been governed as part of tigray at any period in the past,but has come under Gonder and semen”(Christopher clapham: transformation and continuity in revolutirevolutionary Ethiopia (cambridge:cambridge university press 1988 ገፅ 259)